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Getting serious about Series B: 3 documents that will help founders control the narrative

TechCrunch

He serves on the boards of OCEANIX, Atom Computing, Conscious Cultures and MycoWorks. This is one of the lessons I wish I understood when raising a Series B, so I hope you find this advice helpful when you navigate your larger raises. An elegant strategy memo is your most important document. Gaetano Crupi. Contributor.

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Why Emmy Award-winning documentarians focused their lens on 5 GSEA student entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

We wanted to tell a story of people from all different parts of the world, with different upbringing, backgrounds, and cultures. Foster: “I was most impressed by the culture and the environment EO created through GSEA for this event. Instead, we saw competitors supporting each other by giving advice and feedback.

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Learnings of a CEO: Max Rhodes, Faire

Y Combinator

Outside of the YC community, little has been documented on best practices to be an effective CEO. We’ve experimented a lot: strategy docs, all-hands, documenting our 5Ss (the five most important initiatives across the company), and OKRs. What's your advice to other founders on how to hire executives? We are owners.

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What I’ve Learned After Holding One Thousand Interviews

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Depending on the role, there are modules of about an hour long: Coding, System Architecture, Program Management, People Management, Cultural Add and so on. There would be around 3 or 4 modules probing job required skills plus a session probing cultural add and soft skills. Is it a culture add?

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Proven Strategies to Efficiently Manage a Remote Team

Smart Hustle Magazine

To address the core challenges of remote work and to bolster employee efficiency and engagement, businesses can utilize the following approaches: Building an authentic work culture. Building An Authentic Work Culture. Remote work culture must be a people-first culture. Ensuring undisputed means of communication.

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How to conduct a reduction in force: Planning, execution and follow-up

TechCrunch

At the same time, they’re also struggling to raise fresh capital — and those who are able to raise money and extend runways are navigating the cultural complexities of down rounds. Our best-practice advice to CEOs is to cut deep enough that they are confident there will not be a second round in the next few months.

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For tech firms, the risk of not preparing for leadership changes is huge

TechCrunch

Three out of five respondents said their companies don’t have a documented plan to handle a leadership change, even though, by that same ratio, they acknowledge that a documented plan is the biggest determinant in seamless transitions. But this documented history cannot be a hagiography of the departing CEO.