TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

We see opportunity with social equity for the first time, driven by private markets rather than poorly constructed regulations. What advice are you giving your portfolio companies entering 2021? They have executed against a strategy while many of their supposed peers have done very irrational deals, impaired shareholder value, etc.

peer-to-peer 87

peer-to-peer construction SaaS capital 87

TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

Mobility mavens, June 9 will be here before you know it, and that means it’s time to get your strategy ducks in a row for TC Sessions: Mobility 2021. Investors like Clara Brenner (Urban Innovation Fund), Quin Garcia (Autotech Ventures) and Rachel Holt (Construct Capital) — all of whom will grace our virtual stage.

micromobility 68

micromobility transportation construction networking 68

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The startup’s co-founder and CEO Mostafa El-Beltagy told TechCrunch that the mortgage financing plan is part of their strategy to introduce new products that are aligned with clients’ needs, ensuring sustainability for their business. And using all of that information, we can start to give some very real financial advice,” said El-Beltagy.

real estate 99

real estate construction financing finance 99

Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 29, 2023

We’ve gathered insights from Co-Founders and CEOs who have faced these hurdles head-on, sharing their experiences and strategies. It can be tempting to use lofty language, but we’ve found it more constructive to focus the conversation on traction. Tobias Liebsch , Co-Founder, Fintalent.io

startup 59

startup strategy networking pitching 59

Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

What advice the initiators have for other ecosystems looking to hire a professional ecosystem builder. We are fortunate to have leadership that have masterminded strategies utilizing public and private funding, along with a stellar regional foundation (Danville Regional Foundation, or DRF) to slowly work this puzzle out. Challenges.

development 119

development entrepreneurial ecosystem entrepreneurship communities 119

Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 9, 2020

Construction sites are back at it, and capitalism is raring to go. .” – George Bernard Shaw. Today, countries are opening up at different speeds. Traffic is starting again, almost to the same levels we were accustomed to before confinement. Some have even unbelievably suggested the economy is more important than human lives.

leadership 227

leadership construction creativity entrepreneurs 227

TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

Jason Dressel is president of History Factory , which helps companies use their history and heritage to enhance and transform strategy, positioning, marketing and communication. Too often, outgoing execs spend their last years in office constructing their own trophy cases. Jason Dressel. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

leadership 107

leadership peer-to-peer construction culture 107

Onevest

APRIL 21, 2015

Exit Strategy: Does a startup have a clear exit strategy in place? In some circumstances this might still prove to be a solid investment should there be a swift exit strategy in place, but ideally a startup should be able to demonstrate that it can be sustainable; a brand which will generate profits for many years.

investing 121

investing investment startup sustainability 121

StartupNation

MARCH 19, 2021

A healthy family business embraces this constructive conflict, manages it well, and allows it to create new approaches, innovations and strategies. When a business is faced with conflict, it is an opportunity to learn, grow and advance. The worst thing you can do is play favorites.

entrepreneurship 78

entrepreneurship consulting culture construction 78

Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

A specialized team constructed the dam using LIDAR data and 3D printing. I used to say their weekly strategy sessions were the only times I saw the “sausage being made.” The main team would never speak that openly in front of the contract construction crew. This is outstanding advice when it comes to ethics.

entrepreneurs 91

entrepreneurs communities construction media 91

TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

Before Tracy Young was co-founder and CEO of TigerEye, she held identical roles at construction productivity software startup PlanGrid. Becca queried 35 investors to get their 2023 predictions on a number of VC-related topics , including capital deployment strategies, web3/crypto and what will happen with valuations. Hype or ripe?

construction 92

construction VC venture capital advice 92

Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2021

This is why we feel confident taking his advice!) The Art of Selling Your Business: Winning Strategies & Secret Hacks for Exiting on Top teaches business owners to stop providing a sale price when selling their business. million dollar construction business. So that’s exactly what his new book talks about.

advice 93

advice construction accelerator entrepreneurs 93

Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Strategies to cultivate a community, iterate with an audience and convert it into a customer base Photo: Unsplash In today’s hyper-competitive, fast-paced digital world, it seems like everyone and their smartphone-savvy grandmother is developing a mobile app. In this article, we’ll discuss some of the best strategies for doing that.

communities 64

communities advice development pitching 64

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

But for my sins I got an MBA and did “strategy&# consulting. In 1999 I was in Japan doing a strategy project for the board of directors of Sony. 13% of GDP is construction – the largest industry. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Numbers are important.

consulting 415

consulting data analysis advice construction 415

Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 30, 2022

an entire city constructed from bee hives, digital art [DALL-E]. There’s also many wonderful angel/operators and smaller supporting funds with large portfolio strategies. We ended up making 11 investments in 2022, which historically has been our average independent of strategy. Win : 11 offers made, 11 offers accepted.

VC 56

VC capital startup venture capital 56

Impact Hub

APRIL 23, 2021

The pandemic also had a positive side; it forced us to rethink our strategy and priorities, and reinforce our purpose. What advice would you give to others who want to open an Impact Hub? . Invest in getting to know each other and talk in an empathic and constructive way. Impact Hub Ticino team in 2020.

founder 69

founder entrepreneurial ecosystem communities networking 69

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

But today I want to give you advice on how to decrease your odds of failure in a startup. Most of this advice boils down to an argument in favor of basic planning before starting a company or raising money. You can enter either but your strategy must be very different and I can tell you that fragmented markets are easier to disrupt.

incumbents 277

incumbents startup peer-to-peer incubation 277

TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2021

But I was surprised to find myself editing an interview Alex Wilhelm conducted with Plaid CEO Zach Perret the next day in which the executive said growing the company on its own is “once again” the correct strategy. 5 consumer hardware VCs share their 2021 investment strategies. Cyril Ebersweiler, general partner, SOSV.

VC 87

VC ventures financing finance 87

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2019

Part of running a board is managing the board meeting itself where you share your financial and operating progress, discuss your strategy & plans going forward and get & give information to your board members. One of the strongest bits of advice I would give you is to be super anal about the physical environment of your group meal.

networking 262

networking board construction disruption 262

TechCrunch

JULY 2, 2021

Smart-building products include everything from connecting landlords with tenants to managing construction sites. Everyone wants higher click-through rates, but creating ads that “stand out” is a risky strategy, especially when you don’t know what you’re doing. We’ll have more expert growth advice coming soon, so stay tuned.

venture capital 61

venture capital frameworks construction capital 61

TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

Three ways VC firms can construct sustainably diverse portfolios. Without a strategy, you risk either being swayed by every piece of advice or stubbornly digging in your heels and ignoring the best of it entirely. Share on Twitter. Leslie Feinzaig is the founder and CEO of Graham & Walker. More posts by this contributor.

peer-to-peer 83

peer-to-peer founder construction advice 83

StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

You haven’t incorporated constructive feedback. The Oracles is an invitation-only brain trust comprising the world’s leading entrepreneurs who share their top advice and success strategies to help others grow their business, live a better life and achieve success faster. Remember, when you speak to everyone, you speak to no one.

construction 95

construction media founder entrepreneurs 95

Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

And one of my biggest advice to those folks is, look, presumably, we all have the technical and functional skill set for this job. Honestly, and even before you get to outreach, I talk a lot to our entrepreneurs about being precise, like: what is your referencing strategy? I think part of the advice depends on the stage of the company.

energy 88

energy entrepreneurs leadership advice 88

Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 17, 2022

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. ) How to Sell To be intellectually thorough, we must also consider the best strategy to short the merge event occurring.

networking 114

networking financing finance development 114

Y Combinator

JULY 15, 2019

Below, I’ve tried sharing our advice for managing your board – from how often to meet, to the materials you need – in order to ensure a useful and productive group discussion. I’ll share our collective advice on navigating these below. Managing Your Board. Meeting Schedule. Mixed messages. Asking board members for help.

board 96

board frameworks advice peer-to-peer 96

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Over the last week, I've sat down with a handful of entreprenuers and given the same advice--to construct the fantasy model. Yet, we know very well that the most thoughtfully constructed cashflow models and hockey stick traffic predictions never come out the way we thought they would, so what's the point of making them at all?

construction 279

construction board frameworks strategy 279

Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

From Scott Jeffrey Miller with Todd Davis and Victoria Roos Olsson, Everyone Deserves a Great Manager provides the support and strategies you need to be a better leader. Covey wrote, “One of the greatest gifts you can give another human being is constructive feedback on a blind spot they never knew they had. And yet Dr. Stephen R.

culture 197

culture peer-to-peer advice leadership 197

American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Seek out financial advice because it takes time to improve a score. Establishing a computer repair business may be validated through online research of already existing businesses or by speaking with former or current owners to learn their experience and gain their advice.

innovation 98

innovation entrepreneurship culture pitching 98

Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 4, 2019

You probably heard the advice for entrepreneurs that “failing to plan is planning to fail.” For instance, a 2002 study of major construction projects found that 86 percent went over budget. Written for EO by Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, disaster avoidance expert, speaker and author. . In turn, a 2014 study of IT projects found that only 16.2

consulting 137

consulting construction advice entrepreneurs 137

Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

You are basically leasing rights to your model, brand, and business strategy to another entrepreneur in a franchised business. Everything needs to be streamlined from marketing to signage to staff training, so you can construct a blueprint for your franchisees to follow. A lawyer can provide expert advice in this regard.

construction 115

construction consulting advice support 115

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

His most recent job was as a project manager at a construction firm. The cybersecurity skills crisis continues on a downward, multi-year trend of bad to worse and has impacted more than half (57%) of organizations,” said a recent report by the Information Systems Security Association and analyst firm Enterprise Strategy Group.

culture 19

culture collaboration construction development 19

Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 26, 2024

From leveraging Screaming Frog for client acquisition to creating gated content for conversion opportunities, explore the twenty distinct strategies these experts use to identify promising new ventures. When attracting new clients, however, I find Facebook groups to be a particularly useful resource.

opportunity 40

opportunity construction media networking 40

Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Invest in Tax Strategy. Our most effective tax strategy was to open two businesses in Puerto Rico, where we pay only 4 percent in corporate taxes. My real estate strategy is to buy apartment complexes where we can implement our Infinite Return model. Invest in Life Insurance. Invest in Stocks.

real estate 238

real estate entrepreneurs investing investment 238

A Smart Bear

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Startup strategy is like Kung Fu. Founders almost never have a real strategy. They say things like “we have a unique feature” and “the incumbents are dumb,” which might be true, but isn’t a strategy. HT Jeff Bezos) You want to argue that the future is unknowable, but that’s just an excuse for not having a strategy.

culture 161

culture strategy SaaS founder 161

TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2023

Plus, they were gracious enough to share some of the advice they’re giving to their portfolio companies. At Moniepoint, Swiatek’s experience in financial inclusion will be brought to bear in building an execution operating system, driving strategy and execution by building policies and tools.

financing 98

financing finance VC construction 98

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

 —  @bznotes So I thought I’d offer some high-level advice on how to be a good board member. I know there are many people who like to use their computers to type notes and will disagree with this advice. If we’re talking about a PR strategy then everybody can have an opinion because it’s the topic at hand.

board 251

board advice founder construction 251

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. I had an MBA, had done a few years of strategy consulting and knew all of the management theory. I hired a senior exec from the building materials industry (we were a document collaboration company for the engineering & construction industry) who was also ex McKinsey.

startup founder 299

startup founder founder startup VC 299