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3 Types of Referability Partners—and How to Leverage Them

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Michael Roderick, a recent EO 360° podcast guest and the founder and CEO of Small Pond Enterprises , which helps coaches and consultants make their brands referable, their messaging memorable, and their ideas unforgettable. I like to refer (ha ha) to these people as “referability partners”.

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The 5-Step Blueprint for Finding Your Perfect Co-Founder

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Without further ado, here are the five actionable steps that I’ve used to find, assess, and partner with the right co-founder. This is your opportunity to determine if you’re okay with spending 40+ hours together in a high-pressure startup environment. At the end of the meeting, ask for one or two work-related references (i.e.,

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Payments company Paystone raises $23.8M to help service-based businesses engage with customers

TechCrunch

Refer a friend, get a reward. million in a mix of debt and equity. Though he wasn’t actively seeking new funds, Al-Ansari had been speaking with Crédit Mutuel Equity, which used to be CIC Capital Canada, prior to the pandemic, and their deal was put on hold. “We Customer feedback is a development opportunity.

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Revenue-based financing startup Jenfi raises $6.3M to focus on high-growth Southeast Asian companies

TechCrunch

That’s where Singapore-based Jenfi comes in, providing revenue-based financing of up to $500,000 with flexible repayment plans that co-founder and chief executive officer Jeffrey Liu refers to as “growth capital as a product.” . Part of Jenfi’s Series A funding will be used to develop automated analytics.

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4 Finance Lessons for Rookie Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Finance is a common source of both challenges and opportunities for a growing company. For example, you might’ve chosen the wrong project management tool but continue to use it because you feel guilty about “wasting” money. By continuing to use it, you certainly won’t recover the cost. Is yours at risk? blog channel. .

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Super raises $50M to cover home repairs and maintenance via a subscription model

TechCrunch

The startup plans to use the funding to expand into new markets, to hire more people and to continue adding more maintenance/repair services and partnerships into its wider home-warranty-by-subscription proposition. Indeed, Super these days seems to refer to itself as an “insuretech” ).

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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Executive Talent

Andreessen Horowitz

Who are the best search partners to use, and let then letting you and that search firm run with the execution. Can you just describe the MOC to our audience, what it is, and why you guys are so passionate about using it? And then I also think with references, founders are typically showing up with their 5 to 7 reference questions.

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