Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2014

You see there is a creative tension along the spectrum of time and scope. As an alternative I’ve also found board meetings to be a good rallying call. It gives a tangible goal and also the reward of the team that completes the project the opportunity to interact with the board.

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JANUARY 17, 2012

It is the first venture capital fund based in Brooklyn--the city’s most exciting and creative borough. Gilt Groupe maintains a significant presence there, as does scores of creative agencies and design firms. It’s a great place to build a business--creative, less expensive, flexible, etc.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 7, 2019

Katty is an EO San Francisco member and president of Artisan Creative , a staffing and recruitment agency for digital, creative and marketing talent. Each January, I look forward to Artisan Creative’s first company-wide team meeting: The day we present our annual vision boards. Creating my annual vision board.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Pimento is a new French startup that is using generative AI in an interesting way as the company focuses on the first step of creative processes — ideation, brainstorming and moodboarding. And the company recently raised a $3.2 million (€3 million) funding round from an interesting list of investors.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Ad creative production, AI design, customer lifecycle at scale Management Analysts 0.88 But if a founder wanted a list of jobs to automate, the BLS’ white collar jobs boards is a wonderful place to start. Occupation Employment (in millions) AI Technology Software Developers & IT 2.71 Medical & Health Services Managers 0.49

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

” Fred & I are both in agreement that there is a tension between capital constraints and creativity. We also spoke about what it takes to be an effective board member. Often as board members we know contextually what the likely right answer is from years of experience and seeing similar scenarios. Again, Fred.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Eitan Chitayat and Dana Satterwhite are two multidisciplinary creatives who focus on storytelling and communication. Eitan Chitayat (pictured at left, top) is the founder and creative director of the Natie Branding Agency. He’s been delivering international brands for 20 years.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

Or, it’s just what “generative AI” does with a series of uploaded images of the two of us if given some creative prompting. It’s also interesting to think about what AI will do to the creative workforce. Now, with generative AI, creators will only be limited by their creativity and not by their directly applicable manual skillset.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

Boards are facing pressure to be strategic and thoughtful on how to evolve in the rapidly iterating world of technology, and a CTO is uniquely positioned to address specific challenges. There are now more reasons than ever to consider adding a CTO to your board. A unique mind (and skill) set. Deep understanding of tech.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

And today, a startup that’s helping companies connect with a wider range of designers and other creatives to meet that demand is announcing a round of funding to fuel its business growth. “We want to go from 350 to 1,000 creatives,” he said, “and then maybe 10,000, or 100,000.” Superside provides them.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Board meetings are quickly increasing in their significance to foster consistent and vital interactions as an organization. As we move into 2021 and Q1 meetings are being put onto calendars, take some time to modernize how you conduct your board meetings. Remember the board works for you, so be sure to put them to work.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

We share our board meeting decks and month-end financials with everyone in the organization, and we expect them to engage with this information and ask questions,” says Odiaka Gonzalez, VP of People and Operations with Global Citizen Year , a nonprofit organization that equips young people to create meaningful impact on global issues.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Chroma , a startup working to build a new type of audiovisual entertainment specifically for mobile devices, is now adding a Twitter co-founder to its board. Pihlström had previously worked as a creative director, design advisor, designer, and prototyper at Pinterest, Beats Music, and VSCO. million in seed funding (5.1

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

Just about every electronic contraption you care to think of contains at least one printed circuit board (PCB), which serves to house and connect the various components that allow the device to function as a whole. Engineers save a massive amount of time through this, meaning they can experiment, try different things, and be creative.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Unwavering creativity. From Apple and Nike to Uber and Facebook, many of the world’s most recognized brands were born from a creative idea. Though it’s a natural skill for some, there are plenty of ways you can enhance your sense of creativity and avoid unproductive blocks when you’re feeling uninspired. Take a walk.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

And this month we announced that Maker Studios, where I am an investor and board member, crossed 3 billion views. He joined when Maker was a small, chaotic organization and helped bridge our talented creative team with the outside world of investor, brands, partners & press. This has been a very welcome addition.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

But in my experience it’s surprising at how little time we as investors and as board members and startups as management teams spend thinking about how to create the best team dynamics. I have a board meeting coming up this week and I just reviewed the agenda. Is she getting enough board exposure? Is she feeling motivated?

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

The key, as we will learn, is a set of creative tactics that the company used to bind as many stakeholders into its business as possible. For RapidSOS, which had to scale to support hundreds of partners over the years, the key has been building its team and training them for the unique partners they have signed agreements with.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

But I never thought of myself as an underdog because I knew it is easier to get those four things than what I, and every Roami team member, innately have: creativity and grit,” says King-Geovanis. And finally, we’ll begin purchasing our most profitable properties, giving us total creative control and even better margins.”

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

I''m super proud of Rob, Ben and the whole Backupify team--and this is particularly special for me because Backupify was the first investment I ever made as a VC, and the first board I ever sat on. We stayed in touch and I got to know a bunch of the Louisville startup and creative crew, like Todd Earwood, Matt Winn, and Ashley Cecil.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2013

bang on the windows of a board meeting recently and stick his tongue out at all of us. She talks about creative design of websites and physical products – in our case – stickers. Soleil at Chief Creative Officer. Aka Punky Brewster. We’ve had many celebrities walk through our doors including a-list film stars.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

After numerous discussions we held the line and all agreed as a board that profitability was much more important than chasing new markets and that perfecting our systems and methods was critical before we expanded and just increase the scope of our problems to solve. If I could close with some advice for startups and boards ….

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DECEMBER 26, 2011

It has the diversity and cheaper rent necessary for great creative potential and I think you're going to see a lot of development next year of Brooklyn as its own unique, but complimentary community of innovation. We're negatively focused on the problems of specific stakeholders (not enough X.)

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JULY 8, 2013

That''s kind of like what it''s like being on board with these companies after you make an early stage investment. Even the best and most active board members can still feel pretty helpless. Given enough time, technology and human creativity can solve just about every problem we have. 5) It takes a long time to be successful.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

We have a great board chat and talk about our strategic direction but then you go out and execute. They said, “yeah, but we get that through our board interactions. Writing this bl0g – This blog is a huge creative outlet for me. I’m enjoying the chaotic creativity that comes with blogging.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

However, upon reflection, I think the real driver is that taking time away allows my brain to more easily access creative thinking mode, as it’s being asked to do less on an hour-to-hour basis. . I used to believe that one of the reasons for this phenomenon was that a different venue or culture offered me a change in perspective.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2021

“The stress amplified to the point that I could no longer laugh” Keith Roberts, founder, author and speaker at OAKJournal , founder and creative director at Zenman , and a member of EO Colorado. I was running my security company and I had an Advisory Board.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 20, 2013

You’re not lecturing to a college class, you’re not at a cocktail party and you’re not chatting with a small group in a board meeting. I always tell people that if you’re not creative in how you tell stories the simplest way to do so is by telling “a day in the life” of your potential user.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

I often tell teams that you need to create product deadlines that are semi-public (or maybe board commitments) that help you focus on shipping product. You may have to cut scope but nothing gets you more focused and the creative juices flowing than a deadline staring you in the face.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

As an industry we’re not always as good as we could be about our own “creative destruction” to create the tomorrow of venture capital. The core of the investing job of course is investing dollars into startup companies and helping as a mentor, advisor and board member on the companies in which you’ve invested.

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Gust

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Practice creative marketing. One of the keys to keeping start-up costs low is to find creative and affordable ways of doing what you need to get done, rather than just spending cash. All you need is a blog, Twitter, email, some business card stock, and a little creativity. Don’t think about the exit.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 11, 2020

We pivoted a lot of media plans and creative work—often multiple times—and didn’t charge for it (we called it “The Covid Pledge,” and we encouraged all agencies to do the same). It’s been like having my own board of directors, for both my business and personal life. What critical mistake taught you a lesson that proved invaluable?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

As the CEO you have a team that is counting on you and a board that is measuring your performance. We rise to the occasion as it stirs our creative juices. There is something about the adrenaline rush of being under time pressure that excites us and teases out our creativity. It’s hard to hide. So I always performed.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2022

You bring it up because you really care, and I think it's nice that you really care, the rest of us don't care," said Palihapitiya, who is also on the board of Virgin Galactic. "Nobody cares about what's happening to the Uyghurs, okay. I'm just telling you a very hard, ugly truth. Of all the things I care about, yes, it's below my line."

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I have often thought that creative endeavors where one has a quick turn-around between idea and realization of one’s work as one of the more fulfilling experiences in life. Within 5 years I was on the board of real businesses with meaningful revenue, strong balance sheets, no debt and on the path to a few interesting exits.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 25, 2021

Embrace creativity and uncertainty, and bring together those who may not work in your exact field to bring in new ideas. González: Within our board, managing team, and program participants the majority are women.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

Venture capital is in the process of its own creative destruction with new market entrants and new models of innovation at the precise moment that our industry itself is contracting. Specifically, Amazon has changed our entire industry in profound ways often not attributed strongly enough to them.

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