Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 7, 2020

As the CEO at a manufacturing company, Mesa Industries , she is often the only woman in the room. I have been the lone female in the room for my entire career. Left alone, women can see the questions coming, asses the challenges and propose solutions. They view the challenge from the solution, backwards.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

msuster looking for an inspired post on when an exclusivity deal (w/ major industry player) works (cons as well) for an early stage tech co. — The initial Apple/AT&T deal was of course limited to the geography in which AT&T operated and thus after its initial success Apple had a template for exclusivity agreements in other countries.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 2, 2023

Chosen companies receive support, including a 40-80% rent subsidy, public laboratories, indoor drone testing grounds, and meeting rooms, enabling them to concentrate on technological advancement. Drone technology is increasingly being recognized as a solution to traffic and environmental problems stemming from urban concentration.

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construction transportation support consulting 82

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 1, 2014

SocialSignIn , just announced as one of the Techstars NYC companies in this cohort, is growing revenues and has their in-venue marketing solution operating across multi-unit chains, theaters and lots of other places where venue owners want a better relationship with their on location customers. Plus, the NYC ecosystem is so much more vibrant.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

They imagine it to look something like this: They think that there are some deals that are automatic yeses and some that are just bad, but there’s a whole lot that are kind of in the middle—deals that can be nudged over to one side or the other based on things like clever fundraising strategy or the presence of bias.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2013

The “U” or Unique Selling Proposition (USP) or the unique attributes of your solution to solve their problems better than anybody else they could use. Obviously they need to be bought into your solution and feel compelled that it will solve a problem in their organization (the PUC). The first “C” stands for Compelling Event.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 27, 2022

A startup mentality means a person knows how to deal with failure. I’m not just talking about reordering coffee pods or cleaning the conference room?—?although I’m talking about crafting a winning penetration message so you get considered for a deal. I knew I had a great new solution. Skills can always be taught.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

I became used to being one of the few females in big conference rooms and I didn’t even pay any more attention to it. As Alex reported back in July , PitchBook data suggests that the percentage of venture capital deals that included at least one woman founder fell from 19.4% ’ This was quite shocking, I must admit.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

It also included returning investors CDIB Capital, Darwin Ventures, Accuvest, Sanput Travel Group and CSV Venture Fund, which is jointly managed by NEC Capital Solutions and Venture Labo Investment. For example, people who wanted to dine somewhere, but not in a restaurant, could book a room for a few hours and order room service.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

When I started leading deals at First Round Capital, I sourced investments in 8 companies. She had started to become a bit of a wobbly walker by then and she fractured her pelvis on her dining room floor. We got her a hospital bed in the living room and she seemed ok, right up until two days before she passed. I’m just sharing.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

The project required new hardware, software and telecommunications solutions, and took about 24 months to implement. Why are they such a big deal?” In 1998, Sun Microsystems piloted its “Open Work” program, letting roughly half of their workforce work flexibly from wherever they wanted. Let’s think back to before COVID.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

While there, they came up with a way to use A/B testing to create a way of dealing with payments in different markets. In Brazil alone, e-commerce sales grew 73.88% in 2020, but Toledo said there was much room for improvement.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

That may sound like three wildly different things when you think about it, but the thing that I really found in common among all three was I really like change, dealing with change. The same thing was true, one of the last deals I signed before I left was McDonald’s. And specifically, I like feeling uncomfortable.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 30, 2017

As a keynote speaker and executive mentor, I am frequently asked for ways to deal with rules and bureaucracy in the workplace. Especially when dealing with some large corporations with employee manuals the size of War and Peace. Offer new solutions and step up to leadership roles of their own. For the rest? It’s a keeper!

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

And so I became the CEO of that company, it was called Wireless Solutions. Obviously, at that time, I was dealing with a lot of app developers. 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.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 10, 2020

Marcus Robinson, CEO of Monscierge, an Oklahoma City-based interactive software company with solutions installed in hotels around the world, recognized immediately that Monscierge had to be nimble and creative to manage through this unimaginable crisis. We have always had a guest-centric approach,” Robinson said. “I

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

A missed product deadline or vendor miscommunication isn’t actually a big deal, but it can become one if you react the wrong way. This applies at the project level as well: even if it’s a one-in-a-million sales proposal, you should be the most gung-ho person in the room. For startup founders, the following leadership traits are key.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

which leaves little room for startups hoping to join the fray. Sequoia’s Jess Lee explains how VCs think about their deals. It’s important to sell your solutions to customers, but when pitching to an investor, founders should instead try selling the problem, said Sequoia Capital partner Jess Lee. Image Credits: Sequoia Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

I sat in schul listening to the rabbi’s sermon and given my mind is prone to ADD anyways I must admit that my consciousness often floats around the room but even more so on Yom Kippur. Perhaps there was a mirror in the room and each could see whether he was clean or dirty.’ ’ ‘I see. ’ ‘No.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

The functionality offered by low-code solutions has come a long way in recent times. Since then, though, even the highly technical space of machine learning has started to see no-code and low-code solutions pop up. That said, over the past year, we have seen existing solutions start to really mature and continue to show traction.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

TFK deals with a range of products–shoes, beauty products, personal care, accessories, home fashion, etc.–that TFK provides a virtual fitting room that helps brands get accustomed to their customers’ sizes and recommend outfits to customers for different occasions. –that cater to different demographics.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

While there were plenty of file storage solutions out there, Dropbox made sharing and syncing files across devices incredibly simple. The idea of renting out a spare room or entire home was not new, but Airbnb streamlined the process, ensuring trust, ease, and a sense of community. And remember, it’s not a one-off deal.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

There seems to be room for many startups, targeting different types of businesses. Our technology is focused on helping buyers and sellers collaborate and deal with more complex transactions,” Kella, who was a founding engineer at KeepTruckin, told TechCrunch. “We

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financing finance collaboration ventures 72

Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 10, 2023

The early phase of this funnel is called deal screening. The drop off rate depends on each fund’s specific selection and rejection criteria, brand, team size, deal flow quality, volume, and the stage in a VC fund’s life cycle. In fundraising, this conversation can lead to the next meeting in a venture capitalist’s funnel.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 28, 2022

For metaverse fashion innovators like Seth, solving some of the fashion industry’s problems is part of the deal. Eventually, if people shop online, they will get used to augmented reality tech and try on a 3D model of the article so they don’t need a physical wearable to change into in the fitting room,” said Lim.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2016

On the good side we had a lot more public “conversations” on Twitter, making it feel like a chat room. We secretly still wanted that small network chat room experience as a place to chat amongst friends. This is a big deal. In the early days of Twitter most users didn’t follow too many people, which was good and bad.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 6, 2023

I always tell new reps — the first thing you should learn is how your solution helps the customer. I’m not the loudest voice in the room, and many times in my career, I’ve had people tell me — “you don’t seem like a salesly person”….I Being a good sales person is like being a quarterback in your deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Deals done in your industry? The last thing you want is a know-it-all telling you what to do when they are at 50,000 and haven’t had to deal with your exact circumstances. Frankly, this is even the most important attribute in deal selection for a VC. I try to bring solutions when appropriate. Picking a VC is hard.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Today we’re talking layoffs, blockchain infra, a called-off mega-deal, and chip-based national security. And in case you missed it overnight, the Nvidia-ARM deal is kaput. Billions of dollars were put to work, indicating that there’s still lots of room for startups to tackle big challenges around the world. PST, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

There’s no one solution to the perennial challenge of ensuring a company complies with multiple tax and employment laws. “Our customers are fast-growing businesses ranging from early-stage startups like Watershed, Mystery, Common Room all the way up to scaling companies such as Coda, ReCharge, Rallybio.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Course Hero’s rapid capitalization today thus suggests that Grauer now thinks that the startup has graduated past a point of dealing with unfavorable incentives from its investors. “This definitely includes a focus on technical topics and skills as well as tool-driven product solutions,” he added.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

manufacturers of household products and construction materials) dealing with supply chain challenges to store inventory without having to purchase a facility. .” While ReadySpaces has been around in some form since 2013, it’s only in recent years that co-warehousing has become a hot trend. Image Credits: ReadySpaces.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2018

If a VC has read your deck and gets the basic premise they will turn up to your meeting a lot more prepared to discuss & debate the merits of your deal versus trying to think about it on the fly. These separate decks are part of your fund-raising process and not something you provide in bulk to a VC asking to see your data room.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Its revenue, which the company says has grown 5x over the past year, comes from deals it makes with suppliers; it’s yet to monetize its lending business. Vendease founders. Image Credits: Vendease.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Also, in recent years, companies have access to more data than ever, giving them room to incentive employees on more performance metrics.” . It’s exciting to see what people have been building, and we’re looking forward to enabling new solutions as we continue to release more of our core technology platform,” Teng said.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Israeli startup Firebolt has been taking on Google’s BigQuery, Snowflake and others with a cloud data warehouse solution that it claims can run analytics on large datasets cheaper and faster than its competitors. “Now, they are looking for new solutions to drive new use cases,” said Eldad Farkash, Firebolt’s CEO.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 22, 2024

Effectively monetizing any new technology is a race to capture market share while still giving yourself room to grow your business. But the stakes are much higher with generative AI: though it promises to deliver unprecedented value to businesses, it can also be very expensive to serve to each incremental customer.

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