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Why being a VC sucks. Advice to anyone who wants to get into venture capital.

This is going to be BIG.

If your company gets bought for a billion dollars when it''s not even doing double digit millions in revenues, you can''t really deny that luck was a factor--but that luck will enable a firm to raise another fund, while you''re trudging along. 10) Raising a fund is a completely inefficient proccess--especially a small one.

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How Generative AI Is Transforming Decision-Making: Insights from David Boyle

Paul G. Silva

This acceleration in insight generation enables faster, more informed strategic decisions. Process Automation : Following David’s advice, I’ve automated routine data cleanup and formatting tasks, freeing up time for strategic thinking and client interaction.

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How to Make Sense of the PPP Loan Program for VC-Backed Startups

Both Sides of the Table

We have been advising a lot of entrepreneurs so I thought I’d “open source” some of the advice I have been sharing. So my only goal is to give you insights into the conversations we’ve been having in case you don’t have the same access or advice. I’m getting so much conflicting advice, whom should I listen to?

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How to foster serendipitous innovation in hybrid and remote teams

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The contributors, in turn, are motivated by the natural desire to give advice, especially advice that’s visible to and useful for others in their team, business unit, or even the whole organization. This dynamic also fits well with the different personalities of optimists and pessimists. and more articles from the EO blog. .

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You Can’t Rely on a VC for Your Hardest Decisions

Both Sides of the Table

I think the best VCs understand that we are enablers not masters of the universe. We are money, advice, coaching, cheerleading, interventionist but not “the decider.” In preparation for her reentry into VC she spoke with many mentors of hers for advice on venture capital. ” Such simple yet poignant advice.

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Anyone is building a marketplace for advice, one 5-minute call at a time

TechCrunch

Anyone , an audio app that’s building a ‘marketplace for advice’ one five-minute phone call at a time, is launching new versions of its iOS and Android apps today* and beginning to large-scale onboarding after operating in a limited closed beta for the past six months. It’s one-to-one only.

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This Article About Andy Dunn and Bonobos is the Blueprint for Founder Storytelling

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Or ‘How do we think about going back to the past via a technology-enabled model?’ We are a technology-enabled [WHAT WE DO]. But we wouldn’t be able to do it without being technology-enabled. We had to be [WAY THAT WE ARE TECH ENABLED] so we could build this [THING THAT WE DO WELL].

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