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What Do Industry Insiders Think Will Happen in VC in 2016?

Both Sides of the Table

“This is the year the tortoise may gain on the hare.” There are a lot of data points that one can observer to get a sense of the venture capital markets – both LP fundings into venture and VC financings of startups. They point to some widely known facts: financings & valuations are up massively over the past 7 years and non-VC money has entered the system.

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The Power of People: How We Recast Our Expertise into Valuable Incentives

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This article was written by EO Vancouver member Calvin Johnson. I’ve been an EO member for 15 years, but it wasn’t until 2014 that I became involved with the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). I had served many roles previously on the BC Children’s Hospital Board, but I wanted to transition into something that engaged young entrepreneurs – and I found one.

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The 12 Things I Know About You

Tomasz Tunguz

I know 12 things about you. You have a great need for other people to like and admire you. You have a tendency to be critical of yourself. You have a great deal of unused capacity which you have not turned to your advantage. While you have some personality weaknesses, you are generally able to compensate for them. Disciplined and self-controlled outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure inside.

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Executive Hires: The Case for Extreme Referencing

For Entrepreneurs

Hiring a strong executive management team is one of the most proven ways to ensure startup success. Yet, hiring executives is a very different undertaking than hiring for other roles in your company and requires a different process, skill-set, and time commitment. There are three reasons for this: First, the stakes are higher. The right.

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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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business.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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Big data: Information is NOT knowledge

Berkonomics

Say that you have a log file of every contact to your website. Or that you are a cell phone company with a multi–billion record log file of every call made from every location to every number dialed using your network. You can accurately state that you have big data at your fingertips. But it is useless in this raw, usually unstructured form. Adding context to data takes this information and creates actionable knowledge.

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The Nature of Leverage in Fundraising Conversations Has Changed

Tomasz Tunguz

Leverage. It’s the key to negotiating. Classic negotiating books like Getting to Yes define the BATNA, the Best Alternative to Negotiated Agreement. If you were to walk away from a conversation, what’s the next best choice? The BATNA singlehandedly creates leverage in negotiating. Over the last few years, startup founders have exerted tremendous leverage in the fundraising market by taking advantage of the supply/demand imbalance.

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Embracing Your Community as a Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

5 years ago I sat at our annual meeting bored beyond belief. It wasn’t just that I have ADD making boring meetings excruciatingly painful – it was that the format was tired, unimaginative, uninspiring and not very useful. We did what many VC funds did – we presented our annual results, we stood up and talked about our portfolio companies, we invited a few to also present and then we had dinner & drinks at some posh restaurant.

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Sam & Sophie: Two Siblings Looking to Learn Abroad

Entrepreneurs' Organization

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” ? Terry Pratchett. Today, EO is excited to launch our #EOBeyondBorders campaign, filled with stories, pictures and videos that capture our rich, vibrant and diverse global community of students and entrepreneurs.

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The Four Cities Every Startup Should Invest in Visiting

Entrepreneurs' Organization

When you’re growing your startup, there’s something to be said for the old-fashioned meet and greet. Whether you’re scouting potential investors, suppliers, or customers, making connections with people who can help take your business to the next level is often easier done with a handshake and a smile than an email and an emoticon. However, hitting the streets of large cities to chat over coffee can be daunting and expensive for cash-strapped startups.

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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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Candy Crush: Leadership Lessons from a Downloadable App

Entrepreneurs' Organization

What may seem like an innocent app, the game on your phone can actually teach you about leadership. Candy Crush – I constantly play it on my phone, and it can be quite addictive. I’m only one of the 93 million people playing daily. And sure, it’s a simple game on a phone, but the truth is that leaders can actually learn a few lessons from playing: View the full article on Inc.com , a partner of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization , the world’s most influential community of entrep

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Leveraging the EO Network

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Tang Ching Leng, Managing Director of Sinwah Industries. When incoming EO Malaysia Chapter President, Felicia Lim, was cracking her head over the ideal venue for our latest Strategy Summit, the location of Jakarta, Indonesia, wasn’t even on the short list. In fact, Hanoi, Vietnam, was our final choice after weeks of painstaking planning. A luxurious hotel by the countryside was booked, and various outdoor activities that tickled the soul were lined up.

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Video: A Message from EO’s CEO

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A message from Entrepreneurs’ Organization CEO, Vijay Tirathrai, to Accelerator Participants: #EOlooks forward to the new calendar year, with posts, pictures and videos citing upcoming technologies and inspiration for entrepreneurs in 2016. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , Instagram and LinkedIn for daily posts! The post Video: A Message from EO’s CEO appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Cinemagraphs: The Next Great Immersive Marketing Impression, or a Passing Fad?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

By Graham Marsden, Director of Marketing, Entrepreneurs’ Organization. The Early Days of.gif Files. Think back to the early days of the internet, back to the time where you went to the store and shelled out a hard-earned $40 to purchase a screensaver featuring flying toasters in order to prevent screen-burn on your bulbous CRT monitor. Now remember the visual smorgasbord that the best internet marketers were employing at the time – an all-in appeal to grab your attention for more than a fl

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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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With Smart Software, Sell Ironman Not Robocop

Tomasz Tunguz

When buying machine learning enabled software, it’s easier to sell like Ironman than Robocop; a product that complements and augments the user’s skills rather than a true replacement. As machine learning continues to become a key differentiator among SaaS products, a secular and positive trend, startups are learning how to sell the promise of the software better and better.