View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

” Below are our favorite pieces from the past few years, divided in to a few key categories: fundraising, company building, product development, industry trends, and the life of a VC. Venture Upwards — An Inside Guide to Succeeding as a Junior VC “A field guide for surviving, getting ahead, and succeeding as a venture capitalist.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

She is the author of the new book: The Buoyant Business: How Simplicity Can Keep Organizations Afloat in Today’s Stormy Economy is a #1 Amazon Best Seller in seven categories, including Business Mentoring and Coaching. Adriana: MAS Connections is a company focused on guiding our clients through their evolutionary process.

Founder 110

Founder Cofounder Social Media Software Review 110

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Here is Startup Funding, a Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs. Under this category, you have the angel investors who would invest their own money and Venture Capital or VC firms, who manage funds aimed towards specific startup sectors and stages. Let’s have a look at the investment ranges for different categories of investors.

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View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

Typically, these patterns arise out of a combination of approaches by my partners and me: proactive searching for startups in specific categories, reacting to what entrepreneurs pitch, and translating valuable learning from making one investment over to making another. End-User SaaS. Step-Function Ad Tech.

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Seed Stage B2C Technical Review Disintermediation 272

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

Matt Blumberg has a new book out titled Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company’s Critical Functions and Teams. It’s a follow-up to his previous book, Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business. His hard-won lessons from Return Path show up in Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business.

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Fractional CTO Cofounder Startup Lead Investor 70

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Next, consider what category of influencer you want to contract. If you’re an e-commerce that sells home decor items, you may want to look into influencers who fall into categories like lifestyle , fashion , mommy , or DIY. Engagement isn’t the same on Instagram and Youtube, for example. Think outside the box here, too.

Campaign 147

Campaign Software Review Social Media Social Network 147

YoungUpstarts

JULY 14, 2020

Users can enjoy a variety of products or services in multiple categories to select from and promote, and advanced targeting options, all from the same user-friendly dashboard. The ‘Silver’ Package gives members access to five extra live training sessions, a monthly Market Review, and a platform guide. Silver Package.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review Advertising Affiliate Vertical 147

YoungUpstarts

MAY 2, 2020

Placement of Categories and sub categories right at start of the journey. Skillfully constructed content guides shopper journey through the website. Tips on enhancing user friendliness: Limit unnecessary clicks. Implement special features like auto scroll, quick and custom search options. Optimize your online store for Mobile.

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Technical Review eCommerce Cloud Hosting 216

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

In two of these three phases – the first and third – volumes of helpful information and numerous organizations are readily available to help guide and support founders of startups. The value inflection points include: Minimum Viable Category (MVC). Go-to-Product. Go-to-Market. Go-to-Scale. Initial Product Release (IPR).

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Cleveland Framework Marketing Early Stage 150

Up and Running

OCTOBER 9, 2017

This article is part of our “ Business Planning Guide “ —a curated list of our articles that will help you with the planning process! A SWOT analysis is typically conducted using a four-square SWOT analysis template, but you could also just make lists for each category.

Technical Review 166

Technical Review United States Reputation Curation 166

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 9, 2019

This way, one of your professionals can pitch working at your company to their like-minded peers – and they just might decide to unite under your company’s guide. On the other hand, it helps to attract new talent: professionals like to network and words can spread quickly. So how does Apple’s “A-Players” strategy fit into all of that?

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Balance Sheet Web Development Software Engineering Retention 159

TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Rather than matching exact terms and requiring specific field values as inputs, it interprets and understands user queries, pinpointing the desired types or categories. Even if certain categories aren't predefined in the database, users still receive relevant product suggestions.

Artificial Inteligence 346

Artificial Inteligence Generative AI Search Database 346

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Shows outstanding skills in guiding team members towards attainment of the organization’s goals and the right decisions at the right point of time. You are a guide, not a commander. In my view, these are all necessary attributes, but are not sufficient to put you in that great category. Domain expert.

Technical Review 263

Technical Review Leadership Employee Management 263

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2018

I found some guidance in the classic book, “ Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results ,” by Victor Prince and Mike Figliuolo, two top thought leaders in the field of leadership development. The authors define a leadership matrix of four behavioral categories and eight team member subtypes.

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Employee Leadership Cofounder Matching 129

VC Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2023

In my post “ YC’s guide to series A ” I shared Ycombinator’s advice on how writing your own investment memo can help articulate your value proposition for investors and have the answers to the questions you’re likely to get probed on by VCs.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Due Diligence Cap Table Startup 103

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2014

Shows outstanding skills in guiding team members towards attainment of the organization’s goals and the right decisions at the right point of time. You are a guide, not a commander. In my view, these are all “necessary” attributes, but are not “sufficient” to put you in that ‘great’ category. Domain expert.

Technical Review 252

Technical Review Leadership Employee Management 252

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

We’ll then going to pivot to hear from colleagues across three broad categories of innovation: Curriculum – We’ll discuss how best to equip educators with the tools they need to cultivate and guide student teams around solving mission-driven problems.

Lean 332

Lean Cofounder Community Global 332

The Startup Magazine

JULY 1, 2019

The following guide can help beginners: Affiliate tracking system. Finding the affiliate in your category. It is additionally advisable to search for the representatives of your category yourself. The post Ecommerce affiliate marketing: the ultimate guide appeared first on The Startup Magazine. How to start.

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Affiliate eCommerce Marketing Audience 82

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2013

Shows outstanding skills in guiding team members towards attainment of the organization’s goals and the right decisions at the right point of time. You are a guide, not a commander. In my view, these are all “necessary” attributes, but are not “sufficient” to put you in that ‘great’ category. Domain expert.

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Management Technical Review Leadership Employee 259

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 31, 2015

Lowe’s hardware stores are experimenting with robot greeters who guide customers to the correct aisle in the store. Today, entire job categories are being permanently erased by robotics. The upside: new jobs and career categories. It won’t happen overnight. Mass displacement of labor won’t happen overnight. Don’t worry.

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Artificial Inteligence Software Engineering Software Mobile 100

The Startup Magazine

MAY 2, 2023

Minué also recently released her new book called “Inclusion Is a Verb: 5 Signs that your Company is Genuinely Inclusive , intended to educate and guide corporations, organizations, institutions, and individuals through the process of making inclusion a reality. TSM: With a bit more detail, what are the main takeaways from the book?

Founder 150

Founder Equity Leadership Hiring 150

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Essentially, there are three main categories in which machine learning qualifies customer data. Finally, it can guide teams to better decision making through reinforcement learning – which determines the best actions to take for a desirable outcome. . Improving SEO Efforts.

Artificial Inteligence 173

Artificial Inteligence San Diego Algorithm SEO 173

Board Effect

MARCH 23, 2022

A fundraising plan template serves as your guide for raising the amount of money your nonprofit needs or desires to do its work. Correlate gift amounts with the number of gifts you’re striving for in that category along with the number of prospects that may give gifts in that range donorly.com calls this the “gift pyramid.”.

Campaign 98

Campaign Software Review Technical Review Metrics 98

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Questions I ask Nir Eyal: What are the three categories of distraction? Check out the Distraction Guide. Intercom is the only business messenger that starts with real-time chat, then keeps growing your business with conversational bots and guided product tours. Check out the Distraction Guide. Follow on Twitter.

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Technical Review Conversion Technology Customer 56

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 18, 2020

All you have to do is promote products or services of well-established brands, in various categories and niches, for commissions. Starter Account: A basic level package that includes a live training session, a 30% welcome value add-on, and a platform guide. Plus, a monthly market review and a platform guide.

Affiliate 90

Affiliate Software Review Product Marketing 90

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In this guide, we’ll discuss how to implement a brand reputation management strategy, use personal branding to develop a good reputation, and protect your company from developing a negative one. Consider category leaders such as Apple and Salesforce. Not every person that buys from you will be a superfan. Image source.

Reputation 134

Reputation Audience Management Social Media 134

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2021

Entrepreneurs with the mantra “if we build it, they will come,” and executives who don’t communicate their expectations, fall into this category. From my perspective, accountability should be the guiding principle for entrepreneurs who seek to change the world, as well as for employees who want to stand out above the rest.

Leadership 410

Leadership Employee Metrics Restful 410

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2016

We had to convince a major game console company to allow them to self-publish in a completely new category, compete side-by-side with other large competitors, and following their pivot take a chance in a completely different industry. Here are my five tips on how to pivot successfully: 1.

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Early Stage Lean Revenue Global 100

The Startup Magazine

JULY 7, 2022

This employee expense management technique would guide worker spending habits. Sorting expenditure into categories would paint a clearer picture of where money is being spent. Analysis of each spending category will let the owners know how much their cost of production is. Categorize different kinds of expenses.

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Management Startup Finance Business Model 154

The Startup Magazine

JULY 31, 2020

Wastewater exists in two categories: greywater and blackwater. If executed correctly, a wastewater treatability study offers invaluable information that will guide a company in developing the most effective ways of treating their wastewater. Blackwater contains harmful pathogens and even human waste. Final thoughts.

Government 133

Government Demand Analytics Business Plan 133

Board Effect

JUNE 1, 2021

Managing a budget for a nonprofit organization is much like planning a household budget, except that there are generally more sources of income and more categories of expenses. In both cases, a sound budget is important for financial sustainability and provides a guide for financial health and sustainability.

Software Review 98

Software Review Technical Review Revenue Forecast 98

ReadWriteStart

JULY 12, 2019

These capabilities create four startup types, each bringing something different to the AI table: • Aspirational: Most startups fit into this category, and their founders claim AI/ML deep in the pitch deck. Data-driven AI can guide emergency management services through tough situations.

Artificial Inteligence 132

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Startup 132

Up and Running

JUNE 28, 2017

The good news: Much of the technology designed for retail has finally caught up with the service industry, ushering in a new category of tools that can free up much needed time for business owners. Using personalized data to guide all aspects of customer outreach and interaction improves customer experience, which in turn helps grow revenue.

Software Review 92

Software Review eCommerce Technical Review New York City 92

Board Effect

MARCH 24, 2023

Use our checklist of 15 essentials to guide your nonprofit board effectiveness. The process is less complicated when you break down the categories into the five pillars discussed here. To have board effectiveness, a nonprofit’s purpose, process, structure, and people must all be in alignment.

Software Review 59

Software Review Technical Review Government Security 59

Board Effect

APRIL 12, 2023

Another common misperception is that ex officio is a category of a specific type of membership similar to a lifetime membership, emeritus membership or sustaining membership. Discover more information about setting bylaws for ex officio members and more by downloading our Robert’s Rules of Order guide for nonprofits.

Illinois 105

Illinois Software Review Affiliate California 105

Board Effect

AUGUST 18, 2021

Your board doesn’t have to reinvent the wheel to get started with a donor stewardship plan when you allow donor stewardship best practices to be your guiding light. Personalize your interactions by segmenting donors based on categories, gift-giving levels, or other demographics. What Are Some Donor Stewardship Best Practices?

Social Media 98

Social Media Software Review Video Developer 98

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

They divided companies’ responses—their “driving” strategies—into four categories: Prevention. Companies in this category add features when customers desire greater value. A psychological segmentation divides buyers into four categories: Slam-on-the-brakes. Promotion. Survey design.

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Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121