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Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast

Entrepreneurs' Organization

By Miranda Naiman, accidental entrepreneur, motivational speaker, member of the EO Tanzania chapter and founder of Empower Limited , a Tanzanian human capital consultancy firm. While commendable, this effort to invest in strategy doesn’t work unless the company also focuses on culture. Energy is infectious.

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The 15 Best Strategies for Developing New Business in a Crowded Market

Startup Blogpost

The 15 Best Strategies for Developing New Business in a Crowded Market In the quest to uncover effective strategies for developing new businesses in a crowded market, we turned to fifteen Founders and CEOs for their tried-and-true tactics. By analyzing the feedback and sign-ups, you can gauge the demand for your product.

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Which software consultants do startups love to work with?

TechCrunch

Outsourcing engineering has become more common in recent years, so we’re starting a new initiative to profile the software consultants who startups love to work with the most. Consultant: Appetiser Apps. Consultant: Aloa. ” Consultant: Ajmera InfoTech. Consultant: Cultum. Consultant: ManagedKube.

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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . Thank you to my co-author for this essay, Paulina Symala, a Consultant at Oliver Wyman and a past intern of Versatile VC. Expert Networks.

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How to Succeed in Engineering Consulting

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Engineering consulting might be for you. Here’s a look at why engineers branch out into consulting, the best ways to get started and how to ensure success. The pros (and a few cons) of consulting. Engineers who choose consulting say they like the autonomy and the chance to feel ownership in their projects. Success tips.

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It Depends: Why the right fundraising strategy for your startup is never a straight answer.

This is going to be BIG.

Talk to ten founders and ten different VCs and you’ll get roughly about 600 different suggestions as to how you should go about your fundraising strategy. I don’t know what the formula is here, but the numbers and the resulting amount of confusion gets big very very quickly. Why does it seem like there’s an exception to every rule?

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How Entrepreneurs Can Prevent Problems In Their Work-From-Home Strategy

Entrepreneurs' Organization

When Pete approached me for advice, I recommended the “Failure-Proofing” strategy, which is a pragmatic and easy-to-use technique to defend against planning and project disasters. 3 Key Steps to Preventing Disasters in Implementing Decisions.

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