This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 4, 2016
One of my favorite phrases is "performing inception". Inception is one of my favorite movies and I love the idea of meticulously planning out the placement of an idea in someone else's head. That's basically what founders have to do when they fundraise, because you'll never be more successful with an investor who thought it was their brilliant idea to invest in your company, not yours.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Today it has been announced that I’m leading a $15 million funding round in Tact , a new generation of Enterprise Software company along with other investors including Microsoft Ventures and previous investors Accel and Redpoint Rather than just waxing lyrically about how great the company is I thought I’d provide some context about why I invested and also about a fundamental change I see in the coming years in the way enterprise software is used.
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
DECEMBER 19, 2016
By Jeff Bradford, EO Nashville Board Member and CEO of the Bradford Group. Nashville is the 5 th most charitable city in the nation , so it’s perhaps no surprise that Nashville entrepreneurs are big on giving back to the community during the most “giving” time of the year. Here’s a sample of what companies from EO Nashville are doing this holiday season: Advance Financial is hosting a company talent show, and company is making a donation the winner’s charity of choice will.
Berkonomics
DECEMBER 15, 2016
Growth CEO’s differ from those who merely station–keep their way into the status quo, protecting the enterprise by reducing risk and cost – without creating a vision and action plan for growth. Here is a way to test yourself with a tool useful for any leader seeking to create positive change. Authors Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Oglivie have created a framework for creation of a new product or service – one worth spending at least a cycle of time for review.
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Derek Sivers
DECEMBER 18, 2016
People with a well-paying job ask my advice because they want to quit to become full-time artists. But full-time artists ask my advice because they’re finding it impossible to make money. (Let’s define “art” as anything you do for expression, even just blogging or whatever.). For both of them, I prescribe the lifestyle of the happiest people I know: Have a well-paying job.
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This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 18, 2016
In January of 2010, just a few months after I joined First Round Capital, I got to back my friend Rob May and his company, Backupify. Five years later, he sold that company to Datto, and I got to back him again to build Talla. Backupify would be the first of what is now a 50 deal track record across my time at both First Round Capital and my own firm, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 14, 2016
Today is amongst the proudest days I’ve had at Upfront Ventures — getting the chance to announce that Kevin Zhang has been promoted to Partner. Watching him develop over the past 4.5 years at Upfront has been both a pleasure and also has taught me a lot about venture capital. Kevin joined Upfront in 2012 as an Associate. We generally look for associates who are deeply quantitative, have great research & analytical skills and often have the tool kit for framing and making complex decisions.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
DECEMBER 21, 2016
Susan Michel is the founder of Glen Eagle Advisors and has been a member of EO for eight years. Learn more about EO today! Most people would define our business as Financial Services and more specifically a dual model Registered Investment Advisor and Broker Dealer. In reality, we are in the business of helping financially empowered clients, whether business owners, families or individual clients, to reach their hopes and goals.
Berkonomics
DECEMBER 1, 2016
Dave’s comment: This week we welcome our perennial favorite contributor, Kim Shepherd, CEO of Decision Toolbox, to offer us her sage advice on a subject where she is expert. Outgoing, full of creative ideas, and certainly the best person to teach us how, here is Kim on networking… By Kim Shepherd . Networking with others you want to meet is second nature to some, but it fills others with dread.
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Derek Sivers
DECEMBER 21, 2016
In the last ten years, I have answered over 200,000 emails from 86,000 people. It’s my part-time job — my community service. These are the most common questions. What should I do about my career? Read the book “ So Good They Can’t Ignore You ”. What should I do with my life? Read “ Happy, Smart, and Useful ”. Can you introduce me to (famous person)?
Tomasz Tunguz
DECEMBER 15, 2016
SaaS startups often find themselves in one of three different states when contemplating their burn rate. The first is the David Farragut strategy. Damn the burn rate, full speed ahead. The second is the conservative approach - attaining profitability using only the cash on the balance sheet. Those two are easy. Circumstances dictate the respective aggression or conservatism.
This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 11, 2016
Over the last couple of weeks, I've been to a couple of tech events that were sparsely populated by straight white men. Yeah, can you believe it? One was a careers panel aimed at women in tech held at Flatiron School and the other was Alterconf. The goal of Alterconf is to provide safe opportunities and spaces for marginalized people in tech and those who support them by highlighting positive initiatives of local community members.
Thomas Grota
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Beginning of the year I blogged about the Outlook on #Fintech and #Insurtech in Europe here. I.
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Tune in at 10 a.m. EST for EO’s second official “Live with EO” Facebook Live broadcast! Karen will be interviewing entrepreneur and founder of Sweet Loren’s , Loren Brill, an EO Accelerator graduate and new EO New York member. Visit our Facebook page for more stories, announcements and future “Live with EO” broadcasts.
Berkonomics
DECEMBER 8, 2016
Dave’s note: This week we invite long-time CEO of Quicksilver Software to respond to our question: “How have you remained relevant in the gaming software business over so many years?” He and his company have worked in the video game business since the very earliest generation of games in the early 1980’s. His company is one of the oldest independent studios in the business.
Derek Sivers
DECEMBER 4, 2016
Motivation is delicate. When you notice your motivation fading, you have to seek out the subtle cause. A simple tweak can make all the difference between achieving something or not. An hour outside my city, there’s a little mountain range. The other side is gorgeous. But the road that crosses the mountains is very twisted, with sharp turns every few seconds.
Tomasz Tunguz
DECEMBER 11, 2016
Sales leaders consistently underinvest in sales team training and development. As SaaS startups scale, sales execution becomes the most tangible metric of a business’ success, and the one by which the business’ health is benchmarked. Not to mention how the head of sales is evaluated. When is the right time to invest in sales training? And how much should a business invest?
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A Smart Bear: Longform
DECEMBER 19, 2016
"Building in public" is popular: How fun when strangers cheer you on! But isn't competitive advantage ruined when competitors know your growth rate and steal your source code?
Thomas Grota
DECEMBER 28, 2016
It’s the time of the year to make some predictions for the techworld in 2017.But first: look back on.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
DECEMBER 9, 2016
This article was originally published on Inc.com. By Thomas Goetz, CEO and co-founder of Iodine. Last year, a venture capitalist who had expressed an interest in my startup, Iodine, passed on making an investment. Generously, and unlike too many VCs, he actually bothered to explain why we wouldn’t get his money. He was concerned, he said, that our growth at that time was a false positive–that we’d tapped into what looked like a great market but would see our growth max out rela
Berkonomics
DECEMBER 29, 2016
Some types of businesses generate more and more recurring revenues over time, often growing to a size where recurring revenues pay all of the overhead of the company – an enviable position. There is a phenomenon I have observed time after time with mature companies receiving over 75% of their revenues from recurring sources. Management undertakes a simple exercise of calculating the increased profitability of shutting down all R&D, sales and subordinate operations, and universally notes wit
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Derek Sivers
DECEMBER 26, 2016
For the past ten years, I’ve answered up to two hundred emails per day. I sit alone in my little office for hours, engaging with everyone’s stories and questions for a few minutes each. Then when friends want to hang out with me, I say I need some me-time first. They wonder why, since I’ve been alone all day, so I explain how I’ve actually been very social and connected with so many people.
Tomasz Tunguz
DECEMBER 8, 2016
When I say bubble, you likely conjure images of people speculating on real estate or stocks or tulips in your imagination. Like me, you might dismiss the folly of these bubbles as the collective action of a multitude of people who lose all rationality when bidding on these assets. But, as I learned from a recent interview with Brian Christian , bubbles can be created even when everyone acts rationally.
Don Dodge
DECEMBER 6, 2016
“Google’s Hand-Fed AI Now Gives Answers, Not Just Search Results” (Wired, Nov 29): “These ‘sentence compression algorithms’ just went live on the desktop incarnation of the search engine. They handle a task that’s pretty simple for humans but has traditionally been quite difficult for machines. They show how deep learning is advancing the art of natural language understanding, the ability to understand and respond to natural human speech.
Thomas Grota
DECEMBER 18, 2016
#bestofnine2016 a year in review - #2016 a lot we learned. Many thoughts we had. #morethingstocome. #collage #year #lookingback #memories #gettingpersonal.
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