Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 25, 2022

How to fix the mistake of losing focus of what really matters: Having a clear strategy in place helps to say NO by agreeing and focusing on goals and priorities. The challenge here is that in a startup, you will probably have to adjust the strategy more often. It’s so easy, and there are many books on how to build startups.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Rocket often followed the Blitzscaling model popularized by Reid Hoffman — earning them an appearance in his book of the same name. Adopt a “hire slow, fire fast” mentality for your expansion strategy. For background, Rocket Internet has helped launch some very successful businesses internationally, including HelloFresh ($12.9

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Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 24, 2021

In the book, I brought in 50 business leaders to advise you on how to grow your business from your basic idea through to your eventual exit and summarized it into a step-by-step framework. Regardless of the outcome, be prepared with a strategy. The focus is mostly around marketing, because this is where so many startups fail.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

. “The reality is, they end up buying because they come to understand the value of the reinforcement learning driven approach to portfolio management, which provides invaluable insights for managing portfolio risk, balancing and growing their book of business.” Image Credits: Federato.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 30, 2014

After @pmarca tweeted about the concept, I read one of the books on the topic called Certain to Win. According to Boyd’s philosophy, the way to enable teams to become agile is by using two frameworks each with four ideas, the Organizational Climate and OODA. The second framework is OODA. How much time to invest in team building?

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Materials Science as a Guiding Force Alex’s academic background in materials science and engineering has played an instrumental role in shaping his investment strategy, particularly in deep tech sectors. He notes, “You absolutely need to be right about the market from the get-go if you want to survive.”

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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 value do they add?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2010

Post MBA I went into strategy consulting where my job was to problem solve for clients. This is a problem for a strategy consultant because you are, by definition, a generalist that is thrown into new problems again and again. I found this book very useful but still a little bit hard to implement.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

So, if you get a bunch of engineers in a room for example, if they need to do a web project, you can count the seconds before the discussion on frameworks come up. Marco: So, at the very beginning, we introduced our digital strategy tenets, if you remember, and one of them was look outside first before you build. Always a pleasure.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Favorite business book, blog, podcast? The strategy to minimize loss is not the strategy to win. Execute on the strategy to win. Although we spend lots of time talking about numbers, metrics and frameworks, there’s an artistic component to entrepreneurship that’s really important. Eliminate distractions.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 1, 2018

She described the purpose, strategy and tactics of a marketing department remarkably succinctly. Search, social, speaking events, books, webinars, analysts, field marketing and others. In my experience, this marketing framework is unique in its simplicity and combination of strategy and tactics. Sales cycles will drag.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

What it does: Decentralized order book for loans. The pitch: Lulo is a DeFi lending infrastructure that aims to utilize order book technology to create a global liquidity layer in a permissionless way. The strategy is staying on top of all the trends so other companies don’t have to,” Ji said. Stage: Seed round. games to web3.

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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. In-house functional specialists.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 24, 2021

If Tesla planners had worked up a diagram for optimum deployment of human talent, Musk would be firmly in the CEO office, translating his vision into strategy and selling it to employees, investors and consumers alike. A good place to start is the competing values framework (CVF). That’s his genius. This requires design thinking.

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Ian Hathaway

JULY 29, 2020

This article originally published on the Center for American Entrepreneurship Ideas Blog My new book with CAE Advisory Board member Brad Feld published yesterday. Even the most well-designed policy needs an implementation strategy. This typically means financial investment, and specifically, venture or angel capital.

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Dream It

JUNE 2, 2022

Increasing Cyber Sales, Avoiding 5 Big MITRE ATT&CK Mistakes What’s the best MITRE ATT&CK strategy? That’s how to nail your MITRE ATT&CK certification and avoid common pitfalls security founders make when implementing the framework - all in a short 8-minute Dose! Get expert advice on key issues to avoid.

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Jason Malki

JULY 13, 2023

His latest venture, The Brain Wrx , revolutionizes the way founders approach and grasp growth by providing a straightforward and effective framework for success. This is the impetus behind the formation of Brain Wrx , to help founders evaluate and present an idea, refine their strategy and better understand the process for success.

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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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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. In-house functional specialists.

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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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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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FundersClub

JUNE 8, 2017

Brian Armstrong of Coinbase (FC Portfolio) outlines their long-term strategy for accelerating the world’s shift to an open financial system in " What is Coinbase’s strategy? " Founder and Operator Thoughts. Talks About New Trustless Asset Portfolio Prism. " In Other News.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

Specifically, I hoped to join a company with a very strong engineering and product management culture that needed a CEO with strategy, vision, business development, fundraising and team-building expertise. No choice we make will be perfect, and all the frameworks in the world won’t eliminate risk entirely. All rights reserved.

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The Entrepreneurs Library

JULY 1, 2015

I also work a lot with individuals now through seed communities, I’m an author of two award winning and Best Selling books, and as a result I do a lot of keynote speaking. The Book’s Unique Quality(3:09). This book is to help innovative people understand how all of that fits together. A Deep Dive Into The Book (6:16).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Let’s set up a framework. it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 But this strategy great depends on point 3. A Framework to Guide You: So putting it all together, you should always be mindful of your personal circumstances and market conditions. Here’s overall what you need to know.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

That is the premise of the book called Algorithms to Live By. In a management team meeting, the same dynamic is a play when debating continuing with the current strategy or migrating to a new one. But this book isn’t entirely about algorithms. But what can we apply in our daily lives that computers have taught us?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

“As the venture landscape becomes more a meritocratic environment where resumes and institutional affiliations matter less, these strategies can make the difference between a successful fundraise and a fruitless meeting,” says Agya Ventures co-founder Kunal Lunawat. ” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Outschool itself has surged over 2,000% in new bookings, and recently turned its first profit. Varsity Tutors’ strategy is one version of pod-based learning, which gained traction a few months ago as an alternative to traditional schooling.

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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.

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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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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Goal frameworks ensure that the priorities of the leadership team coalesce the priorities of the rest of the organization. The particular framework isn’t important. On internal meetings: Stripe asked teams to create strategy documents to describe why they exist - what’s the team’s mission and strategy?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 20, 2021

Maybe a book, a podcast, a company, nowhere at all. Lessons learned I’ve devised a few coping strategies. Guide to launching a new product : my framework for how to approach building something new Why be an entrepreneur? The canvas was always built, you just had to find the promising areas. Recommended reads ??

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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. Image: Author From the moment our CMO was removed to my first call with our interim CMO three weeks had elapsed. Our client contracts would be sunset, and the entire team would be let go…I would be let go.

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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

MAY 14, 2021

Software companies that sell directly to end users share a simple framework for managing growth that leverages discoverability, desirability and do-ability — the “aha!” The hamburger model is a winning go-to-market strategy. Because the best go-to-market (GTM) strategies for startups are like hamburgers: The bottom bun: Bottom-up GTM.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 19, 2021

In 2013, when writing my first book, Sell Your Business for More Than It’s Worth, I researched businesses extensively. Then, in 2019, I did the same research for my newest book, Exit Rich. This is where Exit Rich , my newest book, comes in. The book focuses on the ST GPS Exit Model® and the ST 6 P Method®.

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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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