NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Who: Magnify Consulting What: Sales strategy, CRM, outsourced, tradeshows NZ HQ: Wellington Who do you work with and what key challenges do you help them solve? Sales strategy + sales process Get set up for sales success. Better still some of these sales strategies are free (apart from your time!).

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StartupNation

JULY 12, 2025

Hiring freelancers is a smart move for startups that feel conventional recruitment strategies have reached a dead end. How to Leverage the Gig Economy for Startup Success 8 Strategies to Secure High-Caliber Freelancers for Startup Growth Yes, freelancers bring flexibility. Make sure you can facilitate international payment options.

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StartupNation

JUNE 9, 2025

A well-crafted business plan serves as a roadmap for your company, outlining your goals, strategies, and financial projections. Understanding your target audience, their needs and the competitive landscape is essential for developing effective marketing strategies and positioning your business for success.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In this article, well explore essential strategies to help small business owners improve their cash flow to maintain a positive cash position for financial stability. Regularly monitoring your cash flow allows you to identify trends, anticipate shortages, and make informed financial decisions based on future cash flow.

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StartupNation

MAY 22, 2025

This comprehensive guide explores practical strategies for balancing parenthood with entrepreneurship without leaving domestic chores behind. Delegation Strategies : Eliminate activities that take away your energy or time that you could be focused on for more productivity and brainstorm ways to allocate those tasks somewhere else.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 3, 2024

However, as with everything in business, the right strategies constantly change (even when the fundamentals stay the same). Identifying which digital marketing strategies will move the needle from so many viral trends is a real challenge: Is video marketing content as effective as they say?

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Hunter Walk

MARCH 24, 2025

HW: I find you to be a thinker who uses others opinions to inform your own. As someone newish to venture capital, whats a piece of advice you received early on that really shaped the way you think about Moth? A memorable piece of advice I received from my first LP was that: the ideal investor is a finance bro with a dash of Engelbart.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

I recommend you read Fred Wilson’s recent blog post about the need for a well articulated business strategy before pushing a particular business model. I guess this is the ultimate definition of implementing a business model when you’re not clear on strategy! The Need for Strategy. My take on his argument is this: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

We think transparency and easy access to information benefit our entire ecosystem. At any moment in time one of Upfront’s associates are likely to be working on: a pricing strategy, a market-expansion strategy, an M&A review, or helping build a company’s first board deck template. Startup Advice'

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 29, 2024

The most successful entrepreneurs are those who take the approach of seeking out those who can give the best advice when dealing with the challenges of growing their small business or startup. The Importance of Seeking Out Expert Advice Seeking out expert advice is crucial for small business owners for several reasons.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Communicating all relevant information they need to know. In addition, zero exposure to nonverbal cues significantly reduces how information is conveyed. With the onset of remote work, employees, managers, and even management teams use asynchronous communication to convey large chunks of information to coworkers.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

It was a brute-force strategy, devoid of any fairy-tale twists, but it was effective. To fellow entrepreneurs at any stage of their journey, my advice is clear: If you are committed to bootstrapping your business, be prepared for the long haul. The motivation to succeed for my family provided a beacon of hope.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

I surveyed six seed- and early-stage investors to get their tactical advice for laid-off tech workers who are thinking about starting up. Most of them were so open to receiving pitches, they said we could include their contact information. You gotta get social; you gotta get out in front of people and start building relationships.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

Now’s the time to start planning your Disrupt 2021 schedule , and you don’t want to miss out on these informative presentations. Buy one here and check out the breakout sessions for trends, advice and opportunities to help grow your business. You will not find this level of people accessible and in one place anywhere else.

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A Smart Bear

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

When the organization has never made this type of decision before, the decision is at great risk, and being more deliberate with research, data, debate, or even outside advice, is wise. Imperfect information. Don’t know how to evaluate the options.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Or read the quick, informative summary below the image! Business model: o They bought a lot of ad inventory (banner ads/advertising) driving people to signup forms, converting (fill out form) and sold leads, o Initial strategy was first comparison shopping and then monitoring and upselling on more savings.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

My reading on ADD says that it’s just the way that your brain processes information. I’m sure all the doctors are cringing much like I would if I read your fund-raising advice. I’m going to do a follow up post on: Strategies for Coping with ADD and what to make of the available ADD medicine.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice. This ended up developing into Visual Basic for Applications , the strategy for programmability in Microsoft Office. Pricing information. Twitter had a fundamentally flawed strategy from the beginning.

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Y Combinator

JULY 20, 2022

Much of my time is spent setting the vision and strategy for Faire and driving the execution of that strategy. As a thousand-person company, the number of products and features we can build has greatly increased, and we have to map out our strategy for the next 6-12 months to keep teams aligned.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 21, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask startup founders and innovators from around New Zealand, What is one piece of advice you would give to people working on their first startup and why? Thomas Clyma – Cofounder. TheTestMart.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 19, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Use the information you learn to refine your product, approach, and pitch. The best advice I can give is to dive in with the mindset that done is better than perfect.” Rick Kiessig – Cofounder. Fabulous ideas are a dime a dozen.

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Startup Blogpost

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

11 Startup Content Marketing Strategies That Actually Work To help startups navigate the complex world of content marketing, we’ve gathered eleven successful strategies from industry professionals, including CEOs and Content Marketing Managers.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

With a thirst for learning and a willingness to share lessons learned and insider experiences, EO members published 47 informative posts on EO’s Inc.com channel in 2023. My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. Insights Learned From Raising $1.5

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American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 11, 2024

There is a wealth of online marketing research resources to help a small business or startup to establish a marketing plan and strategy to achieve its marketing goals. With the move to the digital economy and the advent of AI, data empowers small business owners to make more informed decisions.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 3, 2024

Identify the challenges or underperforming areas where outside professional advice is under consideration. They seek “free advice” on issues that are much too complex to be addressed in that manner. Ask the consultant about their problem-solving approach and strategies for helping small businesses grow.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

What advice the initiators have for other ecosystems looking to hire a professional ecosystem builder. We are fortunate to have leadership that have masterminded strategies utilizing public and private funding, along with a stellar regional foundation (Danville Regional Foundation, or DRF) to slowly work this puzzle out. Challenges.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

It was not easy for me to get all the information I needed, like how safe it was, the lifestyle, and all of those things that are actually very important information.” So, he had the idea to put the information online and make it more accessible for other students who were interested in studying abroad. billion valuation.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This was a fantastic strategy in terms of impact, raising the bar for startup excellence in key startup ecosystems and opening up access to the Venture Capital financing market to founders who couldn’t or didn’t want to relocate to the Bay Area. The next important group to spot the weakness in Techstars’ strategy was the investment community.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It is its first base in Silicon Valley, a pivotal hub for the global information technology industry. This collaborative environment is designed to offer startups valuable advice, introduce potential business partners, and provide essential support services, including legal assistance.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

is the head of Strategy for Esquire Digital and the editor of Today’s Esquire. For a variety of reasons (sometimes inexperience or bad advice) too many equity holders often find companies’ capitalization information to be opaque and not easily accessible. Aron Solomon. Contributor. Aron Solomon, J.D.,

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 26, 2024

I’ve unapologetically hyper-focused this shopping solution for women, as informed and directed by my personal experience and the experiences of my users as women, moms, and what I refer to as “household procurement specialists.” I still regularly meet with i2E for advice as I’m building my company.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Using examples from Airbnb, Uber and others, he shares several strategies for avoiding the most common pitfalls, along with the pitch deck framework Slidebean uses with most of its clients. Dear Sophie: Any advice on visa issues for new hires? Do you have any advice? Dear Sophie: Any advice on visa issues for new hires?

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

You may find a lot of information that may make it easier to grasp why understanding intellectual property is important. At an absolute minimum, trademarks, copyright, confidential information, trade secrets, personal information and data security are relevant to all businesses.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

Once contact is made, maintaining a dialog with potential investors that informs them of ongoing progress and the passing of key milestones nurtures a trusting relationship. Regardless of the type of investor, they all expect financial information about the venture including financial statements and financial projections.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

They now have a strong VC lead from Foundry Group and from experience when you get advice from Foundry it comes with authority, experience, empathy and the right amount of straight talk. I know because I have been the beneficiary of their advice for years and have appreciated it. Information Leaks are a Real Problem.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 19, 2020

This time, I connected with 15 startup and SME leaders from my network to discover how they are tackling the current crisis, and what advice they had to offer to others in the same boat. In times of crisis, it’s imperative for startups to build a solid analytics strategy to understand how their businesses are functioning at a granular level.

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