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Q4 2020 Portfolio Review

Version One Ventures

While 2020 brought unprecedented challenges, it’s also been a time of great innovation and perseverance. Manny Medina of Outreach was named to Comparably’s Top 50 list for Best CEOs in 2020 as rated by employees. . Lolli continues to add great partners like eBay ; you can now earn BTC while you shop on eBay’s marketplace. .

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Your Employees Kept You Going This Year. Thanksgiving 2020 Is The Perfect Time To Step Up Your Gratitude Game.

YoungUpstarts

For the better part of 2020, employees have kept businesses going strong. This thank-you can help strengthen the high performer’s personal life, especially when his/her partner or other family member may have felt he/she, too, had sacrificed — from family time lost — as a result of the dedicated effort extended by this hardworking relation.

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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

The market was down considerably with public valuations down 53–79% across the four sectors we were reviewing (it is since down even further). ==> Aside, we also have a NEW LA-based partner I’m thrilled to announce: Nick Kim. We’ll just wait until companies that last raised in 2019 or 2020 come to market.”

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How to Develop a Clearly Defined Cloud Strategy

ReadWriteStart

According to a LogicMonitor survey, 83% of enterprise workloads will be cloud-based by 2020. Identifying your preferred cloud model dictates how everything else develops from there. Develop decision criteria. . You also have a partner in recovery: Generally, the burden can shift to your cloud provider.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 7 – Space

Steve Blank

Space Force continues to develop, what changes in strategy and/or addition to its portfolio of responsibilities would you recommend? and its partners to mitigate that threat? America’s Space Forces. Defense Primer: The United States Space Force ” Congressional Research Service. What’s With All the U.S. Space-Related Agencies ” U.S.

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4 Essential Hires If You’re Starting a Business in 2020

Up and Running

As the end of the year approaches, it’s a good time to take steps to start your business in 2020. You’re not going to be an incredible CFO/CEO/graphic designer/web developer. A mentor or partner who can share their power of experience. Traits and skills to look for: Find a mentor or partner with direct experience with startups.

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18 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Pivot They’re Making in Their Business in 2020

Hearpreneur

So that’s why we are excited about 2020 because there will be more and more entrepreneurs and businesses. That means in 2020 we are switching about 70% of our marketing over from email marketing campaigns to SMS marketing campaigns. If I could sum up our 2020 strategy in two words they would be trust and security.

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