Startup Blogpost

JUNE 9, 2023

To help you ensure your startup is environmentally sustainable, we reached out to CEOs, founders, and other business leaders for their best advice. From integrating sustainability into company culture to hiring a sustainability consultant, here are the top nine tips shared by these experts on making your startup eco-friendly.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Relationships may occur with potential employees, mentors, consultants, suppliers, and customers. Seek out financial advice because it takes time to improve a score. Knowing the Value Proposition is key to establishing a marketing strategy that distinguishes a company from its competition.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 25, 2024

With its commitment to diversity and social impact, they have become a key player in the city’s economic strategy. This programme, born out of extensive consultation and codesign, focuses on social innovation, offering a blended investment approach.

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StartupNation

JUNE 22, 2021

Assigned to consultants and marketing people with varying degrees of expertise, the creation of the brand is put at risk of becoming a kind of bolt-on feature. A brand should be rooted in a company’s heritage and culture, connected to a set of core values that are the company’s very reason for being.

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Startup Blogpost

MAY 19, 2023

Mentors have years of working in the industry they are consulting for and can identify business opportunities for the startup. They can identify pitfalls, recommend marketing and sales channels, and give feedback on strategy and tactics. I learned new strategies and saw ones I thought were impossible to execute became possible.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 20, 2023

From organizing hackathons for innovation to capitalizing on strengths and external partnerships, discover the most successful strategies these leaders have implemented in their startups. Plus, it’s fun and builds a culture of innovation and collaboration. The first is emphasizing a culture of open communication and teamwork.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

She has a consulting company, Grace Kingdom Beauty , that helps you develop your very own beauty brand from concept to launch. Ginger also wanted to become a makeup artist, but because she’s Asian, there were certain cultural pressures imposed on her by family. Advice on Starting Your Own Beauty Brand. Start with an end in mind.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

She has a consulting company, Grace Kingdom Beauty , that helps you develop your very own beauty brand from concept to launch. Ginger also wanted to become a makeup artist, but because she’s Asian, there were certain cultural pressures imposed on her by family. Advice on Starting Your Own Beauty Brand. Start with an end in mind.

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StartupNation

MARCH 19, 2021

By clearly setting boundaries, assigning roles and establishing ownership, you’re building a culture of accountability. A healthy family business embraces this constructive conflict, manages it well, and allows it to create new approaches, innovations and strategies. The worst thing you can do is play favorites. Key takeaways.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 30, 2020

Protecting intellectual property rights through registration is an important element of any business strategy. New Zealanders have traditionally favoured a non-regulated approach—#8 wire, Kiwi ingenuity and innovative thinking drive our cultural identity.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 14, 2018

Better still, you consult an expert to mentor you. Before you start operating your business, consult with a lawyer to make sure you are within legal bounds. The team you assemble for your organization should be working together to sell your product or services, grow the business and establish a solid culture. You search online.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This lesson has not only helped my business thrive but also shaped our company culture, emphasizing compassion and resilience as core values. Staying attuned to these changes and being willing to pivot our strategies has been instrumental in our growth. Business is not just about transactions; it’s about people.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 15, 2010

And during the 1980’s in California there was also a period of explosive growth of sushi restaurants (introducing Americans to a little bit more of the Japanese culture) as well as a growth in the Japanese economy that had all American companies trying to understand Japanese processes and business structure ( Kanban , Keiretsu , etc.).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. What’s your advice for hiring internationally? This advice is highly applicable to companies such as yours as you embark on an effort to hire from abroad. Eager Early-Stage Startup.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 13, 2016

In this special interview, the co-founders of Pronexia—a new generation recruitment firm—open up about their bootstrapping days, their unique hiring methodology, and the role authenticity plays when building relationships and company culture. Against everyone’s advice, I decided to seek out a business partner. ME/ “Commit to culture.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

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 first job after college was as a developer at Andersen Consulting. What about strategy?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

But my take: Gaikai had superior technology & a superior business strategy. He talked in the video about how he finds it helpful in companies to think about practical theory and frameworks for thinking about company strategy. 15:00 Question from the chat: Are VCs moving to be consulting companies in some parts?

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Maya Moufarek, founder of Marketing Cube , spent more than 15 years working for companies like Google and American Express before launching her own growth consultancy. How do you think those qualities contribute to your success in working with startups and forming strategies?

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Y Combinator

MARCH 3, 2021

These are some of the approaches we’ve seen YC companies pursue: In-vitro experiments at the bench, using banked cells or banked/cultured tissues. And, it may be a good time to seek feedback from the FDA or counsel from a consultant or lawyer. Should I hire a consultant or a lawyer? Is a lawyer better than a consultant?

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The last step is creating a detailed business plan, which includes a marketing strategy and growth plan. I’m a big believer in the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) strategy. This experience inspired the creation of Innovative Wellness Consultants and Quantum Energy Wellness Center, ventures I co-founded with my sister.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth. In the spirit of our WYSIWYG culture at Upfront I thought it might be useful to explain what we’ve done, what we’re doing and why we feel this best suits our working style.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

They hire locally and remotely and have a close-knit culture built on authentic connections between team members. Software can be licensed to corporations to benefit employees and uses behavioral science to understand the reasoning behind financial decisions people make and to help democratize financial advice for the masses.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This financial leader could well have come through the finance org at another startup or at a larger company but they often also can come from strategy consulting (Bain, BCG or McKinsey) or through investment banking (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc.).

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Reforge

JANUARY 31, 2023

On the heels of the pandemic, we’ve seen a number of flexible work arrangements emerge: remote companies, part-time tech, and more freelance consulting than usual. Regardless, their function is to give advice, but they don’t typically interact with people outside of the core leadership team or own any tangible deliverables.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

TechCrunch reporter Natasha Mascarenhas interviewed Kleiner Perkins partner Bucky Moore to get sector-agnostic advice for founders who are ready to raise a Series A. Part 4: The consequences of scaling up sneaker culture. Four strategies for getting attention from investors. Four strategies for getting attention from investors.

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ExactHire - Startups

JUNE 3, 2021

Hiring managers face difficult decisions when assessing for personality, culture fit, and soft skills. For this reason, you need someone on your hiring team with deep knowledge about the company’s culture, its goals, and values. If there is still no clear winner, don’t jump to consulting your gut instinct just yet.

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ExactHire - Startups

JUNE 3, 2021

Hiring managers face difficult decisions when assessing for personality, culture fit, and soft skills. For this reason, you need someone on your hiring team with deep knowledge about the company’s culture, its goals, and values. If there is still no clear winner, don’t jump to consulting your gut instinct just yet.

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StartupNation

MARCH 23, 2021

Lori’s advice to women entrepreneurs seeking funding? They’re highly committed to body positivity and diversity, both in their advertising and in their company culture. She’s also the founder and CEO of Middle Third, a boutique consultancy focused on mobility strategy.

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Reforge

JUNE 15, 2023

Step 1: Map Out the End-to-End User Journey Step 2: Collect Hypothesis-Driven Data Step 3: Master the 3 Components of a Healthy Data Infrastructure Expert Advice for Product Analytics Success When it comes to building high-impact products, most product managers get in the driver's seat and “feel the need for speed.”

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

I spent a decade consulting for Fortune 500’s with massive customer data sets?—?data Most of my experience is in B2B SaaS, so this advice is tailored to founders in a similar space: #1 Hire an experienced leadership team to define the culture and vision A brand new startup only has one asset?—?the I bet the answer is no.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. Before I dive into your question, let me make a few suggestions: Consult both a corporate attorney and an immigration attorney. Dear Sophie: Should co-founders on OPT, STEM OPT pursue H-1Bs?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

You know, the weird thing, Derek, and I should probably let you speak some time, but I was deeply technical when I went into Andersen consulting, and I got paid much less than engineers who graduated, because I had a degree in economics. We don’t take tech guys in the strategy consulting group.” Startup Advice'

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I see a clear cultural change happening in the investing universe, as more people pay attention to ESG objectives and apply an ESG filter to their investments. Bank of America has predicted $20T to flow in ESG investing strategies in the next two decades. But in the longer run, the result is a dysfunctional society. trillion. .

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

The first three tools are only relevant if you’re going to generate significant content yourself: Teten.com , my blog and content marketing strategy. Following Fred Wilson’s advice, I want to build my own platform. Instagram is primarily a place to showcase our culture. 2) Researching a topic.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I see a clear cultural change happening in the investing universe, as more people pay attention to ESG objectives and apply an ESG filter to their investments. Bank of America has predicted $20T to flow in ESG investing strategies in the next two decades. But in the longer run, the result is a dysfunctional society. trillion. .

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2010

But to be clear the overwhelming majority of deals involve one company driving the cultural integration, establishment of uniform processes, hiring / firing decisions, etc. It is preferable when you are in the dominant position so you can control the post-merger integration strategy. Tags: Startup Advice. This is a good thing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

I ran a team of 14 people (12 Japanese, 1 German and 1 Turk … both of whom were fluent in Japanese) who produced an Internet strategy for the board of Sony. I got to experience much of the local culture and customs. I had a nice severance check and secured a job with Andersen Consulting very quickly. And his boss.

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