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Turing Distinguished Leader Series: With Partner David Zhang, TVC

ReadWriteStart

How to Scale Unicorns With Partner David Zhang, TVC. Joining us for this episode is our partner David Zhang, Partner at TCV (( Technology Crossover Ventures ). I’m a partner at TCV, which we founded in 1996. The post Turing Distinguished Leader Series: With Partner David Zhang, TVC appeared first on ReadWrite.

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Containing Growth Chaos: Five Things To Do When Your Company Is On The Upswing

YoungUpstarts

We witness so many of the subtle gains of our labor – ideas made real, people turned passionate partners and the prospects of inching ever-closer to a long-term future rather than the great likelihood of total business failure. Re-set the vendor and partner paradigm. Manage cash flow. Hell or high water.

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8 Challenges To Overcome In The Growth Of Hyperlocal

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs don’t realize that Facebook spent over $100 million, before revenues from advertising turned cash positive. You need local partners and relationships for credibility. I still hear often the dream of a free service to users, supported by advertising, per the Facebook model.

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Is your CFO a bookkeeper or a strategist?

Berkonomics

Looking at it in that light, there is a check and balance for all departments and individuals ordering materials of any size that affect the cash position and profitability of the company. We members of the board never saw, (never asked) and the CFO never mentioned the balance sheet and cash position.

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If it can be counted, the CFO owns it.

Berkonomics

Looking at it that way, there is a check and balance for all departments and individuals ordering materials of any size that affect the cash position and profitability of the company. We never saw, and he never mentioned the balance sheet and cash position. rampant spending or uncoordinated purchasing.

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a16z Podcast: Growth in Turbulent Times

Ben's Blog

This episode explores how to think about growth in turbulent times, according two growth experts: a16z general partner Andrew Chen, who previously led the growth team at Uber, and Brian Balfour, formerly the VP of Growth at HubSpot, now the founder and CEO of Reforge, a masterclass in growth strategies.

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How to Improve Financial Metrics That Matter

Up and Running

The cash-assets ratio is a key measure of liquidity and one of several coverage ratios that tell creditors about a company’s likelihood of default. How to improve your cash-assets ratio. A key way to boost a business’s cash-assets ratio is to boost its cash position, and there are numerous approaches to do this.

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