Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Pitch your startup for an opportunity to meet with Floodgate. When evaluating opportunities, great leaders can articulate the risks of a given bet and the reasons why they can be overcome. Favorite business book, blog, podcast? The strategy to minimize loss is not the strategy to win. Eliminate distractions.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

How do you think those qualities contribute to your success in working with startups and forming strategies? Marketing strategies that help find product-market fit are very different from acquiring your first 100 customers, which is very different from scaling your customer acquisition or lead generation. What problem are they solving?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy founded theBoardlist , a premium talent marketplace that helps diverse leaders get discovered for board and executive opportunities. I continued to listen to non-e-commerce pitches as well, simply to give myself a point of reference for evaluating online shopping opportunities. More posts by this contributor.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Maria Palmer of RRE summarizes : “You can’t pick a platform strategy that’s unique, but you can pick a platform strategy that your firm can uniquely execute. ” . I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. What to consider before building your VC platform strategy. Celebrity Relationships.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

In a case study based on Instagram campaigns for a site that facilitates bookings for freelance beauty professionals, digital marketer Angelina Liparteliani looked at Instagram Reels, Feed Posts and Stories. Diversify your ad strategy, test different ideas and don’t give up if your ad doesn’t show results right away.”. to 17 cents.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Teacher departures are a loss for public schools, but an opportunity for startups racing to win a share of the changing teacher economy. All these things have caused teachers to seek opportunity outside of the traditional schooling system.”. Outschool itself has surged over 2,000% in new bookings, and recently turned its first profit.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I told people privately my perfect spec: computer science undergrad from MIT (or any other great school), 2-years at McKinsey but no more than that (I love the analytical framework that the top strategy consulting firms provide. What about strategy? I paid up for the diploma but can’t say that I saw better results.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

.” Even so, many entrepreneurs squander this opportunity, often because they direct questions or fail to understand their BATNA (best alternative to a negotiated agreement). ” Wilson’s book explores the history of freon, a common refrigerant that was later banned due to its devastating impact on the ozone layer.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Maria Palmer of RRE summarizes : “You can’t pick a platform strategy that’s unique, but you can pick a platform strategy that your firm can uniquely execute. ” . I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. What to consider before building your VC platform strategy. Celebrity Relationships.

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Reforge

OCTOBER 20, 2022

We’ll provide a simple framework to calculate the expected value of the information gained from the experiment. We’ll explain how to adapt the framework to your own use cases, and take a peek under the hood for those that want to dive deeper. Much of this paralysis is due to a lack of framework for determining the value of a test.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Among the many books that have shaped my thinking on organizational structures, one of the most important is Frédéric Laloux’s “Reinventing Organizations.” In shaping our team structures, we have borrowed many ideas from the book. Each team is typically working on just one client project at any given time.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 3, 2023

Four strategies to prepare for an exit that will set you up for success. A chapter wasn’t just over, a book was being closed. Most likely, they’ll all use this opportunity to freshen up their resume. Image: Author From the moment our CMO was removed to my first call with our interim CMO three weeks had elapsed.

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Dream It

JUNE 2, 2021

Keep reading or watch the dose below for Steve’s easy-to-follow framework that will make your pitch a story that will draw in prospective investors. Foundational slides like your problem, solution, total addressable market, competition, and go-to-market strategy slides are not conveying a consistent message. It’s time for your demo.

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Reforge

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Most every marketer is familiar with A/B testing, but few have a consistent framework for prioritizing what to test. He is currently writing a book on Marketing Memetics. However the ability to instantly produce any creative you can imagine — for next to zero cost — only makes creative testing strategy even more important.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

In 2019, the Malaysian government also issued its Shared Prosperity Vision 2030, a 10-year framework for restructuring its economy that includes building an Islamic fintech hub as a key part of its strategy. But Islamic fintech still makes up a very small percentage of the total market.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 14, 2022

I chose to write this article because I want to spotlight the opportunities created by the COVID pandemic. Moving forward, TOMS will continue to work with organizations led by those closest to a community’s obstacles and opportunities?—?driving As Web3 grows roots, evolve your customer engagement strategies. Well, now you do.]

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Our one-on-one relationship with our customers is key to our success because it provides the framework under which we respond to the ever-changing needs of the customer. Dell Computer Corporation’s mission is to provide high-quality computers directly to end users with a high level of customer service.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Michèle Hecken : I had sold my business and was writing a book, which made me curious about public speaking. I wanted GSA to give me a framework for a signature talk and help me understand what topic and how best to present on it. I’d been speaker-coaching for nearly 20 years, but I loved being behind the scenes more than on the stage.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 26, 2019

If you’re running a business in NZ or Australia – whether you’re just getting started or you’ve got a nationwide presence with a large market share – these digital marketing tips will be essential for everyone to not only capitalise on a golden opportunity in the digital space but also stay relevant.

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The Entrepreneurs Library

JUNE 22, 2015

I write books, I teach in the school of business at Duke University, and I do a lot of speaking and marketing strategy consulting as well. The Book’s Unique Quality (02:46). I really divided the book into three major sections: finding your breakthrough idea, building a following around your idea, and how to monetize your ideas.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

When you’re starting, you’ll need a brand, strategy and the marketing infrastructure to reach early customers. We like to keep engagements as flexible as possible because startups are always discovering new marketing opportunities or customer needs. How do you collaborate with startups? From there we design a logo.

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FundersClub

JUNE 29, 2017

What once required deep domain expertise to execute has been made easier by libraries and frameworks, such as Google's TensorFlow. "There are usually many hidden opportunities in the haystack," Moreira says. Engineers should still seek to use as much data as possible.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 18, 2023

19 Strategies for Managing Risk in a Startup In this article, we explore nineteen different strategies for managing risk in startups, shared by founders, CEOs, and other industry professionals. This way, we made more informed decisions and reduced the risk of failure.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

After having read Elad Gil’s book, I understand why. In fact, one of the defining chapters in that book was her user instructions for her as a manager. Maybe we can start with that backstory on how that chapter inside of Elad’s book came together. Her team loved working for her. Claire, welcome to Office Hours.

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OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

Frameworks To Become A Billionaire. The strategy behind it, I think, is strong in terms of it gets HubSpot into a thing which is where I think the future of SaaS companies is going to be heading. Or you don't do that that framework? Yeah, I have that framework. Sam: for me, yeah, I have that framework. Shaan: Okay.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2020

It was quite possibly the most extensive greenfield opportunity in the history of technology. From personal decisions to business strategy, we need better tools to abstract the complexity of today’s modern society. Outschool itself has surged over 2,000% in new bookings, and recently turned its first profit.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

My goal is to lay out a basic framework for anybody unsure whom to listen to as a way of helping you think about a way to orient your own views. This great Internet that has offered so much economic opportunity has also centralized wealth creation into the hands of relatively few people on a scale and in a timeframe never seen before.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 13, 2024

AI, I think, so far is living up to that framework. It does a search across, you know, basically all of these words and sentences and diagrams and books and photos and everything that human beings have created. If you’re between the ages of 15 and 35, it’s really cool and you might be able to get a job doing it.

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