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7 Ways To Demonstrate Leadership In A Business Crisis

Startup Professionals Musings

They start second-guessing their own vision, and are prone to making snap decisions suggested by someone else, in lieu of their carefully crafted processes and metrics. Entrepreneurs who can keep their cool under fire are the long-term winners I look for as an experienced angel investor.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Sometimes that’s defensible distribution channels. There isn’t one most important SaaS metric. Being focussed on SaaS metrics is not incompatible with valuing employee fulfillment and customer happiness. Find and focus on one reliable distribution mechanism before diluting your time diversifying.

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How To Tune Business Strategy For Long-Term Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet, as an angel investor, I still see too many new business owners who are convinced that their biggest challenge is to get money to start, and once launched with some initial success, they can relax. Build and nurture a team culture of trust and leadership. Don’t let that communication fade post-launch.

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6 Strategies To Build Traction and Validate Your Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

It takes real money to sustain a business, with a margin in the 50 percent range, and some realistic milestones and metrics. To get the visibility and distribution for scaling, plan on one or two levels of partner relationships, as well as real events and promotions early. Document and initiate a multi-faceted marketing plan.

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

Up and Running

We’re looking at our lean business planning is about strategy, tactics, concrete specifics including milestones, metrics, tasks and schedule, and essential numbers to run a business, all of which lead to managing cash flow. Tell your angel investors a story about need. What distribution, are we using gems or are we a web?

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Multiculturalism: Lorie Valle-Yanez on driving diversity initiatives into business benefits

Transformify

In partnership with the executive team, Lorie designed MassMutual’s first diversity and inclusion strategy, focused on Leadership, Marketplace & Distribution, and Workforce & Workplace. Females represent more than one-third of our executive leadership team. Lilia Stoyanov is CEO and angel investor at Transformify.

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Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder

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If you are a retailer looking to discover new products to sell or improve your merchandising and vendor management efficiency, or if you are brand looking to increase sales and distribution or improve your sales, order management, and inventory process, check out www.sorced.com. Angel Investors. Related articles from Women 2.0