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How’s Venture Capital Changing in 2023

VC Cafe

By contrast, they backed 620 funds in the last three months of 2021 First time fund managers hit hard: In 2022, limited partners backed 141 funds run by first-time managers, a 59% decline from the prior year and the lowest number since 2013 How does the constrained LP environment manifest for funds and startups?

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Managing Social Media With Fetch Plus

YoungUpstarts

Fetch Plus is founded by 32-year old Carmen Benitez , who acts as its president and managing director. That was in May 2004, when she approached the Athens New Media Synergy Center out of UGA to build a mobile student messaging platform she called Vusion. What Could Have Been.

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What Startups Can Learn About PR and Crisis Management

Both Sides of the Table

I was recently approached by Fast Company to comment on “crisis management&# at startups in the wake of the Airbnb “ranksackgate&# story. During the 2004 election he was accused of having made up material facts from his service in the Vietnam War in an election against somebody who didn’t serve in a war.

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Google Adds Reputation Management to Dashboard :: Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

I’ve been promoting tools like Google Alerts and Google Reader for years now and today Google added something called “ Me on the Web &# as an attempt to make it easier to monitor your identity on the web.

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How to Use Frugal Innovation to Grow Your Startup

ReadWriteStart

The traditional banking system often excludes those living in poverty, making it difficult for them to save and manage their money. The Renault Logan , released in 2004, is a prime example of frugal innovation. In short, Google Street View exemplifies how a small investment can yield significant returns. The Renault Logan.

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The Search For the Fountain of Youth – Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Enterprise

Steve Blank

If we use our “startup to large company,” diagram, we can see that sustaining innovations occur within a large company’s existing management structures. The diagram for managing disruptive innovation in large company looks suspiciously like starting from square one as a startup. I’ll offer that the diagram looks something like this.

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Growing Your Influence At Work

YoungUpstarts

Is it bad managers, as many experts claim? Many have heard the moniker, people leave bad managers, not bad companies. There are many reasons for a bad connection with your supervisor/manager. For many years, employee surveys around the world have measured levels of engagement as high as 70% or more. A cultural mis-alignment.