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The Problem with Startup Advice

This is going to be BIG.

Conferences, startup blogs, meetups--they're all filled with people telling you how to build your company. VCs construct stories in their head as to why they invested in this or that, and much of it is based on prior experience, but they're often awful at articulating the real reasons. Why ever read another tech blog?

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The Constitution for Your New Fund: Strategy, Culture, Decision-Making, Budget, and Data

David Teten VC

However, forming your new fund also typically requires making important decisions about firm strategy, culture, how you make decisions, budget, data ownership, and other issues. Sometimes Structured Debate can also help your team raise and address competing priorities or points of view in a constructive way. How about on politics?

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Leading Leaders: 5 Insights from 5 Years with EO (that can help you, too)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Without being honest with ourselves about why our strategies went awry, we cannot improve. Imagine how constructive it would be if we all practiced this not just in our businesses, but in our countries, communities and families! and more articles from the EO blog. The same holds true in the stories we tell each other.

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When Your Brand Takes a Hit: How To Make a Swift Recovery

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Respond to constructive feedback, always maintaining respect. Guided by our strategy, they began making phone calls prepped with talking points to address client concerns and highlight their longstanding ethical practices, which would make running a Ponzi scheme impossible. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Business podcasts: The ultimate guide to starting yours

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Investing in a podcast can be worthwhile, but your organization needs to answer this question before you start: Does a podcast make sense within the whole of your marketing strategy? Here’s a fun fact: For a time, Dave recorded the EO 360° podcast in his car when construction forced him out of his home office! Double down on video.

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Are You Going Back or Moving Forward?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A version of this article originally appeared on Johal’s LinkedIn blog. . Construction sites are back at it, and capitalism is raring to go. appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. Today, countries are opening up at different speeds.

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“I think viewing your board as an audience to be ‘sold’ to instead of a partner in your journey will orient your board to be less trusting and collaborative.” Five Questions with Nilam Ganenthiran, Former President of Instacart

Hunter Walk

We developed a friendship as part of our Board service and a recent blog post of his made me think I wanted to learn a bit more about his Instacart experience. HW: The whole ‘get on rocketships without worrying about seats” – you ended up moving through Instacart in a variety of business and strategy roles before assuming the President role.

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