Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

For the elite startups and entrepreneurs who manage to attract the investor they dream of, and survive the term sheet negotiation, there is still one more hurdle before the money is in the bank. That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2020

But managing remote realty teams while on lockdown need not be stressful and complicated. Managers must define work hours and workloads, so that team members would understand their roles, responsibilities, and scope of work. As a manager, your task is to learn their personalities and use their strengths to achieve your goals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

Recently, Ive seen a lot of discussion about bringing the work back home, since costs have gone up in less-developed countries, there are issues with intellectual property, and time zone and language differences make management difficult. Its easy to find companies in certain countries that will quote cost reductions up to 75 percent.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2022

Still, firms must continue to not only receive regular mail but to manage it effectively. Read on for some tips to help you manage your regular mail more effectively. . Try to be smart about how you go about managing your regular mail in a business context. Some strong business decisions must be made here. Commit to Recycling.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2018

A mixture of globalization, improvements in technology, and cost advantages of telecommuting has created the perfect conditions for building and directing distributed teams. The advantages of these teams are well known, but they do require a different style of management that empowers individuals while directing them toward a common goal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2023

Recently, I’ve seen a lot of discussion about bringing the work back home, since costs have gone up in less-developed countries, there are issues with intellectual property, and time zone and language differences make management difficult. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 2, 2021

Transactions in these digital currencies occur over a distributed financial ledger called a blockchain. In the case of PayPal, for instance, the service handles disputes using its own system for managing chargeback requests. The post Chargeback Management & Alternative Payment Methods appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

I explained why authorities like Sam Altman of Y-Combinator , Angel List’s Naval Ravikant, Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, and Bill Gurley, GP at Benchmark Capital , believe boundaryless companies built by remote-distributed teams are the future of work. The Big Question: Why isn’t every company distributed today?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

For the elite startups and entrepreneurs who manage to attract the investor they dream of, and survive the term sheet negotiation, there is still one more hurdle before the money is in the bank. That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

For companies that manage a large amount of content, a translation management system is essential. More than likely, there’s no translation management system (TMS) that’s perfect for your company. To learn how smart businesses choose the best translation management systems, read on. Workflow management.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 15, 2023

Image Source Gone are the days when small businesses had to rely on manual processes and spreadsheets to manage their operations. Users can create professional invoices, track expenses, manage inventory, and generate financial reports. Facilitating benefits administration and managing healthcare plans and retirement accounts.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

For manufacturing startups, here are several ways to achieve effective supply chain management: Understand Your Supply Chain Elements. Transportation partners play an enormous role in the supply chain as they bring products into distribution centers and sometimes directly to customers. Manage and Mitigate Supply Chain Risk.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Instead of budget approvals, monitor key metrics and give managers more flexibility. How should a growth company manage their budget? So here’s the solution I have recommended to some of my portfolio companies: “ agile budgeting ”, i.e., monitoring a few key variables while giving managers significant flexibility.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The Workforce Management System, WFM for short, is a collection of tools that help ensure workers have evenly distributed tasks and workloads or schedules. The post 4 Signs Your Business Needs An Effective Workforce Management System appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 16, 2019

A question I have been pondering for some time now, especially since a lot of our portfolio companies are now distributed organizations …. How can you organize contracting and paying remote people at scale and manage to incentivize them? The post Do distributed teams need new tools? appeared first on Version One.

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Transformify

JULY 27, 2023

With the widespread use and distribution of information, it’s more difficult for companies to monitor and safeguard their data from unauthorized access. Let’s explore how you can provide efficient workforce management in the digital age with proper SOC 2 compliance. Each type caters to different aspects of data management.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 11, 2020

However, if not well managed, debts can ruin your venture. This move will help you set realistic goals, improve how you handle finances, and develop a debt management plan for your business. Apart from advertising, review your pricing model, expand distribution channels, and improve customer service on both on and offline platforms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2020

Recently, I’ve seen a lot of discussion about bringing the work back home, since costs have gone up in less-developed countries, there are issues with intellectual property, and time zone and language differences make management difficult. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Still, COVID-19 helped tip the balance towards a globally distributed model. Government restrictions and fears of infection pushed companies that had previously held out to accept remote working, and many discovered that it’s more manageable than they had expected. Factors that are tipping the scales. Automate as much as possible.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

—– Lean Innovation Management. Each horizon requires different focus, different management, different tools and different goals. Here the company executes a known business model (known customers, product features, competitors, pricing, distribution channel, supply chain, etc.) A 50x speedup kind of fast. Here’s how.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The top quartile has distributed 2.03x (vs. 1.68) and the median fund now has distributed 1.27X (vs. The longer the portfolio maintains the same value without distributing back cash, the worse the fund’s ultimate IRR. Based on that metric, the top quartile fund has now distributed 2.03X after 12 years. 2 years ago).

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Up and Running

JULY 27, 2020

In fact, you can use your financial forecast to actively manage your business and improve your chances of success and growth. A key benefit of using your forecast as a management tool is that you’ll be able to significantly improve how you manage your cash and cash flow. Why is cash flow management important?

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2023

With an extensive background in the corporate realm, he demonstrates expertise in diverse areas such as inventory management, wholesale operations, logistical analysis, and day-to-day operational oversight. Beyond logistics, he also plays a key role in managing aspects of finance and human resources within the organization.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2020

My investments have always been geographically distributed across the US and I spent the majority of my time between Monday and Friday on the road. In the past few years, there have been several high profile examples of scaled companies that have a completely distributed workforce. For many years, this was a function of travel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2022

A nonprofit organization is generally defined as an organization that does not distribute its surplus funds to owners or shareholders, but instead uses them to help pursue its goals. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Bartering services.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 4, 2020

Having a dedicated social media manager allows startups to engage and reach out to the target audience through Facebook, Twitter, and more. An online PR distribution service is beneficial for startups because the process of sending press releases is automated, saving the organization time, effort, and money. Improve Your Bottomline.

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David Cohen

MAY 22, 2019

Last week, I did a talk as part of YPO Innovation Week on “managing distributed innovation.” ” Effectively, this was about strategies and tactics for innovating using globally distributed teams. Async Voice : Voxer is a tool that manages async voice very well. Most people have used WhatsApp or WeChat.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2020

To be fair, many businesses had distributed teams even before COVID-19 blindsided us. Often, managers worry that their out-of-sight teams are not sincere about their working hours. The funny thing is that 59% of remote managers are least concerned about their workers’ emotional well-being, which has a cascading effect on team morale.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 28, 2024

We asked entrepreneurs what has been their favorite technology innovation and here is what they have to say: #1- Personal finance management Photo Credit: Shammika Munugoda I founded and created a personal finance management app about 8 years ago. Thanks to Michael Sawyer, Ultimate Kilimanjaro ! #7-

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2021

This is the last step of the process, where surprises in the evaluation of the management team, documentation, and personnel problems can derail the investment. This will involve an analysis of the company’s distribution channels, advertising, and pricing strategy. Sales and marketing strategy.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 26, 2023

To gain a better understanding of current procedures and how they’re being handled, it’s important to involve workers and management during this stage. Each member’s obligations should be explicitly listed, and senior management should take charge of supervising the procedure from beginning to end.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2022

The benefits of using software in business processes include cost savings, back-end management, scalability, innovation, and flexibility. Project Management Software. Project management is tedious since it oversees a lot of processes and operations. However, it helps you manage the project delivery with ease.

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Board Effect

JULY 27, 2023

This is where technology comes into play, offering a streamlined solution to efficiently record, organize and distribute board meeting minutes. Board management software solutions for taking minutes follow the board agenda. However, manual minute-taking can be time-consuming and prone to errors.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2022

This includes knowledge management systems, internal wikis, project management systems, scheduling solutions, accounting systems, customer relationship management (CRM) systems, and marketing practices. . Keeping your ecosystem homogenous, transparent, and easily manageable. . Software Choices.

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Up and Running

MAY 22, 2015

We asked 12 founders from the YEC to share with us when they knew it was time to hire a manager (or a few managers) to oversee the day-to-day activities of their business. The best time to hire a manager for day-to-day activities is before you start your next phase of growth. However, it’s hard to let go.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

A marketing playbook is a reference guide that outlines how a business will manage its marketing on a particular channel or campaign. Users should easily understand which assets are promoted on which channels and the distribution schedule. Your products or services, pricing, and details of owners and managers. Usage policies.

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