Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 28, 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. ) This bass-ackwards energy policy does and will continue to produce high and rising fuel prices.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Would you recommend this strategy to founders? This strategy worked for two reasons: 1) By the end of the contract, the contractors had poured weeks of energy into the work – learning the code base and investing their time – and getting to know potential coworkers. It was an all-encompassing process.

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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

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works. As somebody who has seen the shift from Innovation to Systematization many times I can tell you that culturally it is very hard for organizations.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

As Our Colleague Kate Stern Departs Homebrew To Go Back to Company Building, Here’s Her Advice. I’d moved out for Homebrew after nearly ten years in New York, and the east coast / west coast culture shock is real! That passion and energy is so fun to be around — I’m thankful to all the founders who let us come along for the ride.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Having to deal with the culture entrenched with the decision-makers and having to dissolve the old way of thinking in order to utilize best practices of the past and integrate these practices into forward-thinking methodologies. I’m already a busy person, some days having the time and energy to get everything done can be overwhelming.

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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. personality, cultural background?—?and But it is a difficult balance to maintain.

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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

The advice is to “be frugal to accommodate to the new situation and roll on.”. 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?

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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. It’s like forming a band; you need the right mix of talents, attitudes, and energies to make great music. The MVP Approach. Scale Smartly.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

He says it basically comes down to three key functions: Sets the overall vision and strategy of the company and communicates it to all stakeholders. You’re suddenly free to focus your energies elsewhere. We obviously had the debate about whether these functions could be centralized but either strategy has its trade-offs.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In this conversation with a16z’ Vijay Pande, she discusses how an LLM for cells could revolutionize drug discovery and how to bridge the technological and cultural divide between building with atoms and building with bits. [00:32] How do you build that culture? 00:32] Why life sciences? [03:23] How can AI help that?

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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.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

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. Craig Cannon [00:09:18] – I thought that was actually a really nice piece of advice that you gave because you interviewed at Yelp twice. It really only takes one.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 22, 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. ) ( Note to reader: this week’s essay is a continuation of my piece from last week, “A Samurai, a Knight, and a Yankee”.

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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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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. If you’re an early-stage company who’s raised only a small seed round or less, seeking advice from a regulatory consultant is a good way to get started.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 23, 2023

Our conversations are always enjoyable, spanning tech, parenting and culture, so I decided to ask him Five Questions here. note, for a variety of reasons I told Mike that I thought it was a positive for him] MM: I was very excited by your advice on this topic. The investor’s advice came ringing back.

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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

I wanted to give our LPs a more tangible sense of the amazing inspiration & energy that we feel in working with our portfolio company founders by having them actually interact with each other rather than just see a few talking heads. Before making this change I called our LPs to ask for advice and input.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

When it comes to huddles, we always start (and end) with high energy. About a minute into our huddle, we’re all feeling the energy. with a different strategy. This part of the huddle is above all about transparency and instilling a culture where people take responsibility. The huddle is all about high energy.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

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Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

15:05 – Providing advice as content vs in the product. 21:30 – Inbound marketing and audience building advice. Brian Halligan [01:10] – Well, I have to manage my energy, because people drain energy from me. Craig Cannon [26:41] – Do you have any other advice for startups with little to no money?

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OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

Dharmesh: I think that was good advice. The strategy behind it, I think, is strong in terms of it gets HubSpot into a thing which is where I think the future of SaaS companies is going to be heading. So for a long time, it was brand, culture, and what I call boldness, which is is the organization taking on enough risk?

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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

Among the trends our survey respondents identified were e-commerce, blockchain and crypto, healthtech, energy, mobility and climate. 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? and Nomono.

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