NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The Four Pillars of Governance Best Practice (strategy, culture, accountability and compliance) still underpin governance in a startup context but they are applied differently than on an established corporate board. Strategy is everything for a startup company board. A startup board is brave and supportive.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. If you figure out how to 10X the success of difficult conversations, you can 10X the productivity, culture, and profitability of your company. Don’t be afraid to get creative and explore new possibilities!” Insights Learned From Raising $1.5

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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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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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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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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

However, while many startups exist in cities like Turin, Bologna, Naples and Rome, Milan is generally seen as a bigger ecosystem because of its mercantile culture and a significant share of VC funds. How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 26, 2022

Steinfeld is passionate about creating a workplace that humanizes employees and fosters creativity. This is vital in forming an inclusive workplace culture where people’s voices are heard and deeply respected. Check out the video. The Four E’s. The First “E” – Evolve. Smart Hustle Resources.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 19, 2019

It’s counterintuitive, and many resist it, but it is often the key to changing culture and improving outcomes. The story came together in a rush of creativity on a long flight to Australia. That was likely the best advice I ever heard. You mention that you’ve learned as much from a homeless person as a successful businessperson.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

How do you think those qualities contribute to your success in working with startups and forming strategies? Marketing strategies that help find product-market fit are very different from acquiring your first 100 customers, which is very different from scaling your customer acquisition or lead generation. What problem are they solving?

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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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FundersClub

JUNE 15, 2017

" Boris Silver of FundersClub offers a summary of his advice to a founder on best practices when joining an accelerator, stemming from his own experience at Y Combinator in " What do the best founders do in accelerator programs? Ethereum vs Ethereum Classic.

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Gust

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Professional advice in this area is highly advised. Cultural and religious implications must be very carefully considered. Assume defining the strategy is a one-time process. Your initial strategy will be wrong, no matter how carefully you think it out. You may recall the Chevy Nova, a compact car from GM.

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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. Both internally and externally, LaunchGood taps into the creative power of Muslims worldwide. Don’t let venture capitalists deter you from opportunity.

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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.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 8, 2022

My advice is that even the senior team should set its own distinctive purpose so that it can set its own performance goals to measure itself against. Once you are clear on why you are here, you can set the strategy and the goals. Because there is greater creativity, group think is avoided, and all the different perspectives are aired.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

“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. Five pieces of advice: Beware the warm body syndrome. There are now 3.5

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 29, 2018

Below are nine podcasts that will kickstart your knowledge to help you close more deals and work flawlessly with creative and sales teams. . This podcast is ideal for anyone wanting to keep up-to-date with emerging marketing strategies and changing consumer behavior. Sales and marketing can take years to learn and perfect. No problem.

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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. Once we have a solid foundation, we gather a diverse team of creative minds who bring different perspectives to the table. The MVP Approach.

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Startup Blogpost

MAY 19, 2023

They can identify pitfalls, recommend marketing and sales channels, and give feedback on strategy and tactics. Mentors can be a great addition to a startup, as they provide wisdom and advice to emerging businesses. I learned new strategies and saw ones I thought were impossible to execute became possible.

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Jason Malki

APRIL 17, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Jason Scharf, a Bio + Health strategy leader and active early-stage investor in the life science and digital health sectors. Thankfully I could write and was taking an economics class on the advice of my father, so I was able to get a job doing PR for life sciences companies.

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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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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

It felt like my whole life was consumed by this industry, when really, there’s more dimensions to me as a person, and also, what I wanted to do creatively. There was kind of a culture of glorifying that a little bit, where everybody’s wearing company swag, and then it becomes a thing that everybody wants.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

In business, she suddenly became more responsible for the creative side of the venture. Thankfully, Donna could rely on her friend of 30 years and the company’s people and culture manager. We did a learning activity with my executive team after attending Verne Harnish’s strategy session for the year.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy? How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? There is an incredible, thriving entrepreneurship culture that breeds fascinating companies weekly. How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy?

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Reforge

JULY 12, 2022

Directing is clarifying the strategy, goals, and roles that are required for a team to reach an impactful outcome. Frequent behavior modeling can easily create fixed cultural norms about what management looks like and does at your company. You have a clear focus, your team is performing well, and you give timely valued feedback often.

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Reforge

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

There’s lots of advice out there about customer-centricity and why it’s important — but few resources that talk about how to get there. The secret to success for companies that have avoided these pitfalls is twofold: systems and culture. Culture How are customer insights shared and referenced during interactions with coworkers?

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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. This approach not only sparks creativity and problem-solving but also enhances communication and teamwork. Tobias Liebsch , Co-Founder, Fintalent.io

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Y Combinator

MAY 15, 2019

Craig Cannon [00:56] – You guys have two different strategies, paid versus advertising. One of our core hypotheses is that if you look at the amount of culture in the world and the amount that we’re investing in it as a proportion of our overall GDP and what we’re paying for it, is that too low, too high or just right?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2016

Before making this change I called our LPs to ask for advice and input. I believe this strategy has paid off in spades. We bill it as a mixture of the best of what LA has to offer: Creativity, Startups and Capital. And I find that this once-a-year activity really helps bind us together and strengthen our team and our culture.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Waymark is a digital creative marketing company with offices in Detroit. They hire locally and remotely and have a close-knit culture built on authentic connections between team members. They help users navigate away from assumptions or use of outmoded data to drive their marketing strategy. They recently closed a $4.3

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 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. As this cohort of firms is forced to puke out any asset that is not locked in some long-term yield strategy, look out below.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy?

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