Sat.Jun 09, 2018 - Fri.Jun 15, 2018

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One Reason Why Your Technical Recruiting Isn't Working

This is going to be BIG.

Time and time again, I hear how hard of a time startups are having recruiting, especially for software developers. While candidate quality is sometimes an issue, or culture fit, or some other quality, most of the time the issue is that the company just isn't getting enough people into the top of the funnel. When I was a startup founder, I had this same issue.

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What Should You Send a VC Before Your Meeting?

Both Sides of the Table

One of the hardest things to know when you’re new to fund raising is what you’re supposed to send to an investor, when and will they keep your information confidential. As a VC and former entrepreneur let me offer you some advice. (This is part of a series on how to improve your fund raising game. The first post & the full outline if you click the link.

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How—and Why—to Inject Fun in Your Workplace

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Written for EO by Heidi Reimer-Epp , CEO and co-founder of Botanical PaperWorks . Maybe it was because it was winter. Or maybe it was because we’d recently lost a valued employee due to our organization being a little boring. Regardless of the reason, I knew we needed a way to make our workplace fun. I understood that I was risking losing other employees and decreasing productivity if we didn’t inject some energy and camaraderie into the office.

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Response To A Thought-Provoking Tweetstorm

Haystack

A stranger (hopefully a future friend, Pietro Invernizzi ) on Twitter tagged me as part of his tweetstorm earlier today about his hope for how VCs and founders should interact around and during a pitch. It was a longer tweetstorm, and I felt it would be more effective for me to respond in longer-form, so I’m reproducing it here with my commentary: 0/ Thread: 10 things early stage VC investors could do better … based on recent articles and tweets by @willmcq @briannekimmel @HarryStebb

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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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business.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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Backing Radformation: How Many Physicists Does it Take to Build a SaaS Company?

This is going to be BIG.

Long gone are the days when NYC was just a place to build a fintech company or an ad platform. In the first half of 2018, we saw Flatiron Health’s $1.9 Billion acquisition, Quentis Therapeutics picking up $48 million in financing, and Paige.ai raising $25 Million--all to fight cancer. Making cancer treatment easier to plan for clinicians was the goal of a founding team of three physicists who cold e-mailed me around New Years.

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Lessons Learned from Mike Koenig on EO 360

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Written for EO by media maven and entrepreneur Michele Matthews-Morancie (pictured at left). . As an entrepreneur who co-owns and operates two companies and has a background in journalism and communications, the EO 360° episode “Mike Koenigs: Media Man” struck a chord with me. The episode touched on the life, career and current path of Mike Koenigs —a 13-time best-selling author, serial entrepreneur, media professional and cancer survivor.

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Bourdain On Writing

Haystack

I’ve been listening to lots of old Bourdain interviews and episodes. This re-run of a 2016 Fresh Air interview caught my ear, specifically the excerpt below. DAVIES : Now, the book and the article is this, like, grab-your-attention look at things you don’t know about what goes on inside the restaurant and all kinds of things. But, I mean, it’s – the writing is powerful.

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The Journey with Hadi: Leadership Shackleton's Way

Smart Hustle Magazine

I met Hadi randomly during one of my excursions through Atlanta. I always remembered him to be so fun and a burst of energy. When I came across an article naming PeachDish as one of the fastest growing meal subscription companies, I had to take some time to speak with him. PeachDish is a meal-kit subscription company that sources only the best produce and meats based in Atlanta.

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Our Investment in Kustomer

Tomasz Tunguz

We’re excited to announce our partnership with and investment in Kustomer. Kustomer is a New York City-based company building the next-generation of customer support platform. In my first role at Google, I provided account management and customer support to internet publishers. I remember trying to understand the context around a particular customer case.

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

CAPTARGET presents a masterclass in M&A deal sourcing. Learn to cast a wide net, embracing seller self-identification. Consistency is the linchpin: keep the origination process steady for a reliable flow of opportunities. Diversify your tactics, employing various tools and vendors. Tech matters! Understand DNS settings, domain authority, and brand presence for optimal outreach.

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Lessons Learned After 15 Years in Business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Jill Nelson is the founder and CEO of Ruby ® Receptionists , which recently reached its 15-year anniversary. Jill shared lessons learned and more in a blog post to mark the occasion. Below is an excerpt from the original article. I’m incredibly grateful for the amazing customers and employees who brought us to this milestone! To celebrate our anniversary, I’m sharing a few pivotal lessons I have learned during each of these wonderful years.

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You are watched, mostly when decisions are tough.

Berkonomics

we_are_wat we_are_watching_you. Close. If you have been in management or an entrepreneur long enough, you will have experienced the gray area of decision-making where ethics, the law, your needs and expediency all collide. This is the time when you are paid the big bucks, and when others aware of your plight will be watching most carefully. It is also the time when you demonstrate your true courage to your contemporaries.

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Goodwill CFO Chris Baker Says Hiring Special Needs Workers Is Good Business interview with Ramon Ray

Smart Hustle Magazine

Chris Baker is the CFO of Goodwill of Silicon Valley and he's honored to work for a non-profit like the Goodwill which is making an impact on the lives of people. Their mission is to get individuals who have employment barriers back into the workforce. Who are these people? They could be seniors, veterans or the imprisoned. See our interview below, and the full blog post.

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Seven Strategic Rationales for the Microsoft/Github Acquisition

Tomasz Tunguz

Last week, Microsoft acquired Github for $7.5B. It’s a massive acquisition at a massive price relative to other software acquisitions. Why is Microsoft willing to pay so much? Developer identity. Identity has been critical to Microsoft success. Active Directory (AD) forms nexus of the Microsoft enterprise ecosystem. AD contains all the users, their roles, and their rights.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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5 basic ways to increase website traffic

NZ Entrepreneur

I go to a business networking group every fortnight. One of the most common things said – the one thing that every business owner finds difficult – is that they want to increase website traffic. The reason this is happening is because most people do not understand that just having a fabulous website (although important) will not guarantee you get traffic.

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Thank You, Anthony Bourdain

Haystack

I woke up a few minutes before 5am PST on Friday. I always look at my phone right away. I know it’s “not good for me,” but whatever. And, within seconds, I saw the news about Anthony Bourdain. I wasn’t surprised. Maybe I’m desensitized to the news, or the distance between real life and the characters we all play online.

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Sippy Cup Creator Says Market Positioning Is Essential in Branding

Smart Hustle Magazine

Hannah Lim and her husband founded Lollaland out of a need to ensure they're children could get used to drinking out of a cup. You can read their story here. Listen to our discussion below and learn the vital importance of positioning your product for the right customer in the right market. Hannah would look at the lines of competing sippy cups on the shelves of retail stores and think, how can our cup be different.

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The Blockbuster Software M&A Market of 2018

Tomasz Tunguz

2018 is a blockbuster year for software M&A multiples. The prices companies fetch relative to their revenues surpass any of those in the past 7 years. Billion-dollar plus acquisitions in 2018 have commanded a median 17.7x trailing enterprise value to revenue multiple. Nothing in the past seven years is close. In fact, there is not a single acquisition in that range.

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Statement of Cash Flows vs. Cash Flow Statement

Speaker: Wayne Spivak - President and Chief Financial Officer of SBA * Consulting LTD, Industry Writer, and Public Speaker

The old adages that "cash is king" and "you can’t spend profits" still hold true today. But however well-known these sayings might be, it requires a change in mindset to properly implement a cash flow management system that predicts your business's runaway as accurately as possible. Key to this new mindset is understanding the difference between the Statement of Cash Flows, a historical look at the source and uses of cash, and the Cash Flow Statement, which uses transaction history and forward-l

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Marie Forleo, Ramon Ray and More Discuss How To Maximize Your Productivity - Dell in Brooklyn

Smart Hustle Magazine

At "Dell in Brooklyn 2018", Ramon Ray , Editor of Smart Hustle Magazine joined Marie Forleo , philanthropist, entrepreneur and writer and other professionals to get their advice and tips on how to be productive. Watch the video and see the full list of interviewees and their tips below. Gina Noy, President – Noy Tax - Find the time of day you are most productive and use it to get the hard work done.

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