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Here is How to Make Sense of Conflicting Startup Advice

Both Sides of the Table

Everybody has a blog these days and there is much advice to be had. Many startups now go through accelerators and have mentors passing through each day with advice – usually it’s conflicting. So far from not taking advice from other people – I want more advice, more data points, more opinions.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Build a founding team, choose a VC and recruit your board

TechCrunch

ThoughtSpot CEO Sudheesh Nair shared some of his thoughts about building a sturdy leadership team and drafted a thorough checklist for entrepreneurs who are putting a crew together. His initial advice? Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Are you even the best choice for CEO?

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Don’t be a Grin Fucker

Both Sides of the Table

OK, this will be a test of whether using real curse words in your title or post gets all of your stuff blocked by spam filters or from appearing on HackerNews or the like. McKinsey had their “ 7S framework &# and BCG had the “ BCG Matrix &# with cash cows, dogs, stars and question marks. Make your arguments fact based.

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

Both Sides of the Table

The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. Online marketing uses techniques for driving promotion and place. You might write a piece now and then that catches fire but there is nothing repeatable that would be useful for a business.

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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Executive Talent

Andreessen Horowitz

Who are the best search partners to use, and let then letting you and that search firm run with the execution. I think it’s the best framework for executive hiring that I’ve seen. Can you just describe the MOC to our audience, what it is, and why you guys are so passionate about using it?

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Extra Crunch roundup: UiPath’s IPO filing, predicting revenue, how to pivot properly, much more

TechCrunch

But since I’ve never actually done those things, I would encourage you to ignore any advice I have to offer. Trusted advice comes from experience. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. The IPO market is sending us mixed messages. Have a great weekend. Walter Thompson.

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Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control

David Teten VC

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. Though RBI will displace some traditional equity VC, its much bigger impact will be to expand the pool of capital available for early-stage entrepreneurs. .