Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In reality we have an amazing team for which we have dedicated staff who manage many of these functions but as a leader, as a Managing Partner, you have ultimate responsibility. I’ll help own functions but I mostly just want to back great founders and not have to own all the other BS.”

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 13, 2015

Getting to this deal early and being able to put down a fair term sheet was a function of the Brooklyn Bridge Ventures strategy of going deep in the NYC community and making super long term investments in relationship building over time.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

I’ve sat on many boards over the past 2 decades and seen my share of high-functioning boards and low-functioning boards. Even the best companies with the best outcomes, however, usually hit some difficult moments where a highly-functioning boards matter. This is part of a series on a Board of Directors at a Startup.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2025

What makes this sensor unique is its ability to assess a range of factors that affect brain function, such as poor sleep, chronic fatigue, anxiety, neurodegenerative conditions, drug and alcohol consumption, and even subconcussive brain injuries, which are often overlooked in traditional diagnostic practices.

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The Seraf Compass

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Understanding how they measure up is partly a function of understanding how they think, or should think. Investing in early-stage companies is investing in entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship has come a long way toward being a better-understood and accessible way of life.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2015

This is a function of my fund size (if I have a $10 million fund I’m unlikely to write a $2 million check since my fund will lack diversification), my view of the risks in your company and my desired ownership. Option pool (likely dilution in the future, which is a function of a higher price just not yet defined).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 14, 2021

It’s a multiplatform application with over 15 functionalities to facilitate internal processes and ensure effective communication in residential communities. We’re launching a freemium version of our app where we’re openly testing new functionality and trying to create a referral method similar to Clubhouse. That’s for the near future.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

But I was reluctant to delegate the core functions of the business: business development, interviewing every candidate, and matching clients with fractional executives. I decided to take a real vacation for two weeks, and matching was one function that couldn’t go on pause until I got back.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2022

One of these biases is called functional fixedness. Trying to transpose existing ways of collaboration in “office culture” to remote work is a prime example of functional fixedness. Another cognitive bias related to functional fixedness is called the not-invented-here syndrome.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

It’s often the case that customers only want a couple of core functions. For example, some customer segments don’t use email, so adding an SMS messaging function to communicate with them could be the feature that sets your product apart. Narrow your focus. Identify pain points.

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Revolution

MARCH 10, 2025

Cambium s model is exactly thatredefining how supply chains function, starting withlumber. At Rise of the Rest, we back companies building solutions that are both transformational and tangible.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 10, 2025

alone, the grid powers over 330 million people and is essential to the functioning of the economy. An important feature of Gridscope is its ability to function independently of the grids power supply, enabling continuous monitoring even when the power lines are de-energized. In the U.S.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

As the media business model got more competitive, and the "Big Three" networks felt competition, the function of news changed. Someone mentioned the other day that news used to be a loss-leader for media companies, so they never tried to make it into entertainment. They did the news out of a sense of responsibility.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 15, 2025

HR is transformed from a passive, reactive function into a proactive one, a strategic force that helps organizations unlock their full potential. AI is not just improving existing processes; AI-powered agents actively centralize and optimize cumbersome workflows to fit well into the company’s overall business goals.

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500

MAY 31, 2019

It could also mean outsourcing certain key functions. The companies who survive and thrive are usually the ones who find ways to do more with less. That could mean having employees who pull double duty and fill multiple roles. It may mean working a grueling schedule. You only pay for.

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A Smart Bear

OCTOBER 17, 2017

At most two can function well; the rest do not. That’s because cutting out sleep doesn’t work — then you can’t function at a high level at anything. But it’s never true. More often, there’s just one that receives the majority of the energy, and the rest suffers.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

For example, breathing, walking, driving to a familiar place and blinking are things we have done so many times that they don’t require much cognitive capacity: these functions run on autopilot.

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creativity culture accelerator board 231

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

A lot of people think early stage and seed is really risky, but risk is a function of return—and returns are a function of price. If any one of my seed investments ever needs to debate whether its worth $40 billion or $20 billion, I’ll take on that headache any day of the week.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 8, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic proved globally, and especially among entrepreneurs, that many businesses can function digitally. Whether by land or air, transportation accounts for over a quarter of total yearly greenhouse gas emissions. Establish sustainable partnerships. When establishing partnerships for your business (i.e.,

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Arosh Fernando , creative director of WooHah Productions, says, “When our core business was not permited to function due to the government restrictions, we realized we had to change everything.”. When those became scarce, the company found itself with few prospects.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

In layman terms (if you’re a doctor feel free to correct anything in the comments) I would say that ADD is caused by a slow functioning frontal cortex and that anything that helps stimulate the frontal cortex (being late, being under pressure, arguing, caffeine) helps to get proper brain function going.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

A beautiful and well-functioning app is just table stakes. Shower thoughts: A window into brain function . This is your brain’s high-functioning decision-making engine. That bears repeating: Great design—a product that looks good and works well—is essential for success. And I’ll explain why.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 19, 2017

Of course there is no right answer but it’s a function of how much capital you have raised, your prospects for raising more capital in the future, your growth rate and your company’s risk tolerance. I know as an entrepreneur you prefer as long of a runway as possible — I’ve never heard an entrepreneur argue for the opposite.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 13, 2021

Driven by advances in technology, a computer in everyone’s pocket, ongoing changes in the healthcare system accelerated by the pandemic, among other forcing functions, we are seeing more and more healthcare being accessed in our homes vs in the doctor’s office. This is just one example of the revolution underway in health care.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

It is also a function of the stage of much of our careers where we aren’t interested in playing small ball with incrementalism on how to squeeze out an extra 5% of margin by optimizing the Internet slightly better.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

But diversity isn’t any kind of criteria for us—it’s a function of trying to create value for the whole ecosystem--not just those you back. Opening up our circle to create and scale genuine engagement for people outside of typical venture networks is how we do business—and we’re getting exceptional deal flow because of that.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Your team must be balanced - filling key functional roles necessary to operationalize. It must also be strong - excelling within those functional areas to get the company to the next inflection point. Growth is a critical functional role that can make or break the business. Here’s why those two words matter.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 20, 2020

In your experience, what’s the top misunderstood financial-related function around running a business? Entrepreneurs struggle to understand how their balance sheet connects to their P&L.

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Hunter Walk

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

We absolutely encountered significant resistance, typically internally and from functional leaders, to code yellows. It is a forcing function to get everyone internally on the same page on progress-to-date, it is a driver of accountability, and it forces thinking regarding go-forward plans.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Even the most automated warehouses use robots with limited intelligence that handle just a few warehouse functions—primarily storage and retrieval. The article indicates that 90% of warehouses operate manually with minimal or no robotics.

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