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Here’s What President of textPlus @Nanea Reeves Has to Say on Leadership, Mgmt, Women in Tech

Both Sides of the Table

I could have listened to her for hours as many of her lessons were ones I hadn’t heard before such as how she used online gaming when she was younger as a way of both teaching herself tech as well as learning to lead remote teams. Nanea Reeves has a storied career in senior leadership roles at technology companies.

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5 Phases of Leadership Growth Lead To Company Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of you aspiring entrepreneurs have no idea how dramatically your own role has to evolve as you develop a solution, start a business, and expect it to scale into a successful self-managed company. Thus my job as a small business advisor really is really more about getting you developed than perfecting the business.

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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

It is necessary to cover the early stages of product development, thorough market research, and other processes during the initial step. When expanding their businesses, most tech startups and the subindustries that comprise the tech industry typically follow this model.

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Watching Larry Ellison become Larry Ellison — The DNA of a Winner

Steve Blank

Here’s what was exceptional about Larry: Potent Leadership Skill. A corollary to Larry’s leadership style was that, at least in my day, he did it with great humor, lots of off-the-cuff funny stuff. Huge Technical Visio n. Larry always had a 10-year technical vision that he could draw on the whiteboard or spin like a yarn.

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DataRails Hires David Rosenberg as New VP of Customer Success

The Startup Magazine

In his 17-year career, Rosenberg has developed key insights into the minds of CFOs and FP&A teams, with strengths in both customer-facing leadership and data analytics itself. The promotion signals the importance of product development for the company’s growth roadmap. Prior Leader Moves On. CEO Perspective.

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Why Companies and Government Do “Innovation Theater” Instead of Actual Innovation

Steve Blank

This article previously appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Disruption today is more than just changes in technology, or channel, or competitors – it’s all of them, all at once. In government agencies process versus product has gone further. And these forces are completely reshaping both commerce and defense.

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[Review] Enchantment

YoungUpstarts

These include preparing and launching one’s business/product, overcoming resistance, using push/pull technology, and managing stakeholders (employees and bosses). Due to the breadth of its range (it is ambitious!), It begins with a core of likability and trustworthiness before covering other topics.