BE 2.0: Focus on Responsibility, Not Tasks – The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything
Paul G. Silva
APRIL 1, 2025
.” This shift changed everything. times more likely to go from “good to great” than their task-focused counterparts.
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Paul G. Silva
APRIL 1, 2025
.” This shift changed everything. times more likely to go from “good to great” than their task-focused counterparts.
TechCrunch
MARCH 9, 2021
Dropbox announced today that it plans to acquire DocSend for $165 million The company helps customers share and track documents by sending a secure link instead of an attachment. Those workflows include creative, sales, client services or startups using DocSend to deliver proposals or pitch decks and track engagement.
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Paul G. Silva
MARCH 6, 2025
They helped me: Refine my messaging for three distinct audiences Identify a new opportunity for angel groups to meet one-on-one with PE firms Validate the idea’s strengths without diluting the core message Just this morning, I met with my virtual board to improve my participant exit interviews.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
MAY 11, 2020
Contributed by Ross Drakes , an entrepreneur and creative director based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Called “Finding North (Again),” it explores emerging trends and how to create opportunity from this period of chaos. . This is an opportunity: How will we adapt and change , to do what we do in a very different world?
StartupNation
AUGUST 8, 2021
You still have plenty of creative financing options to fund your business. Creative financing options for new businesses. While it might sound strange getting your brother-in-law to sign a contract, a legal document is a great way to establish expectations for both parties. Fortunately, not all is lost. Startup competitions.
Dream It
JULY 29, 2020
TrekIT’s unique, clinician-designed platform improves provider wellbeing, helps teams find critical data they need, when they need it, while also increasing revenue for the health system by optimizing documentation workflows.” Investors echo the market opportunity and Dr. Airan-Javia’s vision for the company.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The move to Toronto meant that opportunities for surfing, his favourite pastime, appeared few and far between. After pursuing a degree in graphic design from Ontario College of Art & Design, Lennert launched and scaled a successful creative design agency, which he ran for over three years. It’s so special.”
Entrepreneurs' Organization
JUNE 5, 2024
A barrage of documents and manuals can be overwhelming — and, let’s be honest, they’re not the most digestible type of content you can put in front of new remote hires. First, consider the challenge of engagement. Then there’s the issue of information retention. Check out this great example of a welcome video done right!
Entrepreneurs' Organization
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
Before you know it, you are swamped and missing out on important opportunities! A cluttered physical space affects your mental health, increases stress and anxiety, brings confusion to your thoughts and blocks your creativity and workflow. Are you using a locked file cabinet for confidential legal documents?
Entrepreneurs' Organization
MAY 8, 2018
You understand that the opportunity to apply helpful criticism helps an employee perform better and even grow more loyal. Specific— “You did a good job overseeing the creative team on the Jones project,” rather than “You’ve been doing a good job lately.” Descriptive— Give facts. accept the information.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 13, 2021
Braid, a group-financing platform, is trying to make transactions work for various entities, from shared households to side hustles to creative projects. Money is emotional and complex, and the opportunity within the multiplayer fintech reflects just that. Image Credits: Paper Boat Creative (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Different apps and software tools quickly took charge of the opportunity. Take this opportunity to evaluate these aspects on both individual and organizational levels. In a remote setting, dispersed or disorganized documents only brings confusion. Promote transparent and effective communication. And fear not!
Berkonomics
AUGUST 8, 2013
At the MIT Center of Collective Intelligence, professors and graduate students are wrestling with an important opportunity – and gaining ground. With new collaborative tools available for use in the cloud, people are no longer isolated in their creative endeavors. Create a document with your basic plan or idea for action.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
APRIL 26, 2019
The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is committed to helping entrepreneurs learn and grow to new levels of leadership by providing learning opportunities, mentorship and access to experts. Clemencia Herrera, EO Accelerator participant and founder/creative director, Moira Studio. Photo courtesy of Nicole Chan Studios.
Berkonomics
JULY 2, 2020
At the MIT Center of Collective Intelligence, professors and graduate students are wrestling with an important opportunity – and gaining ground. With new collaborative tools available for use in the cloud, people are no longer isolated in their creative endeavors. Create a document with your basic plan or idea for action.
Andreessen Horowitz
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Introductory calls usually start with the lender seeking out information about, at a minimum: the company’s business overview, market opportunity and revenue model, funding history, valuation of last round, and what the company is looking to achieve with this debt raise. This usually takes about a week.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 2, 2022
Millions of counterfeits are traded in real-time, and the opportunity, so to speak, is wide: it impacts both small and large brands and selling platforms. “Traditionally, the most time-consuming part of the entire process is product-matching and documentation.” The company is not disclosing its valuation.
StartupNation
APRIL 9, 2021
To be successful last year (and to continue that success into 2021 and beyond) meant knowing how to pivot, be creative and find ways to stay relevant. Best of all, this is when you get to be creative. You can structure your business in a way that provides you with the room to double down and explore new opportunities.
AsiaTechDaily
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Assessing Immigration Investment Opportunities: Amal depicted the Immigration Investment market as dynamic, subject to political and economic shifts. Ultimately, the only situation in which opportunities in this market will cease to exist is when there are no borders in any place in the world.”
Ecosystem Builder Hub
JUNE 20, 2020
It’s imperative that we occasionally slow down to ensure intentional documenting of processes, methodologies and results. By the way, we also used the grant opportunity to be certain that our contracted team of program designers and managers were inclusive and reflective of the communities in which we were working. Buddy Palmer.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 25, 2022
After poring over documents and articles of cutting-edge technological innovations in gaming and applications in other industries, the three co-founders identified a gap in the market and set up Refract. CEO of Refract Chng told TechCrunch that the solution they found out was to allow players to use their bodies as game controllers.
StartupNation
JULY 25, 2021
Sometimes you need to get creative in showing traction! Documenting your unique success factors is critical to winning over investors, which is why any comprehensive business plan should include a section on this. In your customer analysis section, you should document how many target customers exist and their wants and needs.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
We hadn’t done this before, and we weren’t following the standard playbook, so it took time, research and creativity. If you lead with the business benefits that the changes could have on recruiting, culture and morale, the opportunity for pushback will be limited. Flexibility and choice are paramount in employee equity.
Andreessen Horowitz
JANUARY 25, 2024
Generative AI offers founders an opportunity to completely reinvent workflows — and will spawn a new cohort of companies that are not just AI-augmented, but fully AI-native. Everyone can now be a programmer, a producer, a designer, or a musician, shrinking the gap between creativity and craft. Multimodal (and multimedia!) combinations.
Smart Hustle Magazine
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Many are getting creative by increasing the accessibility of their products and services and rolling out new opportunities for customers to engage. Some businesses are succeeding during COVID-19 by adapting and staying open to agile business opportunities. Automation is also invaluable for enhancing spend management.
StartupNation
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
One of the enticing aspects of buying a business is the opportunity to be your own boss. While you will have the freedom to set store hours, menu prices and decide who to hire, your creative license as a franchisee is extremely limited. Do some serious self-reflection. Perform independent research and analyze your findings.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 23, 2021
The goal of CADDi’s ordering platform is to transform the manufacturing industry from a multiple subcontractor pyramid structure to a flat, connected structure based on each manufacturers’ individual strengths, thus creating a world where those on the front lines of manufacturing can spend more time on essential and creative work, Kato said.
Smart Hustle Magazine
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
A simple example would be sending resource material (documents or spreadsheets) or agendas that your employees must read before a scheduled meeting. Provide equal collaboration opportunities that encourage all employees to engage in the conversation. Why Creative Leadership is Necessary for a Virtual Environment.
TechCrunch
APRIL 7, 2022
” To translate marketing, support and e-commerce documents and webpages — Lilt’s principal workload — Lilt uses a combination of human translators and tools including hotkeys, style guides and an AI translation engine. . This is where Green sees opportunity, despite competition from rivals like Unbabel.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
AUGUST 16, 2022
This is not surprising at all since all you need for US identity theft is a 9-digit number that is regularly passed around in emails, documents, on the phone, etc. ?? Content Rights Monetization without copyrighting = more opportunities for everyone. People are finding other creative use cases for NFTs too. Standardization ?
FundersClub
JULY 13, 2017
" Treating work from home as an always-available free option can snarl meeting schedules and other creative processes at the office. Clearly defined policies, of course, are written down and easy to find for all team members, so be sure to document your policy instead of simply passing it around verbally.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 7, 2020
In the future, the plan is to do more than just join a video chat; you might also be able to access documents related to that cluster, and more. But the three could see an opportunity, a very different one, with the software that Witteler had built while still a student.
StartupNation
NOVEMBER 7, 2021
Most cybersecurity professionals are known for their love of casual work environments, creative mindsets, and cutting-edge technologies. This way, they’ll have opportunities to work with emerging technologies. Furthermore, they let you automate the documentation of all your software on business systems. Conclusion.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 19, 2020
I’ve had the opportunity to help business owners strategize their plans using PR as a tool to help navigate through difficult times with clarity. The opportunity is there, you just need to find it. After the initial shock subsided, we realized we had to put our thinking caps back on, get creative and figure out how to get through this.
Reforge
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
With the evolution of agile development and the acceleration of software-centric businesses, product teams realized that static documents aren’t the best tool to represent dynamic creative work. As my team grows, I wonder if I need to go back to doing PRDs to get back into the “discipline of documenting what we’re building and why. “As
The Zapier Blog
APRIL 4, 2023
Some people use thinking big to tap into their creative side, helping them contribute something interesting to their company and their community. It's an activity that gets you into a mindful, creative mood— a good flow. My creative ideas usually stem from interesting learnings or insights in this input time."
TechCrunch
JUNE 22, 2021
has raised $14 million as it gears up to launch its next apps, Dewo (pronounced “De-Voh”), an app that is meant to help people do more “deep work” by learning about what they are working on and filtering out distractions to focus better; and Glue , described as a knowledge hub to help in the creative process.
TechCrunch
JULY 29, 2022
In a fascinating study out of the University of Texas at Austin, researchers documented an extensive vocabulary of bizarre prompts that can be used to generate images with DALL-E 2. However, she also notes that the prompt marketplace could present an income opportunity for artists and other folks who are creative or skilled at debugging.
Andreessen Horowitz
MARCH 8, 2024
Ever since ChatGPT catapulted generative AI into public consciousness over a year ago, we’ve been introduced to thousands of new consumer products that incorporate the magic of AI — from video generators to workflow hacks , creativity tools to virtual companions. Suno is the only music company to make the ranking so far.
StartupNation
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
This requires you to be strategic and creative, as well as open-minded and flexible. Of course, not every opportunity will be so precise. While pitfalls of poor work-life balance are well-documented, finding the right mix is easier said than done. Because this won’t be the last time you need to use them.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
DECEMBER 5, 2018
There’s the all-important pitch, creative sets, unexpected reactions by five seasoned investors and the possibility of scaling growth fast with a cash infusion and industry connections. Mitch shared with us the story of this once-in-a-lifetime journey—including how his experiences as an EO member proved invaluable. article. .
Berkonomics
APRIL 25, 2013
The recipient of the decision in this case usually has little opportunity to respond in kind (“as you would have them do unto you”). Speak privately to employees who are in danger of being fired, documenting the discussion to the employee’s file. This doctrine is a variant of “do unto others” but with a twist.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. Based on our experience, it takes less time to prepare an IEP petition than an O-1A petition because it’s not as document-intensive. More posts by this contributor. Dear Sophie: Can I still get a green card through marriage if I’m divorcing?
Impact Hub
APRIL 25, 2019
For individual changemakers and organizations alike, we believe that NESI is a great opportunity to combine synergies and agents around key issues to promote a more sustainable future, through the different proposals that the new economies include. Documental Ciudad 2030 · New Economy and Climate Change (in Spanish) (24 min).
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