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Why Half of all Startups Fail and the Surprising Secret to Success

Smart Hustle Magazine

Take a deep breath, and some useful advice. In the book, I brought in 50 business leaders to advise you on how to grow your business from your basic idea through to your eventual exit and summarized it into a step-by-step framework. Regardless of the outcome, be prepared with a strategy. Don’t skip this step.

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The Science of Success: Creative Venture’s Alex Luce’s Unconventional Path of Impact

AsiaTechDaily

Materials Science as a Guiding Force Alex’s academic background in materials science and engineering has played an instrumental role in shaping his investment strategy, particularly in deep tech sectors. An important piece of advice is to communicate issues or deviations from the plan as early as possible.

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The Benefits of Top-Down Thinking & Why it is Critical to Entrepreneurs

Both Sides of the Table

Post MBA I went into strategy consulting where my job was to problem solve for clients. This is a problem for a strategy consultant because you are, by definition, a generalist that is thrown into new problems again and again. I found this book very useful but still a little bit hard to implement.

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Top 5 Doses for Securetech Startups

Dream It

Our advice on cyber sales and crafting CISO security sales pitches will help improve your close rates and enterprise sales outcomes. Increasing Cyber Sales, Avoiding 5 Big MITRE ATT&CK Mistakes What’s the best MITRE ATT&CK strategy? Get expert advice on key issues to avoid.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

Both Sides of the Table

I told people privately my perfect spec: computer science undergrad from MIT (or any other great school), 2-years at McKinsey but no more than that (I love the analytical framework that the top strategy consulting firms provide. My advice to people thinking about getting an MBA is to think about the five C’s.

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VC Corner: Ann Miura-Ko, Floodgate

Startup Grind

Favorite business book, blog, podcast? What is one piece of advice you’d give every founder? The strategy to minimize loss is not the strategy to win. Execute on the strategy to win. Great leaders create spectacular teams by hiring people who are better at what they do than the leaders themselves. I love teaching.

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In the Vault: Turning Developers Into Clients With Marco Argenti From Goldman Sachs

Andreessen Horowitz

So, if you get a bunch of engineers in a room for example, if they need to do a web project, you can count the seconds before the discussion on frameworks come up. Marco: So, at the very beginning, we introduced our digital strategy tenets, if you remember, and one of them was look outside first before you build.