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16 Common Mistakes Young Startups Make

mashable.com

Hiring Poorly. Make sure that new hires understand your rate of innovation. If you dont manage this expectation upon hiring, you will be managing employee issues six months down the line. Someone told me recently, Any time Im talking to someone who doesnt work for me already, Im evaluating if I should try and hire them.

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“Focus is everything” - Melio's Matan Bar

Cracking the Code

You raised four rounds within 18 months, waiting until your third round before coming out of stealth mode. In fact the term sheet was signed the day before the world went into lockdown! We could grow faster than we thought, hire more people, build more initiatives, and reach more users. But this would need more resources.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Mari is now building a new venture in human-machine interaction within the Samsung accelerator, currently in stealth mode. Structure compensation like carry for your investment professionals so that they are competitive with the external market and you can hire the best talent.