This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 2, 2016
815 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY - A former turn of the century era bank building that will soon house creative folks. Don't you just hate it when you own an old building made like no one makes buildings anymore in an up and coming area--and you've got no cool startupy/creative/tech tenants in it yet? I know, I know--we've all been there. Well, have no fear, I've got your solution right here.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 1, 2016
At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. While I’m not an LP, the following post represents my discussions with more than 100 LP firms – specifically ones that do fund VCs – and full survey data from 73 firms , so I’ve tried to capture the essence of what I’ve learned.
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
FEBRUARY 29, 2016
This article was written for the March 2016 issue of Octane magazine. Sometimes all it takes is a little spark to start a revolution. Just ask Stacey Brewer and Ryan Harrison , EO Johannesburg members who are redefining the educational ecosystem in South Africa. In this special feature, the co-founders of SPARK Schools discuss the state of education in their home country, the far-reaching value of their hybrid learning model and how, through entrepreneurship, they’re changing lives, one student
Tomasz Tunguz
FEBRUARY 27, 2016
A dollar is a dollar is a dollar, right? Not quite. Not all revenue dollars are created equal, but all gross profit dollars are. Gross profit, not revenue, is the metric companies should be using to compare themselves. Ultimately, gross profits account for more than 55% of the forward multiple of publicly traded SaaS companies after normalizing for revenue growth.
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Berkonomics
MARCH 3, 2016
Dave’s note: I am so pleased this week to introduce my co-author of “Get Scrappy,” Kim Shepherd, CEO of Decision Toolbox. Her firm is a model of a virtual company, with over 100 employees and absolutely no office other than a post office box. Wow! You’ll enjoy her style and resonate with her message. Here’s Kim… By Kim Shepherd.
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
This article was written by Victoria Bondoc, founder of Gemini Industries Inc. , for the March 2016 issue of Octane magazine. My company has served the U.S. federal government for the past 30 years, operating in five states and the District of Columbia. As a business owner who considers her company as family, I am proud of our accomplishments. And yet, we’ve long struggled with managing the day-to-day tasks necessary in any organization, while nurturing our teams’ products and solutions.
Tomasz Tunguz
MARCH 3, 2016
In “ How People Learn to Become Resilient ” Maria Konnikova retells the story of Norman Garmezy and George Bonnano, the first developmental psychologists to study grit and resilience. It’s only when you’re faced with obstacles, stress, and other environmental threats that resilience, or the lack of it, emerges: Do you succumb or do you surmount?
Thomas Grota
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
Find my update to this post from May 2017.
Derek Sivers
FEBRUARY 27, 2016
Men say, “Women can never make up their minds.”. But actually both men and women are equally indecisive. Women say, “Men think one thing but say another.”. But actually both men and women are equally indirect. We think the differences between our group and another group are greater than they are. But the differences among men, and the differences among women, are much bigger than the differences between men and women.
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
FEBRUARY 27, 2016
The following article was written by Glen Carlson , co-founder of the Key Person of Influence Business Accelerator, for the March 2016 edition of Octane magazine : Consider the three types of branding you can develop as a business owner: a company brand, a product brand and a personal brand. In today’s competitive landscape, we’ve seen how personal branding has become a vital tool for entrepreneurs to communicate value, create demand for their experience and grow their business.
Tomasz Tunguz
FEBRUARY 29, 2016
The single most important business decision in evaluating a business is pricing power. And if you need a prayer session before raising price, then you’ve got a terrible business –Warren Buffett. I read this quote in Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything , written by Hermann Simon. Simon is a former academic, an ex-professor at INSEAD Stanford, Harvard, and London business schools, who extensively researched and taught pricing theory.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
MARCH 4, 2016
As a leadership performance coach, I am regularly reminding my clients that leadership is a skilled profession. It has a language, models and frameworks that provide practitioners with tools that, when used appropriately, can create a positive impact on individuals, teams and organizations. In the world of leadership, as in life, we can only affect and change things when we have a conscious awareness of them.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
MARCH 3, 2016
This article was originally featured on Inc.com and has been reposted here with permission from the author. . Today’s workplace is a potential landmine for communications disasters , which can lead to big problems for business owners. Two primary reasons are generational challenges and technology challenges. Generational Challenges. For the first time in history, we have 5 generations working alongside of one another, with employees ranging from their early 20’s to their 70’s o
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
MARCH 1, 2016
Without motivation, leaders can quickly fall prey to working aimlessly and losing sight of their goals. Jeremy Choi, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member from Toronto, is the CEO of WPUP Inc. , a personal WordPress concierge service that focuses on providing peace of mind for websites by proactively updating, upgrading and monitoring the uptime of websites.
Tomasz Tunguz
MARCH 1, 2016
This weekend the New York Times Magazine published the annual Work Issue, a compendium of 9 articles reimagining the modern workplace. They span topics from building the perfect team, to managing a company fewer meetings, to eliminating bias in recruiting processes - even the social ramifications of so many people eating lunch at their desks, “desktop dining.
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