TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

Simultaneously, diversity and inclusion strategies have become more widespread; 43% of firms have implemented a diversity strategy (against 32% in 2018 and 24% in 2016), while 41% have an inclusion strategy (versus 31% in 2018 and 17% in 2016). Let’s be clear: The venture capital industry has lacked diversity.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 30, 2023

After we closed the round, our lead investor revealed how capital efficient we had been compared to our peers. Welcome to the fourth edition of Learnings of a CEO. You can read previous editions here. Snapdocs is the leading digital closing platform for the mortgage industry. Even after YC, we didn’t raise much immediately.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. They offer leadership conferences, regular content articles on leadership, board pack templates and the like.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The numbers are devastating and point to the need for massive changes across the board in terms of providing more sustainable and inclusive working environments for underrepresented groups. Successful DEI not only enables culturally diverse workforces — it’s imperative to business success. Candice Bristow. Contributor.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. It feels like something you could turn your attention to once you have tens of millions of dollars and a large staff to run operations and you could step back from it all and think about how to lead. The reality of most startups is about survival.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

Jill shared lessons learned and more in a blog post to mark the occasion. Below is an excerpt from the original article. I’m incredibly grateful for the amazing customers and employees who brought us to this milestone! To celebrate our anniversary, I’m sharing a few pivotal lessons I have learned during each of these wonderful years. I was nervous!

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Haystack

JANUARY 12, 2020

For those following this blog and the seed market over the past decade, you may have noticed that every year, we see increases across the board — more investors, newer funds, and funds that get larger. 2M per firm, funds may want to grow so they can keep co-investing with their peer group.

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Reforge

JULY 20, 2022

It’s a core component of Netflix’s well-known culture manifesto called “Dream Teams.” You’ll also get a chance to explore common mistakes and strategies for troubleshooting so you can build off of Tom’s Dream Team experience instead of starting from square one. Table of Contents What makes a “Dream Team” a dream team?

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Surdna Foundation

APRIL 11, 2022

If you’re like us, you probably thought, “Why didn’t anyone tell me?” The truth is that it’s tricky to give honest feedback to the people who give out grants. Yet we all know that honest feedback is essential to improve our work. This is our fourth such survey since 2004. Here’s what we heard and how we plan to do better.

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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. ) That is why inflation, at least from a goods perspective, will remain sticky. I discussed this at length in “Energy Cancelled”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 5, 2016

By Glenn Bartlett, Head of Strategy at Step Change. Peer pressure : This occurs when a solitary voice in the team questions the decision or expresses an opposing view. In the nineties, they announced globalisation strategies that, due to their illusion of invulnerability, led to the fall of their reputation and stock market value.

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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. And I’d add to the world of “lists of three&# the old adage that many VCs quote about boards having only three roles: Raising money. Both are basically people businesses.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 13, 2012

I call the last working week in December Board Week because it’s packed with board meetings. These board meetings are often the most important of the year. These meetings set the tone and strategy for the company for the upcoming year. Afterwards, the findings are presented to the board and the company in an all hands.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

The founding partner of Upfront, Yves Sisteron, has been a mentor for me since 1999 and was on the board of my first company. And thankfully I had the support of my peers. It’s 25 minutes and it’s both a pleasure to watch and is super insightful. We as an industry have seen this. ” And we did.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Good morning, afternoon, and evening Redpoint community. Great to see a lot of repeat attendees and some new ones. We’re excited to continue the Month of Scale here for Redpoint Office Hours. I’m Travis Bryant. Excited to be back emceeing. Excited to be back emceeing. That was the start of the Month of Scale. And now onto our guest.

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Forward Cities

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

A central strategy for this work, reinforced by a recent regional equitable economic recovery strategic planning process is the launch of a “guiding organization”. . The E3 Alliance of Greater Pittsburgh is now looking for a Director to lead this effort. . The position is funded via philanthropic support from local foundations. .

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OurCrowd

JUNE 20, 2021

The board of directors includes several senior semiconductor industry executives including Dan Charash who led Provigent to a $360M exit. Perception Point powers new security from Acronis. WayUp partners with AMS to boost diverse recruitment. Corporate introductions: Partner with startups. More than 1,200 high-tech jobs. Learn More.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). We’re launching our own scout program, and want to benchmark compensation and structure against our peers. But how do you do that? . How to find a job as a VC scout. How to get a job in venture capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2016

I have been evangelizing to founders for years to be more thoughtful about how startups update investors and run board meetings so I would be pretty hypocritical if I wasn’t willing to try and be more effective myself. So I decided to change up our format a bit. So I decided to change up our format a bit.

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