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GreenPost – Because Bills Should Be Green

YoungUpstarts

If you’re anything like me, I get really annoyed by the stacks upon stacks of bills I receive every month – not only is it a painful reminder of how much hard-earned money is being sucked from me, but also because it’s really, really difficult to keep track of one’s finances this way. Green Growth.

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GTK’s and Pillsbury’s Internet of Things Executive Event - 2015 Edition

Growthink Blog

On a case x case basis, perhaps barely noticeable incremental improvements, but transformative in their aggregate. Both a vast expansion of a potential customer base for a product/service and a delivery of it in exactly the way those new customers wish to purchase and consume. Work Process Improvements. Personal Delights.

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The Most Important Business KPIs. (Spoiler: Not Conversion Rate!)

Occam's Razor

It is very, very, very far from the green, and2. It remains very, very, very far away from the green. Additionally, by aggregating products/services into lumpy groups, it can give a misleading sense of success. You can do this using an aggregate % number that you can lop off for CoGS. You can do it in aggregate.

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How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate

Genuine VC

Active partner involvement level of lead partner post-financing – Venture firms approach involvement after a seed round wildly differently. Board seat requirements – Partner involvement post seed financing can, but doesn’t always, require codification with a board seat. larger check writers have a greater tendency to lead rounds).

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

easy business finance software. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Y Combinator : They provide a series of AA equity financing documents that are written with simpler words so start-up companies will have an easier starting point. Startup Threads. Videos/presentations. SlideShare. Haiku Deck. GoAnimate *.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Paglia, Pepperdiine’s Denney Academic Chair and Associate Professor of Finance. Think Again. Not a big shock, but things don’t look pretty, especially in the venture capital world.

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Benchmarking Performance: Your Options, Dos, Don'ts and To-Die-Fors!

Occam's Razor

Outcomes of the conversations with your Finance team and Sr. … You can see the wisdom of not just setting a 20% aggregate conversion rate, based on the above benchmarking data. The above graph shows you the dangers of setting targets on aggregated benchmarking analysis. And other such things. And who does not love Organic?

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