This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2011

So how can a relatively junior VC hope to add any value to an investment and on a board--and is it enough value that you should have one on your board? He said the best thing you can do for a company as a board member at this stage is to help them make a great hire, and I tend to agree. 3) Network, network, network.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2010

Post MBA I went into strategy consulting where my job was to problem solve for clients. This is a problem for a strategy consultant because you are, by definition, a generalist that is thrown into new problems again and again. And few people in my experience do this well so many board meetings wander. It’s not.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

Rincon is part of the new breed of Seed Stage VCs and with the leadership of Jim Andelman has charted out the most authentic early-stage investment strategy in Southern California. If you haven’t read it you should definitely buy it – other people just like you did. From there Rob decided to make a small investment.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2022

Even for companies that have made great progress in diversifying their organizations, there is real risk of reverting to a former homogenous status quo, unless hiring strategies evolve. Get everyone on board with your WHY. Without a succession strategy, employers will have to continually look outside the organization for leaders.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

I’ve definitely been wrong on market value. The right number of deals will depend on your strategy. If you’re a seed fund that takes 5–10% ownership and doesn’t take board seats you might have 50, 100 or even 200 investments. Being too late and you back an “also ran” You also need to be right about the team.

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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 debates manufacturing strategies. In the most perfect sense of the definition. Aka Punky Brewster. We’ve had many celebrities walk through our doors including a-list film stars. Heck, I even had Robert Downey, Jr. We’re in LA.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

If you've been wanting to learn a new skill or even strengthen existing ones, here are the seven tried-and-trued strategies I used to boost my expertise—and how you can, too. Now that we're on the same page, let's dive into the seven strategies you can use to learn a new skill or enhance the ones you already have.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

If that isn’t the original definition of “angel” money I don’t know what is. Fly out to CA, NY, BOS and tell investors that you’ll willing to do the majority of board meetings there. You only want them to commit to attending 1-2 board meetings a year in your home town. CincyTech today has $28.5

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

In some ways it feels like a company that has gone partially remote—where you still get certain types of interaction on “office days” that you can’t get at home, but it’s definitely not what it was. Basically, the idea is that you take a chip and slide it down a wall, watching it bounce off of a bunch of springy little sticks on its way down.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

If you're a beginner learning the ropes or a veteran B2C marketer making the shift, trying to work with anything other than a purpose-built B2B email marketing strategy is a recipe for disaster. 6 key strategies for designing a B2B email campaign You get it: B2C or generalized email strategies are a no-go for your B2B campaign.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

But for my sins I got an MBA and did “strategy&# consulting. In 1999 I was in Japan doing a strategy project for the board of directors of Sony. Being the number one investment bank in a greatly reduced data set shouldn’t stop you from wanting to broaden the definition of “number 1″ next year.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

What’s the board’s role in an early-stage startup? Startup founders frequently ask me about the role of a board of directors. A board can be a crucial asset in an early-stage startup. What is a board of directors, anyway? What is a board of directors, anyway? What exactly can a board help you do?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

No matter what stage your business is at, it’s never too soon to have a scaling-up strategy in place. It can always be amended as you go, but being mindful of where your business can use an efficiency boost will always be a winning strategy. Keep in mind, however, that this is not a guide to grow your business.

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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. One strategy I sometimes employ. It definitely is an IQ test thing for me. – No great presentation can be delivered like a conversation. You’re on stage!

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Hunter Walk

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

For startups, a good Board is better than no Board, but a bad Board is worse than anything. One component of a good Board is a high value add Independent Board Member, which in my experience, often doesn’t get added early enough (for a variety of reasons). I knew I wanted to help build it from the ground up.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

But if you’re a concentrated investor who takes board seats then you know the hard bit starts the day after. The biggest difference from experience is that in bad markets people without venture capital experience or strategies are the first to the exit. By definition this means others will doubt you. Price matters.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

AVC: I’ve always loved Q&A websites and discussion boards. For me this dates back to pre-Internet days of bulletin boards, CompuServe , Prodigy and the like. Basically, it’s a topic community discussion board and that’s why people go to AVC.com every day. Pre Quora – AVC & Answers OnStartups.

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Y Combinator

JULY 15, 2019

One of the most common questions we hear from founders is “How do I manage my board?” It’s something that provokes anxiety, because this is the first time the founder/CEO is subject to external supervision, and the board has powers that include the firing of the CEO and the senior management. But first, what’s the purpose of a board?

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 2, 2013

We've been on a schedule of meeting up every two weeks and have worked together to hone the strategy. Almost overnight, investors jumped on board with the new model. It was a definitively different approach--one they committed to before necessarily waiting to hear what investors thought. It wasn't just a slight tweak.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

It will definitely happen for some venture funds, but the question is how widespread it will be,” states Martino. Founders have grown accustomed to supervoting stock structures as VCs agree to loosen terms to get a stake in the funding event, essentially giving these founders authority over their own boards. “I

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 26, 2023

With 74 percent of US companies transitioning to a permanent hybrid work model, leaders are turning their attention to measuring the success of their hybrid strategy. External benchmarks definitely indicate offering more remote work facilitates both retention and recruitment. That’s a mistake.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

And then I got into strategy consulting, and I wanted to go into strategy consulting, and they said, “Yeah, but you’re a tech guy. We don’t take tech guys in the strategy consulting group.” Probably the internet helped because they needed internet skills in their strategy group. 100 billion idea.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

I have figured out the ultimate VC fund strategy. That wasn't a bubble bursting issue--that was a poor financing strategy issue of people getting caught with their pants down, hands in the cookie jar, and all the metaphors you can think of at once. I'm not a big fan of strategies that require *more* intelligence on behalf of VCs.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2010

Otherwise you’re not serious and you’ll never get the right job so don’t bother.&# Definitely gets shock value. The best jobs are the ones that have not already been put on a job board. That’s a great strategy. If you’re committed to living in New York then move there. Lots of reasons.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

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. One strategy I often employ. It definitely is an IQ test thing for me. – No great presentation can be delivered like a conversation. You’re on stage!

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

was definitely in the bucket of amazingly talented founders with a great product that hadn’t yet proved product/market fit. The board was unanimous in our opinion of this including outside director Ian Rogers who has served as Jonathan’s mentor and friend. I saw it first hand. ” So Reid set out to hire a CEO.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

If you have a team of 10 people then by definition 90% of the time spent on activities is not put in by you and on a team of 100 it’s 99%. Great leaders have deeply held conviction in their strategy and plans. There are always flavors-of-the-month strategies or markets that are in favor in the tech startup world.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

By definition, you read blogs. They did it by creating a blog, discussion board and hub for eCommerce advice and information. I have board meetings, company pitches, internal partner meetings, etc. This post originally ran on TechCrunch. Absofuckinglutely. eCommerce is an enormously competitive search term. Blog on that topic.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

While a few iconic brands including Uber, Airbnb, and Square emerged successfully from the last downturn, most venture-backed companies struggled during this period, and many ended up pursuing M&A strategies. You and your potential acquirer may have different definitions of “scalable systems.”

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Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Convince investors that you have lined up sales channels, strategic partners, and a viable marketing strategy. Include Advisory Board members and key industry people connections. Exit strategy. Marketing, sales, and partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

The founding partner of Upfront, Yves Sisteron, has been a mentor for me since 1999 and was on the board of my first company. Fred talked about Albert and Andy – his two non-founding partners, who now play an equal role in the firm and whom I guess are both starting to heavily influence future USV strategies.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

Seed round lead investor MaC Venture Capital recognized the immense potential for hyperspectral, and Robson told me that it was clear from the start the firm and new Wyvern Board member Adrian Fenty were a perfect match for the young company. “Christine had been on our technical board of advisors for quite some time,” he said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Good relationships with executive buyers can help shape your company as it grows, ultimately serving as an unofficial advisory board of the top leaders and experts within your customer base.” So that definitely stretched me in many ways.” ” Thanks very much for reading TechCrunch+, and have a great weekend.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

VCs have different views and strategies on this. Jason went on to help Apeel Sciences get off the ground, helping the Founder & CEO raise all of his initial VC money and helping him build out the executive team and board. almost be definition you should be scratching your head.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 24, 2020

This is because “In order to build something great, you have to be an optimist, because by definition you’re trying to do something that most consider impossible. And yes, we definitely didn’t need an iOS developer who would be adopting our web solution to mobile before it was even validated. We hesitated. All in all?—?we

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

I’m sure everybody has their own definition of the attributes of an entrepreneur. My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. High stress. It only looks sexy when you read TechCrunch. There is no shame in being an exec at a company or whatever.&#. And I mean this. Your highs are super high.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The definition of an exit excludes PIPEs (private investment in public equity), second public offerings, debt offerings, and secondary transactions. However, some of the insights below can help proptech founders think strategically through their fundraising and exit strategies.

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