Hunter Walk

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

HW: The whole ‘get on rocketships without worrying about seats” – you ended up moving through Instacart in a variety of business and strategy roles before assuming the President role. The best companies and cultures seem to have figured out this balance over time despite scale – but it is hard.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 29, 2024

These experts often possess a wealth of knowledge and can provide valuable guidance in areas such as marketing, finance, operations, and strategy. Here are a few strategies to consider: First-time founders fall into the common mistake of working solo too much and on too many things at one time.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 15, 2024

14 Pieces of Advice for Resolving Conflicts Among Startup Team Members Navigating team conflicts in a startup environment requires wisdom and practical strategies. Chad Bellin , Co-Founder, Disca Leverage Startup Culture’s Flexibility Startup culture, often hyped for its dynamism and innovation, can be a double-edged sword.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

For Greg Isenberg , a growth advisor to TikTok and former head of strategy at WeWork, entrepreneur homes are a signal of what the foreseeable future of building could look like. Not all entrepreneur homes are following suit in terms of strategy, for more reasons than one. Product Hunt, and then TikTok.

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Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 5, 2024

From fostering a culture of trust to assigning clear task ownership, explore the diverse strategies and tools in these fourteen responses that can help ensure your team stays on track. The best way to ensure this accountability is by creating a culture of trust and reliability among employees.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The broad-brush goals for the strategy are to increase growth in startup investments; attract and retain talent; promote scalability; and inject innovation into the public sector so it can bolster and support Spain’s digital development. “What we do is that work of coordination with all the ministries.

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Haystack

JANUARY 18, 2020

This impacts portfolio construction and possibly returns, though on the flip side, end-markets are larger and outcomes can be greater — look at Datadog, for instance. I don’t have the data, but I’d bet the “minimum ownership” requirements VC funds started 2010 with have gone down dramatically.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2025

Do they understand what our business is about, what our culture is about, and our expectations? The dynamics of the founding team can influence the culture of the startup, how decisions are made, and how effectively the team communicates. I look fundamentally to whether this person will be a good team member.

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 15, 2023

I derive satisfaction from the dynamic process of constructing entities that generate revenue and contribute to the nourishment of families. I find gratification in establishing stern foundations, fostering a sense of community, and cultivating a workplace culture characterized by strength and resilience.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 17, 2023

Therefore, no matter what your organization is up to, video content can enhance your communications strategy. Videos can help generate opportunities for a two-way, individualized conversation, even in remote work settings , offering emotional context that might translate constructive criticism better than a long, heavy-worded email.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) Specifically in the case of the development and introduction of an innovative product/service, constructing an MVP can save a lot of time and money when starting a business. Knowing the Value Proposition is key to establishing a marketing strategy that distinguishes a company from its competition.

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

Jason Dressel is president of History Factory , which helps companies use their history and heritage to enhance and transform strategy, positioning, marketing and communication. Crucially, it will help the incoming and future generations of leadership understand critical aspects of its track record, the lessons learned, culture and identity.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

His most recent job was as a project manager at a construction firm. The cybersecurity skills crisis continues on a downward, multi-year trend of bad to worse and has impacted more than half (57%) of organizations,” said a recent report by the Information Systems Security Association and analyst firm Enterprise Strategy Group.

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StartupNation

MARCH 19, 2021

By clearly setting boundaries, assigning roles and establishing ownership, you’re building a culture of accountability. A healthy family business embraces this constructive conflict, manages it well, and allows it to create new approaches, innovations and strategies. Key takeaways.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Our role, then, is threefold: We come up with strategies that we carry out by experimenting with several proven marketing tactics based on our extensive in-house knowledge and experience. We then construct a framework as part of our growth program that also allows room for certain beliefs a company has.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

Simultaneously, diversity and inclusion strategies have become more widespread; 43% of firms have implemented a diversity strategy (against 32% in 2018 and 24% in 2016), while 41% have an inclusion strategy (versus 31% in 2018 and 17% in 2016). On the diversity front, 2020 may prove a tipping point.

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Startup Blogpost

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

From implementing “Innovation Fridays” to encouraging risk-taking and experimentation, these leaders provide a wealth of insights into the impact of their strategies on their businesses. Beyond tangible outcomes, it has also boosted morale, fostered a culture of continuous learning, and enhanced team collaboration.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2023

Specifically, the acquisition will give Marqeta customers a way to launch “a wide range” of credit products and constructs, the company said, by incorporating Power’s data science toolbox and its ability to embed experiences inside existing mobile and web applications into its own offering.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

real estate technology fund Round Hill Ventures and Norway’s Construct Venture. This is where Spacemaker’s mission, and Nordic culture more generally, was also a strength. Other investors on the cap table include Nordic real estate innovator NREP, Nordic property developer OBOS, U.K.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Pair that with a well-constructed pitch deck and you’re off to the races. Investors love unrealistic goals based on pragmatic strategies. OpenView’s Kyle Poyar can talk through how to grow your business without all the same benchmarks, milestones and strategies as the SaaS companies who’ve come before.

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Haystack

JANUARY 16, 2019

The more I discover about going beyond just writing checks into startups — concepts like portfolio construction, cross-fund management, and new fund formation — the more I realize how critical the parlay is. Let’s focus on the noun first. Of course, if the fund does well, that investment compounds nicely.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

According to data gathered by Rob Olson, partner and head of data strategy at venture engine M13, startups that have two or more experienced founders tend to exit 33% faster and raise 34% less capital. When a company chooses supervised learning, it needs to have a strategy that allows it to label data as quickly as it acquires it.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

From Scott Jeffrey Miller with Todd Davis and Victoria Roos Olsson, Everyone Deserves a Great Manager provides the support and strategies you need to be a better leader. we share an excerpt from the chapter, “Creating a Culture of Feedback.” The post How Do Great Managers Create a Culture of Feeback?

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

DeepHow is using this technology to bridge the skilled labor gap in the manufacturing, construction and service industries. They hire locally and remotely and have a close-knit culture built on authentic connections between team members. Qodex uses agile methodologies and is all about team collaboration. EXPLORE DETROIT STARTUP JOBS.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 4, 2021

Teams looking to transition to hybrid work should poll their employees and design a strategy that best suits them. After two years of new construction, they opened in March 2020, and had to shut down two weeks after opening for the pandemic.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 15, 2024

The event highlighted the multifaceted value of forests, integrating cultural heritage with modern management practices. ” A blend of past, present, and future The dialogue began by exploring the intersection of cultural heritage and modern forest management.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Gig and Take is helping us expand our talent pool and see the possibilities beyond normal shift schedules.” – Susan Wallace, VP-HR at Carlisle Construction Materials (CCM). Gig and Take has a unique solution that enables factories to adopt flexible labor strategies and expand the available labor pool through more dynamic work.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Toward the end of 2022, a number of entrepreneurs, some citing Elon Musk, told me that they’re bringing back an in-person work culture in the following year to help promote productivity and, in some cases, loyalty. Pinterest lays off 150 people as a part of its ‘long-term strategy’ Is Instagram considering paid verification?

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Governor Phil Murphy has made a commitment to bring a resurgence to our state’s downtowns by bringing more business, arts, and culture to attract residents and commuters. They also serve to foster arts and cultural activities, which drive dynamic, thriving communities. This first tranche of A.R.T.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

We used to meet to discuss our strategy, plans, take stock of new teams coming in and build the basic processes of the network. Networks like ours are deeply relational constructs. In the early years, there were only four people in the global team and most of us worked part-time. Across London, Vienna, Zurich and Brussels.

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Jason Malki

APRIL 17, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Jason Scharf, a Bio + Health strategy leader and active early-stage investor in the life science and digital health sectors. They are using 3D printing robots to advance construction technology to build faster, cheaper, and better housing. A great example is a local unicorn called ICON.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

Hope is not a strategy. Shelly Porges, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Beyond the Billion , observed, “While we all want to have invested in those exciting home-runs/unicorns, most investors are seeking the data points to construct reliable portfolios. According to Pitchbook data , only 21.6%

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Red Rocket

MAY 11, 2021

Constructive and actionable feedback can be hard to come by. It’s purpose is honest feedback to facilitate awareness and constructive discussion. Our CEO is building a positive company culture that people want to be a part of. Our CEO can communicate a vibrant company vision and culture where new hires want to work.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Amy: Risk Solutions really is all encompassing from loss control and safety, cost containment strategies, and more behavioral-based–looking at someone’s organization holistically. Michael: Amy, how are the risks in something like manufacturing different than construction, different than transportation? Where do we start?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Hope is not a strategy. While we all want to have invested in those exciting home runs/unicorns, most investors are seeking the data points to construct reliable portfolios,” Shelly Porges, co-founder and managing partner of Beyond the Billion , observed. In VC, 100x investment opportunities only come along once every few years.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

Hope is not a strategy. Shelly Porges, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Beyond the Billion , observed, “While we all want to have invested in those exciting home-runs/unicorns, most investors are seeking the data points to construct reliable portfolios. According to Pitchbook data , only 21.6%

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Reforge

JULY 12, 2022

Directing is clarifying the strategy, goals, and roles that are required for a team to reach an impactful outcome. Frequent behavior modeling can easily create fixed cultural norms about what management looks like and does at your company. For example, they give constructive feedback about how a project was handled.

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