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

TechCrunch

.” In a related article, Gregg Adkin, VP and managing director at Dell Technologies Capital, shared the framework he’s developed for helping founders set up their board. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. The composition of the board can also impact your fundraising.

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Layoffs spell opportunity for some fintech startups

TechCrunch

Kikoff is hiring for 10 roles (a mix of hybrid and remote), including senior product manager, associate product manager, senior product designers, engineers and a growth marketing manager. Stay tuned, and please feel free to share with anyone looking for a new opportunity! a way to see what positions are available out there.

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Why I Create a Vision Board Every Year—and How It Creates Impact for Me and My Team

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Each January, I look forward to Artisan Creative’s first company-wide team meeting: The day we present our annual vision boards. For the past seven years, I’ve created a vision board, a process I’ve also introduced to my team. Creating my annual vision board. My board is a combination of personal and professional development.

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NJEDA Board Approves Program to Expand Access to Capital for Emerging Developers

American Entrepreneurship

November 21, 2023) – Last week, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board approved a new $20 million pilot program to support rising real estate developers. The program will support small-scale developers that have completed at least two – but no more than five – commercial and/or mixed-use properties of similar scope.

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IdeaPAD case study: How do you define and build value for an existing product?

Paul G. Silva

It was clear that there was more opportunity for their research and data products, but they wanted to invest their resources in promising ideas for their target market. The product was useful to their business as a marketing and operations tool, but they wanted to build it into something more. PAD P urpose: Why innovate?

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How to Manage a Board

Y Combinator

One of the most common questions we hear from founders is “How do I manage my board?” It’s something that provokes anxiety, because this is the first time the founder/CEO is subject to external supervision, and the board has powers that include the firing of the CEO and the senior management. But first, what’s the purpose of a board?

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Varjo, an early mover in building XR headsets and software for enterprises, taps $40M

TechCrunch

Applications in the metaverse often feel like more of a marketing gimmick than something that a critical mass of consumers would use, let alone pay for. But turn to the enterprise and there appears to be a very lucrative opportunity that’s well into finding traction.

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