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How to Objectively Measure the "Fundability" of Your Startup

This is going to be BIG.

If you want mine, I’m doing a little consulting now. ) What I’d rather do is provide a useful framework to understand the objective ways VCs are scoring the opportunity—even if it doesn’t represent a complete picture. Yet, everyone’s got an opinion about how a company measures up, especially the founder. (

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Don’t be a Grin Fucker

Both Sides of the Table

Anyway, I spent the first part of my career consulting for large companies. Accenture always had a chip on it’s shoulder in strategy consulting – especially compared with McKinsey, BCG and Bain. McKinsey had their “ 7S framework &# and BCG had the “ BCG Matrix &# with cash cows, dogs, stars and question marks.

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What's your hero story?

This is going to be BIG.

His story of overcoming child abuse, a missing arm ligament, a decade in the minors and going on to reinvent himself in his mid-30's using a pitch few have mastered is nothing short of inspirational. Oh, did I mention it turns out he's been pitching with a torn abdominal muscle all season?

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Zero-based budgeting: A proven framework for extending runway

TechCrunch

Healy Jones Contributor Share on Twitter Healy Jones runs financial planning and analysis for Kruze Consulting. As part of the finance consulting team at Kruze , I’ve worked with many startups that needed to extend their runways and realign their spending — many of them drastically. Enter zero-based budgeting. <span

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EO’s Most Popular Inc. Posts: A Lookback at 2023

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Set Goals Like Google: Why OKRs Surpass Other Goal-Setting Methods for Entrepreneurs Eric Crews (EO Boston), founder and CEO of management consulting firm Crews & co., 1 thing that has consistently helped me get better at setting—and achieving—goals is using the right framework.” shared his preferred goal-setting methodology. “I’ve

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14 Methods for Ensuring Accountability Within Startup Teams

Startup Blogpost

When the idea of starting a business is pitched, it is human nature to get excited about it, but when the actual work begins, team members may slack off and fade away. To help achieve this, the ‘OKR’ (Objectives and Key Results) framework can serve as an effective technique.

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten VC

I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. This typically includes: Relationships with relevant service providers in your vertical, often with pre-negotiated discounts: coaches, lawyers, accountants, common software vendors, consultants. Experts can turn into consultants, board members, interim execs, etc.,