Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

The next few posts are going to talk about scaling your sales operations as you move out of the evangelical phase. In the early days of selling it can sometimes be an advantage to not have rigid pricing schedules, complex service level agreements (SLAs), hard-and-fast rate limits, etc. Ultimately he & I had a bad cultural fit.

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Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

In that prior post, I had offered Y Combinator as a positive example, but I didn’t break down exactly why. This post is an effort to unpack what’s required of a startup accelerator to truly serve the needs of high-performing founders. Step 1: Find the best founders An uncomfortable truth about this work is that not all founders are created equal.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2013

What does it mean for the purchasing process to be aligned? Well think of it this way – you have your sales process. You know exactly when you want to sell to this customer and presumably it’s this quarter! And with scarce resources it’s your job to decide which door this lead must go through – sales or marketing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Whether it’s securing investment capital, marketing a concept, recruiting new talent or leaning on peers for support and advice, having a solid network can seriously work to your benefit. Let’s focus on the traits shared by most entrepreneurs—and how you can tap into these characteristics to jumpstart your own success. .

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

Two prominent entrepreneurs share their views on starting a business plus 10 tips every first-time founder should have. A founders journey when taking on the challenge of launching a startup is filled with highs and lows.Their path to success will have challenges, setbacks, and moments of doubt.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

As an independent woman with a go-getter attitude, she shared insights with us into her life as an entrepreneur and what it was like getting YHS off the ground, as well as her advice for other young entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean. Sustainable Development Goals through youth empowerment using robotics and innovation.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) I have been involved with a high profile one in Los Angeles – Launchpad LA – and we’ve decided to make a shift so I thought this was a good time for reflection. We had a specific goal in mind. Yeah, he was LA, baby!

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

My internal compass has always steered me strongly toward the belief that founders who can scale with their startup companies are better to back that founders who eventually need to hire a CEO. I have talked about this publicly a great deal – how I prefer “missionaries” over “mercenaries.” It’s your baby.

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Gust

MARCH 8, 2014

While it sounds tautological, the most important thing a law firm brings to the startup table is… a knowledge of the law surrounding everything having to do with founding, financing and operating a startup! After all, they are *lawyers* not peers in your industry. But while obvious, that doesn’t make it any less important.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 3, 2016

I had served many roles previously on the BC Children’s Hospital Board, but I wanted to transition into something that engaged young entrepreneurs – and I found one. Our chapter president approached me and asked if I would be interested in creating a competition, with the catch that we’d never participated in GSEA before. Create Incentive.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

Because my wife is a superstar she published them all on a blog here along with much other wonderful type-A mom advice. I was an angel investor in his company, made a bunch of calls on his behalf and then I personally sent it out on AngelList. Through this process he raised $2 million. I know this guy is a money maker. It worked like a charm.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The Kauffman Foundation found 47% of US tech founders held degrees in STEM while 34% held degrees in business, finance, and accounting. We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. 1) Your school. 1) Your school. school of engineering).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Both firms were able to establish themselves as clear market leaders in early-stage finance even though they were effectively startups 10 years ago in their own right because they did things a different way. They offer leadership conferences, regular content articles on leadership, board pack templates and the like.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 3, 2021

Review financing options. There are nearly 1,000 local centers available for aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners to get free face-to-face business consulting and at-cost training on a variety of business topics, from marketing to finances. Her local small business development center (SBDC) has been invaluable.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 6, 2025

How Capsule is supporting young women to build thriving businesses Despite Romania’s growing startup ecosystem, women founders remain disproportionately low. Impact Hub Network Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Nearly half (47%) of Romanian women hold back from launching their own businesses due to fear of failure.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 18, 2016

Advice for entrepreneurs is often reduced to absolute statements and black-and-white “do’s” and “don’ts,” but I’ve found the truth is more nuanced. Here are some of the lessons that have meant the most to me: Advice can be unhelpful. A number of large companies have programs offering advice from their staff directly to startups.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

His passion for filmmaking led to the creation of J Rental Centre, a peer-to-peer rental platform born out of a desire to maximize the utility of accumulated camera equipment. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Business related topics typically include: marketing, finance, leadership, technology, sales and more. Business related topics typically include: marketing, finance, leadership, technology, sales and more. Start your small business with access to commonly used resources. Check out M eetups and LI Groups.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

Many investors would not offer this kind of advice to a founder they had just met, but because the startup had potential, I encouraged the founder to redo her homework. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor. Does your startup have enough runway? 5 factors to consider. Be an entrepreneur who leads with transparency.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 8, 2019

Why was Goldman Sachs earning so much in profits relative to its peers? Finance, like many other industries, and many software segments, sells a commodity. My partner Alex often shares the advice Marc Benioff gave him: “great businesses are formed at the Venn diagram intersection of a great product and equally great go to market.”

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 17, 2019

The number one challenge women face is a significant disadvantage in securing access to venture capital funding compared to their male peers. Practice your pitch, have them look over your business plan, and solicit their advice to so when you go into the lion’s den you’re as prepared as possible. . In 2017, just 2.2%

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. It feels like something you could turn your attention to once you have tens of millions of dollars and a large staff to run operations and you could step back from it all and think about how to lead. The reality of most startups is about survival.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 9, 2016

I talk ideas out with peers, gather feedback and then methodically move forward. Vision: When talking with investors and other advisors, it’s easy to get pulled off task by following advice that’s not right for your idea. This story was featured in the March 2015 issue of Octane magazine. Start before you’re ready? I’m no different.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

Over the past year, there has been a surge of newly formed digital banks aimed at specific demographics. The banks in nearly all cases are trying to meet the needs of certain populations that they believe are feeling left out or underserved by traditional financial institutions. It is expensive to be a queer person,” he said. “Not

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

Last week, on Martin Luther King Day, I decided that instead of saying something in my weekly newsletter , I would do the opposite--I would listen. I asked, "What is your experience of being be black in tech today and what can allies do to improve it?" I will not, however, tolerate hate in anyone's direction. Ducks head.] Ok, let's dive in.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 16, 2023

What advice would you give your past self? I posed a question to twenty-one other founders, across many different industries from media to finance, from SaaS to urban farming. I recently caught up with a friend who’d founded a company. And I do remember them. It took years before my startup Anchor began to gain real traction.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 9, 2019

She posts how she's helped a client or saved them money or helped them in some way OR Rachel's sharing how a prospective client's finances are quite messed up and how she's GOING to help them or a lessons learned. Listen to their journey (challenges and success) in hiring, marketing and financing their growth.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

From Dorm Room to Dominating the Finance and Tech World: A Deep Dive with Michael Mills, CEO of Infinitary Fund I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael E. Our mission is to meld finance with mathematics by exploiting foundational inefficiencies. Beyond his entrepreneurial pursuits, he is an avid reader and a dedicated family man.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 29, 2019

Purposefully and carefully produced, the entire day is maximized for peer to peer networking and expert advice from the experiences of our speakers. Listen to their journey (challenges and success) in hiring, marketing and financing their growth. Smart Hustlers seek to build healthy, profitably, great business.

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Hunter Walk

MARCH 21, 2022

Curiously they are actually often better at explaining the nearterm roadmap and rationale for funding than their peers. The advice I give mission-driven founders in this area are: don’t assume everyone understands or cares as much as you do. How do I define that term? Because they just went through that introspection themselves!).

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The most common advice given to aspiring entrepreneurs is to start a business that ignites your passion. The most common advice given to aspiring entrepreneurs is to start a business that ignites your passion. It may be a hobby or something of personal interest that enables you to develop a level of expertise that other people value.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Surely because they are more successful than their peers, it stands to reason they’re extremely sharp or even smarter than their non-CEO cohorts. Closely Monitor Finances. There’s a misconception that the most successful business leaders are born with their leadership credentials imprinted in their DNA. Management Style.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Also, because the feedback loop is very long, the advice we give founders – to move fast and iterate – is hard to put into practice as a venture investor. Also, because the feedback loop is very long, the advice we give founders – to move fast and iterate – is hard to put into practice as a venture investor.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

New financing and the boom of the mental health focus amid the coronavirus pandemic puts Expectful in a coveted spot. Her risky pregnancy caused her placenta to burst during childbirth, almost killing her and her son last year. The stress of her pregnancy led Walton to download Expectful, a meditation and sleep app for new mothers.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 5, 2016

If you can associate with people who challenge you to think positively, dream bigger and offer advice, your path to success becomes easier. If anyone has given you tips about starting your own business, they’re sure to have missed something, too. Here’s what I’ve learned from 19 years of experience: 1.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

However, historically most private equity professionals were former investment bankers and other finance professionals. Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. Expert Networks.

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GCUC

AUGUST 27, 2019

I believe we don’t learn enough money and personal finance when we’re young, so I’m on a quest at the moment to understand money better. What is one piece of advice you give everyone that works with and/or for you? What advice would you give to someone thinking of becoming an entrepreneur? Name: Jessica Knapp.

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