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Why Peer-to-Peer Mentorship Is Essential for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I’ve made monthly peer-mentoring sessions of 10 to 12 other entrepreneurs an integral part of my ongoing education. In no small part, the knowledge I’ve gleaned from my EO peers led me to my newest undertaking. Why Peer to Peer? Accountability is another major benefit of peer mentoring.

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Start-ups are all Naked in the Mirror

Both Sides of the Table

Our business development discussions took longer than planned. We downsized, developed processes and found our groove. I think the fondest memories and bonds in life are developed between people who go through shit like this all together and come out survivors. We developed deep kinship. We were unprepared. We were hot.

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Some Quick Sage Advice for Young Employees Early in Their Careers

Both Sides of the Table

You know now why I would take her advice for new employees. ” She gave me a special one-time permission to write about her in a blog post so I could publish the advice she gave our friend. General Advice. Don’t expect constructive feedback without asking directly for it. Don’t overly rely on HR.

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“One Thing You Wish People Better Understood About Venture Capital” – Part V, featuring Ethan Kurzweil, Lily Lyman, Ashley Mayer, and Leshika Samarasinghe.

Hunter Walk

Also, because the feedback loop is very long, the advice we give founders – to move fast and iterate – is hard to put into practice as a venture investor. Also, because the feedback loop is very long, the advice we give founders – to move fast and iterate – is hard to put into practice as a venture investor.

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How to Manage a Board

Y Combinator

It’s something that provokes anxiety, because this is the first time the founder/CEO is subject to external supervision, and the board has powers that include the firing of the CEO and the senior management. It is natural to feel this way. But first, what’s the purpose of a board? option grants). A note on board composition.

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How to Invest in Web3: A Beginner’s Roadmap

Angel Capital Association

It’s a leap from the early days of Web 1.0’s s read only web with static pages (print media, educational sites, online directories, or archives) and the user-generated content of Web 2.0 Wikipedia, Twitter, YouTube), to a decentralized digital economy where vast majority of the power is redistributed to the individual internet users. applications.

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Why Most Managers Aren’t Effective Coaches

Reforge

On the other side of the coin, managers too focused on individual development at the expense of delivering against company goals will be seen as ineffectual and soon be replaced. To avoid over-indexing on either skill, managers need to develop a new one: coaching. Table of Contents What is Coaching & Where Does it Fit in?