Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 26, 2021

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 Seraf Compass

DECEMBER 29, 2021

To help guide our investors through that process we have developed a Questionnaire for Checking Customer References. An area of diligence we talk a lot about is assessing the market and verifying customer demand.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

How do you then reference check your VC to be sure that you’ve chosen a good firm and partner? First, I would say that most entrepreneurs do almost no reference checks or at least do them very informally. Happy reference checking. I wrote a post linked as follows about how to build relationships with VCs over time.

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The Seraf Compass

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Download our questionnaire template to use when checking references. As readers of our various articles know, we believe no diligence topic is more important than the evaluation of the team. So it comes as no surprise that we do not leave that important area to chance.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The post [AEYE Health in PR Newswire] AEYE Health receives FDA clearance for AI-based autonomous screening for referable diabetic retinopathy appeared first on OurCrowd Blog. Read more here.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2023

Then you’ll want to refer the top early-stage startups in your portfolio/pipeline Rolodex to Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2023! Refer a founder today. Refer a founder to Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2023 by Neesha A. Want to make a founder’s day, week, month, and possibly career? That’s huge.

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Hunter Walk

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The Art of Asking “If Not You, Who Should I Talk To?”. You see, there was a really talented Consumer Product Manager at Google that I was trying to get over to YouTube. He’d decided to leave Mountain View and work on a new startup, but I thought there was an opening.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 3, 2013

Reference checks are part and parcel of the VC diligence process and most hiring processes. Types of References. I find it’s valuable to speak to references who have worked with the candidate in different roles. I find it’s valuable to speak to references who have worked with the candidate in different roles.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

When I would meet potential clients, I knew I was having an impact because they would mention lessons they’d learned from my sessions and reference how they helped them. I continually reference these tools, techniques and logistics of a project starting from the beginning to the end.

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UBI Global

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Startups are often referred to as the lifeblood of an economy, being representative of the kind of bold thinking, innovation, and rapid deployment that are so important in a world […]. The post Three reasons startups fuel any innovation ecosystem appeared first on UBI Global | Innovation Intelligence Company and Community.

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UBI Global

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Startups are often referred to as the lifeblood of an economy, being representative of the kind of bold thinking, innovation, and rapid […]. The post Why Startups are Like rocket Fuel for an Economy appeared first on UBI Global | Innovation Intelligence Company and Community.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Trade references can help you jumpstart the process of building business credit while helping your startup improve cash flow. You can build your credit several ways , but one of the easiest ways to get started is with trade references. What are trade references? How to get a trade reference. You must build it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

Your historical trading information including financials and a “customer file” which shows the history of your transactions so that investors can run “cohort” analyses Customer reference, personal references, key team members, compensation, cap table, stock option plan, etc. Reference Calls I do the exact same for reference calls.

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Venture Well

APRIL 23, 2019

In honor of World Intellectual Property Day, we put together a quick-reference guide on the role IP rights play in innovation and entrepreneurship. The post Do You Have the Right Answers to these Intellectual Property Questions? appeared first on VentureWell.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 14, 2022

However, I find myself referring to and using them when I conduct staff interviews as they encapsulate the qualities we look for in team members. I refer to values whenever I have a question in need of an answer, whether personal or business. At the time, I considered them “not profound” due to their simplicity.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Jamie and I adopted CliftonStrengths and refer to it often in our communication, both at home and at work. Having an external tool to refer to has also helped us reduce misunderstandings and focus on one another’s strengths and recognize when we need to step in and support one another in business and in life.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

Coinbase, the American cryptocurrency trading giant, has set a reference price for its direct listing at $250 per share. Immediate chatter following the company’s direct listing reference price was that the price could be low. According to the company’s most recent SEC filing, it has a fully diluted share count of 261.3

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A C-Corporation, often referred to as a “C-Corp,” is a legal business structure that separates the company from its owners, providing limited liability protection to shareholders. The post What Is a C-Corporation?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2022

It refers to the tendency to disregard other more appropriate alternatives when we have a particular perception of proper practices. This term refers to a flexible organizational culture that takes into account the nature of an employee’s work and promotes task-based policies, allowing remote work whenever possible.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 2, 2023

Once you fill this out… Step 4: Meet to discuss answers and conduct reference checks Set up an hour or two to sit down and review each other’s answers in person or via a conference call. At the end of the meeting, ask for one or two work-related references (i.e., For instance, I would ask references questions like: 1.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Get references. You should consider references on behavior, performance, or work ethics. Just as you would compile references and work samples for future employees, you can consider doing your research into customer reviews, past partnerships, and business policies. Do these individuals have good reputations?

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The Seraf Compass

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Here, for your reference, is our Impact Investing Due Diligence Report Template. We’ve published a fair amount about due diligence and being a deal lead. In those articles we talk a lot about the importance of having a good diligence report template to ensure the final report is useful to the reader.

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Paul G. Silva

AUGUST 8, 2023

Psychological safety refers to an individual’s perception of the consequences of taking an interpersonal risk or a belief that a team is safe for risk taking in the face of being seen as ignorant, incompetent, negative, or disruptive. A few years back Google published research on what made their teams thrive.

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The initial investment that you make in your company is referred to as your “basis,” although many individuals are unaware of this fact. The amount that you invest initially is referred to as your basis in any investment. At that scale, it will be cost-efficient.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

The visual reference tool is probably handy for set directors that want to visualize props for certain scenes. For instance, what the feather will look like at the beginning of “Forrest Gump.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

As Roblox began to trade today, the company’s shares shot above its reference price of $45 per share. per share, up just over 60% from the reference price that it announced last night. At $45 per share, Roblox’s direct listing reference price, the company was worth $29.1 direct listing reference price handoff.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 10, 2020

If you decide to participate, you will be asked who referred you. A supporter signs up to support one or more individuals who have recently been laid off and have been nominated by their former employer. The support is standardized at $1k per month for three months. I joined here. You can too.

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Paul G. Silva

AUGUST 10, 2023

This company could be an amazing reference client. Picture it. Your team gets the big meeting with the CEO of a company right smack in the middle of your target market. The CEO spends a lot of time with your team, telling you exactly what she needs.

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Startup Blogpost

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Ironically, that experience with our partners has given them the trust to become our clients and refer other clients as well. I refer them web-design clients, and in return, they refer me SEO clients. We have found this to be a highly effective way to grow brand awareness and generate leads.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

And then I also think with references, founders are typically showing up with their 5 to 7 reference questions. I find actually running through a process, getting some data on people, and then actually using that data to inform the reference questions specifically in the areas in which we currently have flags gives me better signal.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Some people refer to it as a company-written investment memo, but I prefer the “strategy memo” title, because it’s not really an investment memo, which comes with scenario analyses, exit plans and other sections that would be awkward and a bit presumptuous for a company to externalize.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

We may as well get compensated for referring them to others. There are a number of VC funds that share the carry earned in their co-investment to the referring party. Certain late-stage VCs have invested in some of my past funds, partly to motivate us to refer future investment opportunities to them.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

CIOs want solutions for the longer term, so think about how you position your product as a long-term solution rather than a reference-point solution. Have your references ready. Have a reference that’s relevant to the CIO before you reach out. And whatever that value prop is, be sure it’s aligned with the CIO’s larger vision.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

To increase the chances of subscribers referring you to others, make sure the process takes no longer than 25 seconds. Remind readers at the end of each issue that they can refer others. Include a short sentence in the intro to your newsletter telling people being referred where they can subscribe.

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Hunter Walk

OCTOBER 29, 2022

I LOVE doing reference checks — on founders we are hoping to support and key hires into their teams. Don’t incorrectly write off the ‘candidate supplied references’ thinking that it’s worthless to speak with people who have been prepped or likely to be positive. Are they aligned with what their on-sheet reference told you?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

The startup’s name is a reference to the two fictional characters that are often used as archetypes for hypothetical thought experiments in areas like cryptography and quantum physics. Similarly, the breakthrough building block of Alice&Bob’s system also has a theoretical reference in it.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

References. We do a lot of customer calls and check references on the entrepreneurs. . “Then we come up with a list of key questions we want to go deep on,” Achadjian said. “What’s the business model? How do you scale? I actually called one of Akilesh’s Berkeley professors. ”

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