This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Recently, Josh Kopelman of First Round Capital announced Brett Berson 's promotion to Partner. For the last six years, Brett had been building the platform team at FRC. The firm scaled assistance to startups in a way that for outpaced the resources any investment team could provide as individuals. I got to work with Brett for two years while I was investing at First Round, before I started Brooklyn Bridge Ventures.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

By Michael Alden, President & CEO of Blue Vase Marketing. If you are in business, could 5% more on your bottom line change your world? The answer is yes. As a successful entrepreneur, I have launched several companies that generate millions of dollars year in and year out. The secret to achieving success like this is actually very simple: Just do 5% more each and every day, and you will see significant growth.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Is your commission structure so complex that even you must have help understanding it – and calculating a commission on a pending bid? Sales people are incentivized by money. They usually are able to calculate what’s in it for them before they make the final presentation and ask for the order. But what if the commission plan is so complex that even the people who should be most excited cannot understand or calculate the winning numbers?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. I spent a bunch of time thinking about this position — especially since Beezer is an investor in Upfront Ventures. There are a lot of things I think entrepreneurs should care about when raising from a VC: How big or small their fund is?

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Colin Kaepernick is going to make almost $12 million this year. He profits from a league that routinely disregards the health and safety of its majority black player base--so, to me, he comes off as a bit hypocritical in his public protest. And yeah, it bugs me when a guy who has never served in the military won't respect our flag and anthem in front of the veterans who project our freedom.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

ARR 1 5 10 25 50 100. New Customers per Year 1333 6667 13,333 33,333 66,667 133,333. When an SMB SaaS startup is young with quickly growing revenues, more of the same works. A $1M ARR SaaS startup with an average selling price of $750 per year needs to add 1,333 each year on average to double. Fast-forward two years when the company is at $5M in ARR and the business needs to be adding 13,333 customers each year.

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Thomas Grota

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

While the world is discussing the impact of Unicorns and Internet giants on this century and which.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

An article posted today on Inc.com, “ Tech Entrepreneurs Don’t Believe Diversity Affects Their Bottom Line ,” cites research stating startup founders support the concept of diversity but don’t see the direct benefit on their bottom line: “Only 23 percent of startup founders believe that diversity leads to improved financial performance, according to Lawless Research, a market research firm.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Like many others, English is my second language. As I learned over time, there’s a particular way of ordering adjectives in English to make yourself understood. Opinion. Size. Shape. Condition. Age. Color. Pattern. Origin. Material. Purpose. Noun. That’s the order most of the time. When I say a unique large curvaceous second-hand modern orange checked Italian carbon fiber racing car, it rolls right off the tongue and you imagine a sleek, if garish, Lamborghini.

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