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You Can’t Afford to Make this Mistake With Your Company Culture

Entrepreneurs' Organization

headhunters for small- to medium-sized businesses and company culture consultants. . If you’ve been trying to fill a position in the last 12 months, then you’ve definitely noticed that it’s become more difficult to attract the same number of applicants that you once did. The good news? The bad news?

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Mistakes I made as a first-time manager

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Time definitely flies! The consequences can often result in poor company culture or a lack of focus and vision. Half of them were former peers who worked with me—daily, side by side. “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” Albert Einstein. The pattern often goes like this: 1. Learn from mine!

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Singapore-based open finance startup Finantier gets backing from Y Combinator

TechCrunch

The startup also recently raised an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding led by East Ventures, with participation from AC Ventures, Genesia Ventures, Two Culture Capital and other investors. Being “underbanked” doesn’t mean that someone lacks access to financial services.

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Why I Look for High Conviction, not Consensus, in Venture Capital Decisions

Both Sides of the Table

The truth is that each firm is different and there isn’t one standard but over the years I’ve talked with enough of my peers to get sense of how many firms work. For anything that would be considered a normal investment for the partnership most firms try to make sure every partner has seen the deal and has a chance to weigh in.

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Solutions to the Internationalisation and Women Inclusion in Social and Solidarity Economy Enterprises

Impact Hub

These include legal, cultural, societal, educational and bias considerations that prevent the effective design of policy, support offerings and funding mechanisms. Kick-off of the Peer-Learning Partnership. In addition, barriers faced by women in growing SSEs remain significantly higher than their male counterparts.

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5 Hidden Entrepreneurship Lessons from 5 Christmas Movies

Entrepreneurs' Organization

As entrepreneurs, we often carry a lot of stress and pressure on our shoulders— to hit the company’s target, to make sure the company is profitable, to hire and retain A-players, to constantly improve our products and services, to cultivate and maintain a positive company culture … the list goes on. We do not rest. Home Alone.

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Welcoming the Newest Partner to Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

We also look for a cultural fit with Upfront, which includes the gravitas to deal with executives and founders at the startups we back as well as the other board members. We like to know that when we call our peers they truly are the best fit for the company in which we’ve invested. Watching him develop over the past 4.5

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