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How to set SMART goals toward a targeted financial future

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

By Elise Kemp. As a young leader and changemaker, you should make sure that the goals you have worked so hard to achieve also align with the management of your finances. When it comes to financial goals, most of us know what we would ideally like to reach, but not many of us know how to set a specific financial trajectory for a frontier we have not yet pioneered.

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In the News: The impact of coronavirus on startups & OurCrowd’s next steps

OurCrowd

As the global community comes together to combat the coronavirus, our thoughts are with those directly and indirectly affected. Israel has taken an active role in trying to prevent the spread of the virus and has reduced potential exposure in various ways. Read here how Israeli research groups are hard at work on a vaccine. OurCrowd is maintaining close contact with our portfolio and network to provide guidance in navigating this crisis.

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Innovation Stacks and Crazy Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Submited by James McKelvey. McKelvey is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, philanthropist and artist. He is also the cofounder of Square, a merchant services aggregator and mobile payment company based in San Francisco, California. In his book The Innovation Stack , he recounts how he and his cofounder, Jack Dorsey of Twitter, approached the problem of credit cards with a new perspective.

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from cast-off to startup: using the waste stream in the classroom

Venture Well

Universities are not merely places for learning about the problems created by our waste stream—they are places for demonstrating real-world solutions. The post from cast-off to startup: using the waste stream in the classroom appeared first on VentureWell.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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RVI, Launch413, Innovation Accelerator – Growing and Thriving

Paul G. Silva

For all my friends who kindly track the progress of my ventures, I have a short update :). Launch413 (the post-accelerator) – We’ve invested in 13 companies in just under 3 years, expanded our team of kick-ass Venture Advisors, and are starting to see some real results from our top companies. It is still early days, but the model seems to be scaling and our ability to deliver impact is growing.

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3 Ways Leaders Can Support Balance in a Connected World

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Cory Treffiletti, global head of marketing at Cisco Webex. In decades past, it was common for a young athlete to look to the bleachers after an incredible play—only to find an empty space where a parent should have been. Work was demanding, and it wasn’t exactly acceptable to dip out of work at 3:30 pm to catch your kid’s soccer game.

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Ones to Watch in Esports

500

Esports continues to be a leader in advancing media technology, yet the gaming community continues to struggle in creating a singular hub for viewers to check out all their favorite games and for there to be a singular hub for gaming education. With the market as large as ever and continuing to grow, Batch 26 companies Gamerzclass and Juked are working towards creating the next big hubs in esports.

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5 Conditions of Successful Entrepreneurship - Gallup's Assessment

Smart Hustle Magazine

Building a business with real profits, good jobs and sustainable growth takes time, as Charles Fred, TrueSpace founder and CEO, knows. As a successful serial entrepreneur, he has experienced firsthand the difficulties associated with leading a business through the startup stage to post-startup and finally mid-market. Motivated by the desire to understand the systemic reasons keeping businesses from scaling , Fred spent four years conducting an ethnographic study whose conclusions helped define a

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YC W20 Online Demo Day Now on March 16

Y Combinator

Over the last few days, a large number of investors have accelerated their outreach to our current batch of founders. They are moving quickly to make investment decisions, and we’re going to match their pace and accelerate our schedule by one week. YC W20 online Demo Day will now be on March 16. On March 16, the YC Demo Day website will go live, a modified version of the website that investors and founders have used over the past five years.

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How Top Tech CFOs Solve Annual Planning’s Biggest Challenges

Gearing up for 2025 annual planning? Our latest eBook from the Operators Guild is your ultimate guide. Discover real-world solutions and best practices shared by top CFOs, drawn directly from discussions within OG’s vibrant online community. Learn from senior executives at high-growth tech startups as they outline financial planning strategies, align CEO and board goals, and coordinate budgets across departments.

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Leading Change as a Female CEO

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is proud to support International Women’s Day (IWD), which celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political contributions of women. With robust female-focused initiatives and a longstanding history of empowering women leaders , EO upholds the mission of this global program every day. Terry Segerberg (pictured at left) is an EO member in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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What Could the Venture Market Look Like in the Coronavirus Era

Tomasz Tunguz

What could happen to the fundraising market in the coronavirus era where organizers cancel events, the financial markets suffer from a bear market, and there is a lot of uncertainty? The most recent event to use as an analogy is the 2008 financial crisis. In 2008, I had just joined the venture industry, and then Lehman fell. So this was a bit of a trip down memory lane.

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8 Key Drivers of Cannabis Industry Growth in 2020

Fink About It

The cannabis industry has been regarded, for good reason, as one of the fastest growing industries worldwide. And while the potential for this fledgling industry remains immense, it met some significant challenges in the second half of 2019. A problematic Q3 and Q4, which saw a significant correction for publicly traded cannabis companies, resulted in [.].

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Remember the FAIRNESS doctrine

Berkonomics

Reduce the emotion; reduce the threat of lawsuit. You’ve certainly experienced the angry outburst from an associate or employee who has just learned of an event that the person took as “unfair,” no matter how rational the explanation by the decision maker. Most emotional responses to decisions in business are generated not because the person making the response feels the decision was unwise, but rather unfair.

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Your Fractional Finance and Accounting Team

Mighty Financial specializes in supporting the financial aspirations of small businesses and entrepreneurs. With our comprehensive bookkeeping and precise accounting expertise with decades of experience across diverse financial roles, our team offers tailor-made services ranging from essential bookkeeping to strategic fractional CFO support, catered specifically to the unique challenges of technology companies, startups, and SMEs.

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8 predictions that will affect the way we sell this decade

NZ Entrepreneur

Forget about a new financial year, we’re about to enter a new financial decade! What are your sales goals for the next ten years? How will you capitalise on the trends and opportunities that will affect everyone in sales? Mary Crampton shares 8 predictions that will affect the way you sell in the decade ahead. The new decade is bound to bring another 10 years of incredible change.

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Notes from Office Hours with Lisa Lawson

Tomasz Tunguz

Recently, we welcomed Lisa Lawson to SaaS Office Hours to talk about building a channel go-to-market strategy for SaaS companies. Lisa built the channel at Optimizely, which accounted for a meaningful fraction of new business. I learned quite a bit from the sessions with the five companies who attended the one-on-one sessions. Here are my notes. Where to Start.

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Impact Hub Belgrade – 5 years of making, failing and creating impact

Impact Hub

How Impact Hub Belgrade supports its members. As a team, we are dedicated to supporting and developing the Serbian innovation ecosystem. We support change-makers who come from different backgrounds and are carrying-out various missions all while hosting a diverse network of experts who take on the role of mentors, educators, and investors. This is part of broader efforts to contribute to the creation of a paying-it-forward culture.

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Getting Serious about Food Systems: Vermont’s Farm to Plate

EntreWorks Consulting

In recent years, many states and communities have embraced food systems and ag/food sector development as core economic development strategies. This is a field with lots of innovation and creativity underway, but one of my favorite efforts has been Vermont’s Farm to Plate programming. This effort kicked off in 2009, and, since then, a wide and deep statewide network has been pushing goals of supporting sustainable economic development, improving soil and environmental quality, and ensuring tha

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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[OurCrowd in Israel21C] Israel confronts coronavirus with innovation and chutzpah

OurCrowd

Jerusalem-based investment platform OurCrowd will hold a webinar on March 18 at 6pm Israel time (noon New York time) about the impact of coronavirus on startups and some of the steps that can be taken to mitigate damage. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in Israel21C] Israel confronts coronavirus with innovation and chutzpah appeared first on OurCrowd.

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4 tips for overcoming financial stress

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

By Ana Gonzalez. Stress about your finances can be all-consuming. You might feel it when discovering you’ve lost your wallet out in public, or when receiving an unexpected bill, or upon realizing there is not enough money in your savings account to deal with an emergency. Often, this stress comes from upcoming financial situations or other financial hardships, and it can cause many problems, such as anxiety, trouble sleeping, depression, feelings of guilt and a sense of loss of personal control.

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What the Alpbach Forum taught Impact Hub about building businesses of the future

Impact Hub

Smog in the Balkans, Bushfires in Australia and warm water in Antarctica. The future of our planet is becoming more uncertain and less avoidable with every natural disaster that occurs. The world’s population is living beyond its means and the looming reality of resource scarcity is making our current economic models unsustainable. By 2030, global demand for water will increase by 40% and for energy by 50%.

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i2E-backed SendaRide expands healthcare transportation service beyond Oklahoma

Innovation 2 Enterprise

By Scott Meacham. Successful startups are all about vision and passion and great ideas. They are also about attaining metrics that lead to positive cashflow and attract investment. When it comes to metrics, the customer growth story from SendaRide, a young Oklahoma company that provides customized, concierge, non-emergency medical transportation, packs a punch.

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Enhance Customer Value: Unleash Your Data’s Potential

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.

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[Trusona in Yahoo Finance] Radiologex Partners with Trusona to Bolster User Auth Security for Innovative Healthcare Industry Software

OurCrowd

Radiologex announced this week that it has partnered with Trusona, the pioneering leader of passwordless authentication, for its new all-inclusive software for medical doctors, healthcare professionals and healthcare companies. Radiologex(R) or RDEE for short, pronounced [AR-Dee], is the world’s first and only one-stop software ecosystem exclusively for the healthcare industry, powered by blockchain technology, and now protected by the highest level of security.

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How to Answer the Question: "What's Your Exit Strategy?"

Dream It

Let’s get started by restating an important lesson from our last Dreamit Dose on How to End Your Pitch with Vision. Remember: your exit strategy does not equal your vision. Founders need to understand and articulate the difference because both terms have distinct meanings. Vision is important because it helps early-stage investors understand your key milestones and ultimately where your venture is headed.

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Angel Fundamentals: Understanding Equity Deal Terms - Mapping Key Deal Terms to Key Investor Concerns

The Seraf Compass

In this article we are going to take a close look at the individual term sheet provisions and make sense of them by assigning them to the categories where they belong: Deal Economics; Investor Rights/Protection; Governance, Management & Control; and Exits/Liquidity. We’ll do this primarily from the investor perspective.

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How We Can Make Work Less Awful

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Burnout, stress, and dissatisfaction are increasingly becoming the norm for far too many workers. But it doesn’t have to be this way, says Bruce Daisley. Up until January 2020, Daisley was Twitter’s most senior employee outside of the US. . In his new book, Eat Sleep Work Repeat , Daisley provides 30 simple changes to make work more enjoyable, meaningful and rewarding for yourself and your team.

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

CAPTARGET presents a masterclass in M&A deal sourcing. Learn to cast a wide net, embracing seller self-identification. Consistency is the linchpin: keep the origination process steady for a reliable flow of opportunities. Diversify your tactics, employing various tools and vendors. Tech matters! Understand DNS settings, domain authority, and brand presence for optimal outreach.