Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

OK, this will be a test of whether using real curse words in your title or post gets all of your stuff blocked by spam filters or from appearing on HackerNews or the like. Accenture always had a chip on it’s shoulder in strategy consulting – especially compared with McKinsey, BCG and Bain.

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Reforge

OCTOBER 20, 2022

We’ll make our case using an example of a big, risky bet: turning off your highest performing channel. We’ll provide a simple framework to calculate the expected value of the information gained from the experiment. The effort to apply the scientific method to marketing comes from a good place but it can also be used as a crutch.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

First of all, I think it’s about our 165th attack on us using those sorts of techniques, largely UAS, but a variety of techniques. Without the budget, it’s very, very hard for us. We are using everything we have. How does that actually look in terms of a successful change in strategy? With apologies.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2021

We’re far better, but I want to make sure that we get traction quickly so that we develop good metrics for the next investment round” Joe stared through the window as the first heavy drops landed on the glass. That’s what the VC guy, Albert, told me was the benchmark for saas companies like us.” Let’s see what the board says!”

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 28, 2020

These are the most common topics founders have asked us about. In a typical spin-out situation, there are several people who worked on the research, including a mix of students, post docs and faculty. The people who did the original research will be far more invested in the success of the venture than any outsider. 1) Equity.

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Y Combinator

JULY 15, 2019

Below, I’ve tried sharing our advice for managing your board – from how often to meet, to the materials you need – in order to ensure a useful and productive group discussion. Decision framework. ? In fact, some CEOs may even use the board meeting as an opportunity to take a step back and write a letter to the board.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

I hope I straddled people’s points of view well enough not to have offended anybody while adding a framework for how I think about the service. I didn’t want to write it because I have mixed feelings about AngelList. Since I invest in lines, not dots , I worry about the rushed decision-making and over-hyping of deals.

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Reforge

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Most every marketer is familiar with A/B testing, but few have a consistent framework for prioritizing what to test. Then dive into how Hollywood uses memes to help people find the right movie to watch, to introduce you to the concept of memetics. In this post, I’ll make the case for the rising importance of creative testing.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 14, 2022

I was fortunate enough to have Amy Smith, the Chief Strategy & Impact Officer, share her perspective on this topic: “The start of the pandemic was a challenging time that provided many with the opportunity to pause, reflect and gain perspective, and this was no different for TOMS. Invest in that relationship. Find the open space.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Who are the best search partners to use, and let then letting you and that search firm run with the execution. I think it’s the best framework for executive hiring that I’ve seen. Can you just describe the MOC to our audience, what it is, and why you guys are so passionate about using it?

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The PixelEdge] workshop and canvasses provided an easy structured framework to work through our evaluation and customer discovery process. It was clear that there was more opportunity for their research and data products, but they wanted to invest their resources in promising ideas for their target market. PAD P urpose: Why innovate?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

The process of debating and agreeing the details of this startup ecosystem support framework is expected to take between six and nine months. Although that component of the España Nación Emprendedora strategy is, inevitably, going to be a slower burn, hence the decade-long lens.

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Reforge

MAY 30, 2023

Members highlighted four main benefits from Reforge for Teams: Develop shared language and frameworks During periods of fast growth, teams hire quickly from all different places. Teams use Reforge to align cross-functional or new team members around vetted and frontier concepts for approaching growth, product strategy, retention, and more.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 17, 2021

Now, three alums that worked with data in the world of Big Tech have founded a startup that aims to build a “metrics store” so that the rest of the enterprise world — much of which lacks the resources to build tools like this from scratch — can easily use metrics to figure things out like this, too.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The complete guide to finding truly special talent Image by author Suppose you want to digitize your business “for real”, where you have a sensible digital strategy and development of existing teams and recruit the digital stars who can close the gaps you have internally. In that case, several different criteria apply. Buckle up.

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Unvalidated Learnings

JUNE 8, 2017

As such, the history of the MP3 gives an excellent framework to anticipate how disruptive 10x innovations impact a market, and who the winners and losers of such breakthroughs will be. These were the knob-twiddling soundboard jockeys who actually mixed the albums. The MP3 is a perfect case study of Innovator’s Dilemma.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

I imagine everyone at this point has used a Zoom Webinar, so we don’t need a full demo, but just so you know, please use the chat to connect with your fellow attendees. So I definitely used it with the self-driving cars team, and got feedback like, was this accurate? I hope it works for you. Tomasz Tunguz: Yeah.

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