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The Fundamentals of Talking "Exit Strategy" with Investors

Dream It

At the seed stage, talking about exit strategy always seems a bit premature, even presumptuous. But this topic is always in the back of mind for VCs and other investors, so it’s important to formulate a plan around the topic, even if those exit strategies might change as you grow your startup. Investors are giving you capital to make 10x, 20x, or 100x their investment.

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Do entrepreneurs really have common character traits?

NZ Entrepreneur

Researchers have been trying for decades to establish the most common character traits of entrepreneurs. Despite their collective efforts to provide these guidelines, they have been unable to prove that certain traits in individuals consistently lead to entrepreneurial success (Moroz & Hindle, 2012). It has even been noted that there are more differences between the traits of different entrepreneurs than between those of entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs (Gartner, 1985).

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DWEN: How Is Small Business Working for Women?

Smart Hustle Magazine

Ramon Ray got a chance to catch up with Erik Day, who heads up Dell’s Small Business Network. Erik had been at the Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network in Singapore summit as well and noted the amazing relationships and networking he’s seen over the course of his time there. . “Having a community of support to come together and build relationships and create authentic relationships helps everyone solve problems.”.

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Entrepreneurship fuels the state’s economy

Innovation 2 Enterprise

By Scott Meacham. Copyright © 2019, The Oklahoman. This summer, I’ve been writing about lessons learned since coming to i2E nearly six years ago — specifically lessons about technology entrepreneurship in our state. It seems fitting as we head toward Labor Day, that I wind up this summer series with a recap of my heartfelt admiration for the individuals and teams in Oklahoma who choose entrepreneurship as a career.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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AVC Stats

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

As I’ve been working on a new design and approach to this blog/newsletter , I have been diving into the analytics to understand what all of you are doing with it. Here are some charts and tables: 1/ The web traffic (desktop and mobile) has risen and fallen over the years, driven by SEO and other factors. MAUs peaked in the 2012/2014 period in the 300k range.

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The best things about your company board

Berkonomics

For weeks, we’ve highlighted both good and bad things about boards of directors for your company (or non-profit.) This week, let’s focus upon number one – aside from the requirements of boards to protect the company itself (not the shareholders.). Normal functions of boards. Boards of directors fulfill numerous important functions, both legal and structural.

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[Argus in CTech] Automotive Cybersecurity Company Argus to Evaluate Cyber Risk of El Al’s New Dreamliner Plane

OurCrowd

Israel-headquartered automotive cybersecurity company Argus Cyber Security Ltd. will evaluate the cybersecurity risks of Israeli national carrier El Al Israel Airlines Ltd.’s new aircraft, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a person familiar with the matter told Calcalist. Read more here. The post [Argus in CTech] Automotive Cybersecurity Company Argus to Evaluate Cyber Risk of El Al’s New Dreamliner Plane appeared first on OurCrowd.

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