A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 15, 2020

Yesterday evening, the Gotham Gal and I went to see Jerry Colonna do a reading from his recent book , Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up. The Crucible of Leadership. Being myself was never good enough and, as a result, being comfortable in my own leadership was impossible. “If So I went back and read it this morning.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

For startup founders, the following leadership traits are key. Creativity might not sound like a leadership trait at first, but remember: entrepreneurship has no roadmap. Entrepreneurs wear more hats than anyone, but none is more important than the leadership cap. What does a solid leader look like? Creativity.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

You’ll receive the best practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. In this week’s edition, we discuss: Why you shouldn’t always trust billionaire’s advice. Should you trust billionaires for startup advice? When seeking advice on an app he was building, Aaron Dinin, PhD met two entrepreneurs. So did Aaron.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 3, 2015

It spoke to me because it so resonates with my nearly daily advice to entrepreneurs and VCs alike. I went as far as to call it the best Tweet of 2015 so far because it encapsulated my advice so succinctly. All advice you receive is too generic to help you – you need to decide for yourself in your exact situation.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2015

So here’s advice I give people all the time when they’re raising money. Or they’ll remind me of my common advice to take “ 50 coffee meetings.” But by coining it, making a logo and repeating it Salesforce.com became associated with leadership in cloud, um, software.) Show me your unicorn.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

There is a second set of career discussions I have even more frequently than my “angel yourself” advice but this type is almost never discussed publicly in blogs, which tend to emphasize only billion-dollar opportunities, 20-something technical founders and Silicon Valley elitism. HR Leadership Startup Lessons'

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

You’d think tech companies should be the paradigm of how to prep for leadership transitions, since they operate in such a constant state of flux. It’s best to record this history well before the intense swirl of a leadership transition begins. They’re far from it.

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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. So spending time thinking about what your leadership style is, whether it’s effective and what you could do to improve it can yield dividends. Here are some quick guidelines on what I think it takes to build a sense of leadership: 1.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 21, 2021

.” I don’t entirely agree with that and my experience with it has been different, but it brings up an incredibly important topic about leadership. I like to keep things simple and in my simple mind, leadership comes in two flavors, visionary leadership and operational leadership. It will be an incredible trip.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Driven by a desire to help people from a young age, YLAI 2018 Fellow Janeel Boon aims to empower others to see their leadership ability within themselves. Otherwise, what I want to do is to help people realize their leadership ability and to encourage them. What advice would you give to future leaders? . By Jewelle Saunders.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Leadership needs to communicate these shifts and goal changes with their team so that everyone understands the long-term and short-term outlooks. Though now there are daily leadership meetings to keep up with the fast-changing world.). SmartHustle Podcast with Ramon Ray · Resilient Leadership: Thriving in the Unknown.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 8, 2022

teams usually outperform individuals or groups of individuals) but very few Founder CEOs are skilled at creating a high-performing senior leadership team. It’s a myth to believe that leadership has always resided in the CEO. Successful companies have distributed leadership across the business.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As female entrepreneurs, we are independent-minded and innovative, and this advice is critical for securing our future and the future of our families. She provided me with so much advice on business strategy, business channels and HR. My first female mentor was the incredible Janine Allis , founder of Boost Juice.

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The Seraf Compass

JUNE 9, 2021

When you combine great leadership with a strong board of directors, the likelihood of a successful outcome for a business increases by an order of magnitude. However, truly engaged and knowledgeable directors can add significant additional value by providing strategic input and advice.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Déborah spoke with the YLAI Network about her journey transforming theater in Peru, the way in which her diagnosis provided her with creative understanding, and her advice to create more inclusive organizations. Her fibromyalgia diagnosis after university gave her even more drive to launch CAPAZ in 2018.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

Lately the topic of leadership & teams has been coming up a lot in my daily life. It’s my belief that through exceptional leadership you attract great teams that do more than the sum of the parts. ON LEADERSHIP. I am a strong believer that leadership and team development comes from these daily interactions.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2020

You can still take advantage of all the small business advice that was shared throughout the event. You can still listen to the whole thing, but we wanted to share some of our favorite moments and pieces of small business advice. Awesome small business advice! Great small business advice from Jason! Thanks, Steve!

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StartupNation

JUNE 15, 2021

Here are several pieces of advice that I learned the hard way: First, not every successful company starts in an accelerator. Then, your task is to assemble the best possible leadership team you can have for all those functions, whether it’s full of experienced people or youthful exuberance. .

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Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

Being an effective founder of a high-growth company requires a bundle of technical, analytical, leadership and communication skills that don’t often come packaged in a single individual. Step 3: Give good advice Most startup advice is bad.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 31, 2023

HW: Any pieces of advice you got from mentors in the past that you want to share and pay forward here? Thanks Melanie for sharing some advice with me/us. Follow her here for updates on free online trainings and discussions she runs on leadership, people and culture, etc. MN: Optimize for experimentation, not perfection.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 1, 2024

Since joining H&R Block five years ago, Khan has been focused on helping the company grow not only its leadership in the field of assisted tax prep, but also its small business and financial products segments. What other advice do you have for early stage founders building in tax and accounting? This is people’s money!

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 24, 2023

The YLAI Network is excited to share this interview about her education journey along with advice for fellow young leaders. I decided to go the business route during undergrad because I’ve always liked the leadership aspect. Is there any advice you can give to young leaders? The YLAI Fellowship Program is funded by the U.S.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2020

Nicholas Dancer is the owner and operator of Dancer Concrete Design and he chats with Ramon Ray about concrete, entrepreneurship, leadership, and his new book, Day In, Day Out: The Secret Power in Showing Up and Doing the Work. On Leadership. Nick says leadership is a lot simpler than people make it out to be.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 24, 2019

The post What We Wish We Knew Then: 7 EO Members Share Advice for Graduates appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. Jody Steinhauer, EO Toronto, founder of Engage and Change and president and chief bargain officer of Bargains Group and Kits for a Cause. “Winter is coming.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 25, 2023

Looking to build your personal brand , but struggling with the time commitment required to write a LinkedIn post or, even worse, a lengthy thought leadership article? As a personal branding expert, I have no choice but to advise you against using ChatGPT as your ghostwriter. Here’s why. You are not alone. Enter bad news.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 5, 2019

What advice would I share with young entrepreneurs today? For example, in high school I was strong in leadership and biology. So, as you carve out your place in the world, gathering advice on the right path for you, and the right way to get there, pay attention to those strange curiosities that pop up from time to time.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

The YLAI Network team spoke with Jonathan to gain some insight into his social ventures, thoughts on the rise of artificial intelligence, and any advice for fellow network members looking to jump into entrepreneurship. Jonathan’s advice to fellow young leaders and network members is to trust the process and trust the journey.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 24, 2023

In 2014, Frissia started the First Leadership Center at a university in Mexico. In 2014, I was a professor at a university, and I started the First Leadership Center because I saw the vast need to channel energy into students’ needs. Do you have any advice for young leaders? Entrepreneurship is the way to go.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Promote women’s participation in leadership positions. Affordable STEAM education could fuel the achievement of gender equality in leadership positions, generate more innovation and entrepreneurship in companies and educational institutions and, above all, bring technology closer to women. It is definitely important.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

He spoke to Robinhood CFO Jason Warnick, who shared a few reasons why it was time for the company to float: … Warnick indicated that there were a few factors at play, including that Robinhood had built out its leadership team and its internal processes, and that it had worked on user-safety-related tasks and expanded the site’s use cases.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 21, 2019

In an era rife with corporate misdeeds at the hands of poor leadership – from Volkswagen’s ‘emissionsgate’, to the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data breach, to the banking royal commission – more than ever, consumers are losing faith in businesses and their leaders. What value do your managers add to your company? Are they ethical?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In 2019, the program was expanded in each of Ecuador’s provinces, providing “mini master’s degrees” in entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership. Her advice to YLAI Network members on overcoming obstacles is to “assume people are willing to help and ask for help and support when you need it.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 15, 2024

After 8 years as the Managing Director/CEO of the YC accelerator, I’ve decided now is the right time to hand over my leadership responsibilities.  Effective As a result, in January I approached Garry Tan about transitioning out of my leadership role.  After

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Your leadership reputation. Your leadership reputation might have been instrumental in setting you up but why is it even more essential for running a successful business into the future? Your leadership impacts how you attract new business. Investing in your leadership reputation is a worthwhile venture.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 23, 2018

There is plenty of advice out there for employees about the importance of not mistaking good management for good leadership. But entrepreneurs also need to be reminded that good leadership is not the same as good management. Almost by definition, as the founder, you will be “being” a leader. NZ Entrepreneur.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 2, 2021

Access the YLAI Network’s workbooks on responsible leadership and partnerships and allyship to learn more about the forms of biases and their impact. Biases can affect our behavior and treatment of others, hiring of qualified candidates, and respect for employees and partners in the work environment. Education is key.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

How to Master the Art of Difficult Conversations in Your Business Shawn Johal (EO Montreal), a leadership speaker, best-selling author, and founder of business growth practice Elevation Leaders , shared how he handles challenging conversations in his company. My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations.

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