This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 18, 2016
In January of 2010, just a few months after I joined First Round Capital, I got to back my friend Rob May and his company, Backupify. Five years later, he sold that company to Datto, and I got to back him again to build Talla. Backupify would be the first of what is now a 50 deal track record across my time at both First Round Capital and my own firm, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
DECEMBER 21, 2016
Susan Michel is the founder of Glen Eagle Advisors and has been a member of EO for eight years. Learn more about EO today! Most people would define our business as Financial Services and more specifically a dual model Registered Investment Advisor and Broker Dealer. In reality, we are in the business of helping financially empowered clients, whether business owners, families or individual clients, to reach their hopes and goals.
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Derek Sivers
DECEMBER 18, 2016
People with a well-paying job ask my advice because they want to quit to become full-time artists. But full-time artists ask my advice because they’re finding it impossible to make money. (Let’s define “art” as anything you do for expression, even just blogging or whatever.). For both of them, I prescribe the lifestyle of the happiest people I know: Have a well-paying job.
Tomasz Tunguz
DECEMBER 20, 2016
The end of the year is fast approaching. Time for some quantitative analysis of the content that readers liked the best this year. 2016 was a year of change for SaaS, and most of the story was the public market. Valuations there fell from their highs in 2014. More than $70B of public SaaS market cap was taken private by both other publics and also by private equity firms.
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Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
Berkonomics
DECEMBER 22, 2016
One of my company CEO’s recently described his rule for acquisition success, and it resonated with me as a great goal for planning during acquisition exercises. This CEO states that he has made it work twice when acquiring companies, and that is enough for him to make it his rule for all future acquisitions. If the target company is able to show a ten percent EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization), then the acquisition team should be able to create a way to
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A Smart Bear: Longform
DECEMBER 19, 2016
"Building in public" is popular: How fun when strangers cheer you on! But isn't competitive advantage ruined when competitors know your growth rate and steal your source code?
Thomas Grota
DECEMBER 18, 2016
#bestofnine2016 a year in review - #2016 a lot we learned. Many thoughts we had. #morethingstocome. #collage #year #lookingback #memories #gettingpersonal.
Derek Sivers
DECEMBER 21, 2016
In the last ten years, I have answered over 200,000 emails from 86,000 people. It’s my part-time job — my community service. These are the most common questions. What should I do about my career? Read the book “ So Good They Can’t Ignore You ”. What should I do with my life? Read “ Happy, Smart, and Useful ”. Can you introduce me to (famous person)?
Entrepreneurs' Organization
DECEMBER 17, 2016
Get to know EO member and womentrepreneur, Michele Nichols and learn more about EO today! As owner and president of PLS Launch Solutions in Rochester, NY, Michele Nichols leads a team that helps technology companies compete and grow. PLS provides IP and marketing consulting and execution for high tech, optics, photonics and services companies looking to grow sales, enter new markets, and create competitive advantage.
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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.
Tomasz Tunguz
DECEMBER 17, 2016
Australia, Canada, Israel, China, India. SaaS startups are thriving in these countries and many more. Next generation software companies hail from many different parts of the world, and some of them are worth billions of dollars. Shopify and Hootsuite in Canada. Atlassian in Australia. Xero in New Zealand, just to name a few. As these successful startups have boomed, how has the early stage fundraising market for them evolved?
Entrepreneurs' Organization
DECEMBER 19, 2016
By Jeff Bradford, EO Nashville Board Member and CEO of the Bradford Group. Nashville is the 5 th most charitable city in the nation , so it’s perhaps no surprise that Nashville entrepreneurs are big on giving back to the community during the most “giving” time of the year. Here’s a sample of what companies from EO Nashville are doing this holiday season: Advance Financial is hosting a company talent show, and company is making a donation the winner’s charity of choice will.
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