Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Here’s one that targets most any company that has taken investments at any stage, as well as more mature companies. Why would you split the positions? More and more today, shareholder organizations recommend that the positions of chairman and president (or CEO) be split, so there are checks and balances at the board level in the leadership. This recommendation is true for all companies with outside investors who are active and have or seek board representation.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Ramon Ray spoke to many women during his time at the Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network in Singapore. Many have created businesses that are changing industries and even the world. Aditi Balbir and her business, V Resorts , are no different. . Aditi Balbir is changing the game of how small hotels and resorts can source and manage their customers. Even though AirBnB is popular in India where Aditi lives, she explains that there have been issues with quality and trust, which is causing many people t

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Founders often make the mistake of talking about marketing or sales tactics when asked about their go to market strategy. When VCs ask about go-to-market strategy, they are looking for a nuanced take on what customer segments you will be going after, why those segments, and what criteria are you using the identity ideal early customers. As well they want to know how you are going to sell to a particular segment of your total addressable market, not how you plan to spend money on content marketin

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GCUC

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

We are super excited to let you in on a special little something that we have been working on for a while now. While we preach (and practice) shopping small, supporting local and helping uplift your community, we also feel strongly about contributing to large causes that support the greater good. With that being said, we bring you the first phase of GCUC GIVES.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

I got schooled on Crypto Twitter yesterday. It turns out I was wrong about most everything in my post yesterday and they let me have it. Crypto Twitter is a really special place. One of the comments was that I learned the hard way that crypto networks are not companies: We all learn the hard way. What matters is to learn. — Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) September 4, 2019.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

I’ve playing with a new mental model for early-stage startups: a pendulum. This pendulum oscillates between the limiting factors of the business at different stages. There only two limiting factors in this mental model: product and go to market. At the moment a startup is founded, the business is product limited. You can’t do much without a product.

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