Remove definition Remove education Remove frameworks
article thumbnail

Journeymen, Mavericks & Superstars: Understanding Salespeople at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

If you ever have to interview, hire, judge the performance of, decide whether to promote, assign clients/regions to them or have to decide whether to fire sales people, I think having a framework for thinking about them is helpful. Almost by definition. Mavericks are by definition bad at following rules and bad at process.

startup 350
article thumbnail

The Benefits of Top-Down Thinking & Why it is Critical to Entrepreneurs

Both Sides of the Table

This is a problem for a strategy consultant because you are, by definition, a generalist that is thrown into new problems again and again. I’m never right the first time so I spend time adjusting my frameworks. Often I had a very limited time. I struggled on my first few assignments. discuss.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Finding Founder-Market-Geography Fit

Revolution

We dive deeper into the definition in our 2022 Annual Report. In a rapidly evolving business landscape, founder-market-geography fit serves as a multifaceted framework for assessing a startup’s potential. Tentpole companies often have a connection to the legacy industry or some other unique advantage their HQ location offers.

founder 246
article thumbnail

Innovamat tallies up $21M to reinvent math education

TechCrunch

When it comes to education, mathematics has long been considered one of the most challenging of subjects both to learn and to teach. The problem that Innovamat is tackling is one that’s been in the sights of educators, parents and larger institutions for a while now. “For us it’s super important they are in the field.

article thumbnail

How Many Investors are Too Many?

Both Sides of the Table

While there is no right or wrong answer, having seen the extremes I’d like to offer you a framework for considering the right answer for yourselves. By definition you can’t have 3 investors each wanting to increase from 5% to 20% ownership or you’re fawked anyways. I love that. And it’s kind of true.

VC 314
article thumbnail

Unsung Hero Spotlight: Christina Theodoraki

Ecosystem Builder Hub

I don’t say that ecosystem builders are people that yell to be heard but they are definitely people who share their experience and connect at the individual and collective level with other to make things happen). You need to engage others and sometimes the vocabulary is not the same and we still need to educate and try again and again.

article thumbnail

What is an Ecosystem Builder

Ecosystem Builder Hub

One of the challenges in turning ecosystem building into a recognized profession is the lack of a recognized definition for what it is and what an ecosystem builder is. Clearly, if we’re going to come up with a professional definition of what ecosystem building is, it needs to include this connector/connecting aspect. Loading….