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How To Survive The Loss Of A Main Customer

YoungUpstarts

This is especially true for startups, which operate on the basis of customer traction to solidify expectations with investors or lending institutions. In the early stages, it isn’t uncommon for businesses to bank their earnings on a handful of customers (or sometimes, just one).

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5 Preconditions for Success in Spawning a New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus, I was happy to see some real actionable advice on this challenge in a new book, “ The Unicorn Within: How Companies Can Create Game-Changing Ventures at Startup Speed ,” by Linda Yates, the founder and CEO of a leading growth incubator for global businesses. Assemble an engaged new venture advisory board.

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. Between Board Meetings. Communicating Between Board Meetings. The Agile Board. The Problem with Board Observers.

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How Employee Experience Shapes Brand Perception

Duct Tape Marketing

She is the global customer growth and innovation evangelist at Salesforce and the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Growth IQ. Tiffani emphasizes the need for a balanced approach to company strategy that involves all stakeholders, including IT, Marketing, Sales, Operations, and HR. That's right. This is John Jantsch.

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Endeavor Miami Takes on Scaleup Challenge

The Startup Magazine

Endeavor Miami was the first US office of the Endeavor Global organization of worldwide scaleup accelerators. Customer, staff, and operation growth present new challenges and require even greater amounts of capital. Led by former Apple project manager Brian Brackeen, Kairos set up an Endeavor-facilitated advisory board.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 32: Evangelos Simoudis and Ashok Srivastava

Steve Blank

Evangelos Simoudis zJoining me in from the studio at Stanford University were: Evangelos Simoudis , venture investor and senior advisor to global corporations. You need to be able to understand how to take advantage of the market you’re operating in, including how to take advantage of corporations. .

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Startup CEO (OnlyOnce- the book!), Part III – Pre-Order Now

OnlyOnce

Chapter 17: Creating a Company Operating System…Creating Company Rhythms, A Marathon? Chapter 18: Creating Your Operating Plan and Setting Goals…Turning Strategic Plans into Operating Plans, Financial Planning, Bringing Your Team into Alignment with Your Plans, Guidelines for Setting Goals. Part III: Execution. Or a Sprint?

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