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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

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Greater discipline during boom times offered more flexibility during lean years. And getting it right during the lean years, Bain reports , has a massive impact on companies’ growth rate after things improve: ( Image source ). He continues: It’s OK to continue to operate. Image source ). Survey design.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

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We operate at scale and speed unprecedented in human history.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 dot-com bonanza.

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8 Questions to Help Decide if You Should be Raising Money Now

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This conversation seems to come up very frequently these days both with portfolio companies and with entrepreneurs just looking for mentorship. Are you in the “lean&# phase? I’m a very big believer in the “Lean Startup&# principles as espoused by Steve Blank and Eric Ries. So here’s my framework.

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An Interview with Steve Ligouri, Serial Innovator

Startup Lessons Learned

I hope you’ll enjoy the conversation as much as I did. In 2001, I moved from Citibank to become the CMO of Morgan Stanley’s brokerage business, where I was tasked with modernizing and reviving the brokerage business there. In fact, there's a term now, it's called, "OT," as in operations technology.

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Turing Distinguished Leader Series: With Partner David Zhang, TVC

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We’ll have a fun conversation over the next 40-45 minutes. I will say the one thing we tell all our portfolio companies is to get fit and lean in. I like the get fit and lean in. So this has always been our most significant focus area, whether in 2022, 2021, or 2001. . Jonathan Siddharth . Welcome, David.

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Lean Startup Conference Speaker Ann Miura-Ko on being a founder, representation, and the future.

Startup Lessons Learned

Among her early investments are Lyft, TaskRabbit and Modcloth, which, as our recent conversation shows, are only part of the reason Forbes called her “the most powerful woman in startups.” Ann will be speaking at this year’s Lean Startup Conference in October about all of this and more. I've been in venture now twice.

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Why Small Teams Win: Eight Reasons To Stick To The “Two-Pizza” Rule

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And during the conversation, there are also fewer arguments and misunderstandings. military’s Special Forces is the 12-person Operational Detachment. Remember, lean and hungry is always better than fat and comfortable. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001.

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