Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 18, 2023

19 Strategies for Managing Risk in a Startup In this article, we explore nineteen different strategies for managing risk in startups, shared by founders, CEOs, and other industry professionals. This way, we made more informed decisions and reduced the risk of failure.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 31, 2024

How They Do It: The team’s proprietary platform, PathOS™ , gains deep insights into patient responses using a causal AI framework that analyzes gene expression changes related to drug mechanisms and survival outcomes.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

While traditional marketing methods and GTM (go-to-market) motions continue to be used, there’s a new strategy you can tap into — the branded podcast. Use a podcast readiness framework Think you’re ready to launch a branded podcast? Podcasts have a lot of upside for marketers. Happy podcasting!

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2021

RIBS: The messaging framework for every company and product. Bottom-up SaaS: A framework for mapping pricing to customer value. Bottom-up SaaS: A framework for mapping pricing to customer value. Should your SaaS startup embrace a bottom-up GTM strategy? The hamburger go-to-market strategy. David Cahn. Contributor.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

But my take: Gaikai had superior technology & a superior business strategy. He talked in the video about how he finds it helpful in companies to think about practical theory and frameworks for thinking about company strategy. That let people play popular titles, for example, directly in Facebook. I agree with him.

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Dream It

APRIL 21, 2020

So the question remains: what is the appropriate amount of funding founders should request? This framework helps founders position their fundraising targets and avoid red flags with investors. Founders commonly frame their ask as an extension of runway (e.g. $1M Founders should give themselves extra cushion here.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I told people privately my perfect spec: computer science undergrad from MIT (or any other great school), 2-years at McKinsey but no more than that (I love the analytical framework that the top strategy consulting firms provide. What about strategy? Okay, so maybe you never took statistics, microeconomics or macroeconomics.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 16, 2022

UGG founder Brian’s Smith’s story at EO GLC. “I My favorite learning event this year was hearing UGG founder Brian Smith’s story at EO GLC. Rick Gardiner, EO Minnesota, founder and CEO, iAffiliate Management. We talked strategy and EOS on the chairlift. Byron Walker, EO Colorado, founder and CEO, Survival Frog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 25, 2021

Kent Gregoire is an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member and founder of Symphony Advantage, which helps CEOs achieve ongoing success through strategic thinking, advice and planning. To this end, the conscious capitalism movement provides a framework that includes four interconnected disciplines. Higher purpose.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

We are here to help them with product discovery and strategy, market analysis, UX/UI design, smoke testing, usability testing, and everything else that is needed to get it right. So we cover marketing strategy for our clients as part of our product strategy and consultancy service.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

It is a hugely compelling show because Zakaria covers world issues that will affect all of us in ways that are accessible and with frameworks for processing disparate information. Whenever I’m looking at new investments I pay really close attention to verbal queues given between founders or management members.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Erich Joachimsthaler , founder and CEO of VIVALDI envisions a new business model—one that creates shared value for all. Read on to learn why Joachimsthaler believes this framework encourages innovation more than any other business model. is the founder and CEO of VIVALDI as well as a marketing consultant, author and visiting professor.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Maya Moufarek, founder of Marketing Cube , spent more than 15 years working for companies like Google and American Express before launching her own growth consultancy. How do you think those qualities contribute to your success in working with startups and forming strategies? What problem are they solving? What value do they add?

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Sue de Bievre, Beany Founder. It outlines the strategies that will be employed to achieve short-term and long-term goals, providing a roadmap for growth and sustainability. A budget, on the other hand, provides a financial framework for the startup’s operations.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

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. You might just have differences of opinion on the direction / strategy of the company or how to handle situations in difficult times. I love that. And it’s kind of true.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

If you’re a company’s founder in an early market, you know how hard it can be to cross the chasm between early adopters and mainstream customers. Early markets are by no means easy to tackle, so in this post, I’ll discuss seven tips that will help founders navigate these difficult waters. But first, some basics.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

For this piece, I interviewed a select group of successful ML leaders including Sambhus; Lior Gavish , co-founder at Monte Carlo; and Yotam Hadass , VP of engineering at Electric.ai, for their insights. ML recruiting strategy. This framework is often more important than the ability to apply the most sophisticated models.

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Dream It

JULY 20, 2020

In this #DreamitDose, Managing Partner Steve Barsh gives founders tips on how to frame their bridge round ask, overcome assumptions investors often make, and provides a general way to structure startup bridge round pitches. In just 5-minutes, you’ll learn and be able to avoid common obstacles founders confront while raising a bridge round.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital, claims to be the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. RBI structures help to protect the equity of both founders and investors. However, according to Bryce Roberts, co-founder of Indie.VC, only 0.6% of founders raise VC; the other 99.4%

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Our role, then, is threefold: We come up with strategies that we carry out by experimenting with several proven marketing tactics based on our extensive in-house knowledge and experience. We then construct a framework as part of our growth program that also allows room for certain beliefs a company has.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In the early stages of startup growth, it is critical to have a balanced and strong core team of founders. We brought on Caya (CEO of Slidebean ) to provide a smart framework on how to find the right cofounders that can hit this mark. But convincing a “Techie” founder type to leave their stable job is harder than it seems.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

A group of 200 startup founders, investors, associations and government members are backing a manifesto and a set of recommendations in order to create the next wave of tech giants in Europe. Recommendations include standardizing patent transfer frameworks. The third topic revolves around Deep Tech startups. or in China.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Levin joined Heartcore Capital in 2019 from Global Founders Capital, the billion-dollar VC arm of Rocket Internet, where he was responsible for investments in Canva, Heyjobs, Instarem, Anyfin and others. As a founder, it’s your job to manage financial and operational risks. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

CEO and co-founder Aaron Polhamus said he, Miguel Arroyo and Jaime Rodas were driven to start Mexico City-based Vest in December 2020 because of their belief that while Latin Americans work hard for their savings, “historically their savings have not worked hard for them.”. Financial services for investing and cash management in the U.S.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Let’s use Morningstar’s 5 Factors as a framework. The framework was originally created to help public market investors determine whether or not an investment opportunity afforded a defensible moat that would contribute to a superior return-profile. It’s also about establishing a competitive moat. What makes up a moat?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Set Goals Like Google: Why OKRs Surpass Other Goal-Setting Methods for Entrepreneurs Eric Crews (EO Boston), founder and CEO of management consulting firm Crews & co., 1 thing that has consistently helped me get better at setting—and achieving—goals is using the right framework.” shared his preferred goal-setting methodology. “I’ve

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Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 5, 2024

14 Methods for Ensuring Accountability Within Startup Teams Accountability is a cornerstone of startup success, and we’ve gathered insights from CEOs and Founders to learn how they maintain it within their teams. To help achieve this, the ‘OKR’ (Objectives and Key Results) framework can serve as an effective technique.

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A Smart Bear

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

If the company’s strategy is clear and detailed, if relevant data is at hand, if it’s clear what your goals are , if the deciding team has confidence, then the decision could be easy and fast; if these things are absent, perhaps more deliberation is needed to clarify those things. Don’t know how to evaluate the options.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 17, 2023

I was reminded of this before the holidays during a trip to Boston, US, to spend an immersive week with the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) at Harvard Business School’s Executive Education program , which focuses on Inspiring Entrepreneurial Strategy. We are challenged to not necessarily work harder, but to think harder.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Startup founders frequently ask me about the role of a board of directors. Here’s a framework for how it can help drive success at your company: Strategy, People, Image, Finance and Systems for compliance, or “SPIFS.”. It is the governing body that provides company oversight and helps set business policy and strategy.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

How to evolve your DTC startup’s data strategy and identify critical metrics. Here’s a closer look at the questions we ask to begin laying the foundation for a pricing strategy. 5 key questions in our pricing strategy framework. Michael Perez. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Startups have chief strategy officers, chief investment officers — even chief fun officers. They should act as a liaison between the founders, the C-suite, investors and the board of directors with the development team — making sure everyone is asking the right ethical questions in a thoughtful, risk-averse manner.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Despite its simple purpose, the Ask slide is “almost universally a struggle to get right,” says Haje Jan Kamps, who reviews five reasons why founders frequently miss the mark: Forgetting to include the slide altogether. The one slide 99% of founders get wrong when fundraising. How to implement a video SEO strategy.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

“To stand out in this crowded space, founders should focus on highlighting unique technology and a clear advantage for a specific use case, as well as a defensible moat,” Alex Marinier, founder and general partner at New Form Capital said. We surveyed: Michael Anderson , co-founder, Framework Ventures.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

We’ll hear from experts about what winning the war on ransomware looks like and how startups can play their part — with Brett Callow, threat analyst at Emsisoft, and Katie Moussouris, founder and CEO of Luta Security. It appears to be true accessibility in a framework that works with the existing U.S. TC Plus Stage | 10:50 am.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 15, 2024

14 Pieces of Advice for Resolving Conflicts Among Startup Team Members Navigating team conflicts in a startup environment requires wisdom and practical strategies. Drawing from the experiences of CEOs, Co-Founders, and other leaders, we’ve compiled fourteen diverse perspectives. My top advice?

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This approach adopted a software-first strategy. EdgeCortix Founder and Chief Executive Officer Sakyasingha Dasgupta expressed excitement about the new endeavor. More from Asia Tech Daily: Breaking Barriers: Japan’s Startups Embrace Cryptocurrency Capital Japan’s Five-Year Development Strategy unveils KANSAI Startup Night Vol.

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