article thumbnail

Zero-based budgeting: A proven framework for extending runway

TechCrunch

Healy Jones Contributor Share on Twitter Healy Jones runs financial planning and analysis for Kruze Consulting. As part of the finance consulting team at Kruze , I’ve worked with many startups that needed to extend their runways and realign their spending — many of them drastically. Enter zero-based budgeting. <span

article thumbnail

14 Pieces of Advice for Resolving Conflicts Among Startup Team Members

Startup Blogpost

Dawn Hart , Senior Consultant, Manage With Hart Rule Out Misunderstandings First Listen, ask questions, and gather all the context. While it fosters creativity and agility, it can also present challenges like long hours, ambiguity, and an intense work environment. It all boiled down to listening and communicating.

advice 98
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks: 3 Tips for Real Organizational Change

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In fact, despite the potential that each reorganization and polished PowerPoint presentation promises, “Most had no effect, and some actually destroyed value,” the study concluded. Successful transformations mean valuing and giving credit to the present, but then being direct and realistic about the future.

article thumbnail

Announcing the startups and judges onstage at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

TechCrunch

Koop Technologies (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) — Presenter: Sergey Litvinenko, co-Founder and CEO. The Singularity Platform is essentially a combo of three tools that Koop built: Koop API, Portal By Koop, and Insurability Sufficiency Framework (ISF). ” Boston Materials (Billerica, MA, USA) — Presenter: Anvesh Gurijala, founder and CEO.

article thumbnail

Perform a quality of earnings analysis to make the most of M&A

TechCrunch

He is an ex-PwC senior consultant in financial due diligence and the creator of The Financial Due Diligence Framework online course. It also presents a historical adjusted EBITDA that is comparable throughout the last two or three years. Why perform a QofE?

article thumbnail

Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten VC

I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. Nick Kim , Crosscut’s Head of Platform, in his presentation at the 4th Annual VC Platform Summit, shared their Platform development methodology, which he viewed as an exercise in product development. For negotiation with providers, consider Buyer.co. Minimal cost. .

article thumbnail

How to Balance Vision and Execution in Startup Leadership

Startup Blogpost

From implementing the Vision-to-Task Framework to prioritizing high-output efficiency over perfection, discover how these leaders have successfully navigated this delicate balance. To strike a balance between our startup’s overarching vision and daily operations, I introduced the “Vision-to-Task Framework.”