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What to Make of Amazon’s Work Practices?

Both Sides of the Table

There is much discussion about this weekend’s article in the NY Times regarding Amazon’s work practices. It’s best encapsulated in a famous Jeff Bezos quote, “You can work long, hard or smart, but at Amazon.com you can’t choose two out of three,”. You think it’s different at any of the top consulting firms?

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Exceptional Startups Are Needles in a Haystack. So the Best VCs Build Needle Magnets.

Hunter Walk

Most strategies are some combination of innovation and best practices along the classic five steps of venture investing: See, Pick, Win, Service, Exit. Did I miss any categories? A few years back I helped start Screendoor , a fund that backs new venture firms by hopefully being one of their earliest and largest supporters.

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88% of Entrepreneurs Struggle with Mental Health: 8 Ways to Cope

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Practice doing one thing at a time to better control your awareness. Establish Healthy Boundaries Chantel Cohen, an Elumni from Atlanta, shared five practical tips to set healthy boundaries and ensure sustainable success: Set a regular time to turn off notifications so you can recharge outside of work and relax uninterrupted.

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How Founders Can Master Mental Resilience to Stay in the Game Long Enough to Win

Entrepreneurs' Organization

She has practiced the moves a million times and has the ability to execute them flawlessly in a private room. The dimensions of the balance beam haven’t changed, her strength and flexibility haven’t changed, but the mental environment of high pressure competition is completely different from the mental environment of practicing in private.

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How to Build a Successful and Diverse Venture Capital Portfolio Without Really Trying

This is going to be BIG.

Here are some ways I think this works out in practice: The Earlier You Go. Four of my best performing companies-- Canary , Orchard, Ringly and Tinybop --were all pre-product investments. Most people need a little bit of capital to bring a product to market--or they're an engineer.

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Upfront Ventures Raises > $650 Million for Startups and Returns > $600 Million to LPs

Both Sides of the Table

In our best-performing companies we often write follow-on checks totaling up to $10–15 million out of our early-stage fund. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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Business Development for Early Stage Startups

This is going to be BIG.

If you go in and impress the top 50 folks in your space, it makes it that much harder for a competitor to get a deal done—because you’re seen as the category leader. It probably even pays to get all of them in a room to pitch practice and get feedback on your value prop to a partner.