Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2018

In the case of the investment they are often also not only committing personal risk of looking bad at their partnership if things don’t go well but also countless hours of board meetings, financial reviews, legal documents across what is often 7–10 years or more. often out of fear that being too pushy could lead to an earlier “no.”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

In the first part of this post I talked about how sales in a startup is often evangelical , requires as consultative sale and needs constant adjustments based on customer feedback. The next few posts are going to talk about scaling your sales operations as you move out of the evangelical phase. Be realistic about your skills.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, in conversation with a16z’s Bob Swan, explains how AI copilots are keeping developers longer in a flow state and why AI copilots more broadly could be the start of an industrial revolution for knowledge work. [00:59] That’s the exciting thing to me about building a technology.

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Forward Cities

JULY 25, 2019

Some organizations provide direct services such as business management training, legal or financial consulting, or assistance with sales and marketing. Other organizations are better suited to convene events where entrepreneurs gather to provide informal peer support to one another and connect to role models in their industry.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 1, 2019

So often, I watch a salesperson simply talk and make a presentation, but realistically, the best sales approach is “consultative.” At Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), we help entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey achieve new levels of leadership by providing the knowledge, skills and resources to grow and scale their operations.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

I have neither worked at Netflix, nor written for the blog myself. In september 2020, 4,100 respondents in a survey ranked Netflix as the best place to work, over GitHub and Google. That is, in no small part, due to its salaries, its culture, and its brand. According to SimilarWeb, the TechBlog gets just over 250,000 pageviews per month.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2020

You need to: study the rules, make sure that you don’t violate the “affiliate rule” (more later), consult with your Company Counsel, consult with your board and investors and then make your own determination. We have been advising a lot of entrepreneurs so I thought I’d “open source” some of the advice I have been sharing.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 23, 2011

6) Document your search on a blog--one at a custom, professional domain. This is a suggested path for the summer after graduation or really anyone who can put in a few months to get something that really fits them and that they're happy with. 1) Pick whatever industry you think you have the most interest in.

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FundersClub

JULY 13, 2017

Most offices, whether at a big company or at a startup, allow employees to work at home from time to time. It's not exactly a perk, but it does allow people to better manage work and their lives, as neither of those things adhere to perfect forms of time or place. The real answer, as with many things, isn't a nice declarative little package.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 8, 2022

An ever-growing number of family offices want to invest into private tech companies. They’re usually motivated by a combination of financial returns, a search for strategic benefits with their core operating business, and passion about tech. But how should they go about it? But don’t do it half-heartedly. You can use multiple strategies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2010

When I worked in consulting we did reviews at the end of every project and at a minimum we did quarterly reviews. How few people give their employees real feedback on a regular and formal basis. How much employees crave this information, whether positive or negative. Where to Start? So start there. I hate process. How Frequently?

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Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

14:20 – At what point did they shift entirely away from consulting? You can try it out at HubSpot.com. Kevin Hale is a Partner at YC and cofounder of Wufoo. Brian is on Twitter @bhalligan and Kevin is @ilikevests. 00:00 – Brian’s an introvert that likes to work from home. He also runs a public company. How does he do both?

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