Entrepreneurs' Organization
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
Did you know every job opening attracts around 250 resumes ? And that number can feel like hundreds more if you’re in the midst of starting your own company and searching for the perfect startup team. Before you begin reviewing candidates, consider this checklist of tips for developing a top team. Choose Experts. Whatever area you’re looking to recruit in, look for experts in their fields.
Deskmag
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
In 2018, Coworking Spaces are again expecting great things for their market. The average number of members is growing and operators are planning expansions with almost the same speed as in the previous years. There is currently no dip on the horizon. However, many operators expect a consolidation. Here is the first bundle of results of the latest Global Coworking Survey: The 2018 Coworking Forecast.
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
At the recent Upfront Summit my partner Stuart Lander had the opportunity to show some California Love and interview three of the wealthiest Bitcoin owners, each of whom were some of the earliest owners in the asset class and who haven’t sold any of their holdings. It’s an extraordinary story ranging from Jaime who studies cryptography in college to Bryan who was early in selling products on Silk Road to Steven owns 179,000 Bitcoin worth more than $2 billion.
Derek Sivers
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
I was at a musicians’ gathering in Memphis. I met a lot of people complaining that their various forms of online distribution weren’t earning them as much as they’d hoped. Then I met a musician who sold 8000 copies of his album himself. No distributor. No website. Just by himself. I asked him how he did it. He said, “ I just slowly drove around the city every night, with the windows down, playing my music loud.
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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 The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
It happens: You build a successful organization and business is humming along. Suddenly you realize: You’re bored and you want more. Not more money necessarily, but more personal and professional fulfillment. More enjoyment, more opportunities, more challenges. Entrepreneurs with an ongoing thirst for learning often turn to executive education programs to expand their knowledge base to tackle new challenges and opportunities.
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Tomasz Tunguz
FEBRUARY 23, 2018
Founded in 2007, Dropbox epitomizes the freemium go-to-market. Dropbox has grown from 0 to 500 million users over that time period. 2% of those users convert to paid and pay an average of $9.33 per month. 90% of revenue originates through self serve channels - an astounding figure for company that generated more than $1B in revenue last year. Dropbox’s revenue grew from $604M to $1.1B from 2015 to 2017, a compound annual growth rate of 35%.
Derek Sivers
FEBRUARY 17, 2018
I was 20 years old. I had just moved to New York City. And I was working inside the music industry. I ran the music library at Warner/Chappell. It was a huge room, near the executives’ offices, and I had it all to myself. Rock stars would come into my room before or after their meetings, to wait or relax. Because I was just some nobody working in the library, they would often speak candidly.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
If you have your heart set on becoming a business owner or founder, then one of your first steps is securing financing. You cannot use your credit card, unfortunately. What you can do, though, is take out a personal loan. You’ve probably seen ads and websites about personal loans. Did you know you can use a personal loan for financing the birth of your company?
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
“The institution of a free press in America is in a state of crisis greater than I have ever seen in my lifetime , and perhaps in any moment in this nation’s history.”?—?Dan Rather I sat down to interview Dan Rather at the 2018 Upfront Summit about his outlook for our country one year into the Trump presidency. The interview was conducted around the thesis of Dan’s newest book, “ What Unites Us ,” which is a must read.
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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
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
What should be the return on investment of a startup’s cash burn? Fred Wilson posed this question last year in his post Some Thoughts on Burn Rates. In that post, he suggests, and I agree, that a 5x ROI on cash burn is a good target. How does one calculate ROI? It’s a simple formula: Cash_Burn_ROI = Revenue_Multiple/Revenue_Pay_Back_in_Years 1.
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