Mon.Jul 23, 2018

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Why VC Feedback is Often Bad Data

This is going to be BIG.

I've seen this so many times over: A founder pitches a VC, or several of them, and then they come back from that process with all sorts of new strategy goals or worries that they need to be doing something differently. Nine times out of ten, if you're pitching more than one VC, the advice seems to conflict with itself, and the founder winds up playing Wack-a-Mole trying to figure out what to do next.

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Don’t mistake good leadership for good management

NZ Entrepreneur

There is plenty of advice out there for employees about the importance of not mistaking good management for good leadership. But entrepreneurs also need to be reminded that good leadership is not the same as good management. Because while leadership may come naturally to many entrepreneurs, management is a completely different ball game. As an entrepreneur, the very act of starting a business or venture from scratch – grabbing the bull by the horns and getting on with making something happ