Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 12, 2018
Many people will write the history on why Ring became an enormously successful company and why it became a real-world unicorn in a world when many startups are anointed that merely on paper. Since I had a ringside seat to the company before it really existed all the way through the end I thought I’d offer my version and what I think it means for our future.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
APRIL 11, 2018
For Jabez LeBret, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals combined with his experience as an EO San Diego member provided the inspiration to serve his community’s marginalized youth—an effort that’s earned him a nomination for EO Global Citizen of the Year. As part of our focus on #EOImpact , Jabez told us about his efforts in the education field.
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Berkonomics
APRIL 12, 2018
Small companies most often scrape by with borrowed or invested funds, doing everything possible to grow and prosper with limited resources. So, it is like a punch in the gut when an employee makes a claim against the company for a perceived or actual but unintentional violation of a law or regulation. Or when a former employee strikes out with a suit claiming discrimination for one of a thousand causes.
Haystack
APRIL 10, 2018
Earlier today, the folks from Afore Capital hosted their inaugural “Pre-Seed Summit” in San Francisco. About 150 people showed up, a healthy mix of founders, seed-stage investors and big fund VCs, and a bunch of LPs of various sizes. Some press showed up, too. “Pre-Seed” is somewhat of a controversial term in the investing world, triggering reactions questions its validity, its effectiveness, and even its contribution.
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Tomasz Tunguz
APRIL 13, 2018
Ten years ago, Guy Kawasaki took this photograph of me. I was attending my first YCombinator Demo Day, maybe three months into my time at Redpoint. Much has changed. I’m am not as young or as green. YCombinator has thrived and scaled. And the startup demo has disappeared. At that August Demo Day, each pitch lasted eight minutes. Without fail each featured a demonstration of the product.
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David Teten VC
APRIL 9, 2018
HOF Capital recently joined the # MovingForward movement of VCs committed to diverse, inclusive, and harassment-free workplaces. The movement emerged at a founders dinner a few months ago when the question, “As an entrepreneur, if I experience harassment or discrimination, where do I report it and how will I be protected?”, was asked. After speaking with many VC firms, it was realized that this was a very common issue.
This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 9, 2018
It's really hard to advise a company when you don't have all the information--and no one has more information than the CEO of the company. Sometimes, you might believe the CEO is ill-informed, and you're a check on the amount of homework they've done to seek out solutions to a problem, or which metrics or signals they're paying close enough attention to.
Tomasz Tunguz
APRIL 7, 2018
Ben Franklin’s edits to the Declaration of Independence. The average English sentence has been shortened by half over the last five hundred years. Read the first sentence of the Declaration of Independence to see why. It is 71 words long and contains 8 recursive clauses. I read it ten times before I understood it. I have 48 seconds with you , my reader.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
APRIL 8, 2018
It was a dream-come-true for me to start a business of my own. However, running and managing a business was a whole new ball game for me. There’s little to prepare you for life as a business owner or entrepreneur, but there are a few lessons that I wish someone had shared with me early on. 1. Take risks in adopting new strategies. I used to follow strategies that were in place at my prior workplace because I was so scared of failing or losing.
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David Teten VC
APRIL 9, 2018
HOF Capital recently joined the # MovingForward movement of VCs committed to diverse, inclusive, and harassment-free workplaces. The movement emerged at a founders dinner a few months ago when the question, “As an entrepreneur, if I experience harassment or discrimination, where do I report it and how will I be protected?”, was asked. After speaking with many VC firms, it was realized that this was a very common issue.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
APRIL 9, 2018
Just one year ago in Frankfurt, Germany, Julián Ríos Cantú was named the winner of the EO Global Student Entrepreneur Award competition. Read how—and why—this Mexican teen has set out to transform breast cancer prevention and treatment. The 2018 EO GSEA global finals will take place in Toronto, Canada, on Monday 16 April. Meet the finalists and check back here for updates!
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