Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
We had nascent revenues, ridiculous cost structures and unrealistic valuations. I learned to avoid unnecessary conferences, avoid non-essential costs and strive for at least a neutral EBITDA if for no other reason than nobody was interested in giving us any more money. Until we weren’t. Nobody cared about our valuations any more.
VC Cafe
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Generally speaking, emerging managers who invest early stage, are potential hedge for this as they’re less correlated with the public market, according to Cambridge Associates. Disclaimer is that this is of course an average of the top 25% and much of the asset class returns are concentrated in the anomalies, not the average.
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YoungUpstarts
JULY 21, 2015
By James Pooley, author of “ Secrets: Managing Information Assets in the Age of Cyberespionage “. In today’s competitive global market, managers know that employees (including really valuable ones) are likely to change jobs every few years or so. The best way to mitigate the digital risk is good old-fashioned people management.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 23, 2013
The e-commerce space in Singapore has been ratcheted up by another notch as online shopping platform Shopify partners telecommunications provider SingTel to make available its services to businesses in the country. It also works as a fully featured mobile application, and retailers can manage their shop on the go through the mobile app.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 7, 2009
As the product matured, they were able to ratchet up the quality to prevent regression on features that had been truly embraced by their customers. Starting instead from a position where feedback cycle time is the priority and allowing quality to ratchet up as the product matures provides a more natural lead in to continuous deployment.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 7, 2008
In a few cases, they are clearly smart people in a bad situation, and Ive written about their pain in The product managers lament and The engineering managers lament. The last thing you need is a manager telling you how to do your job. If youve ever been abused by a bad manager in your career, its easy to become traumatized.
Up and Running
MAY 13, 2015
Other links: The Time to Think About the 3D-Printed Future is Now (HBR), Space Station Builds 3D-Printed Ratchet Wrench (NASA), Shapeways.com (3D printing marketplace). Little known fact, I was actually promoted today to Mr. Manager, so I feel pretty good about that. I’m Mr. Manager! Peter: Of this broadcast? Peter: Okay.
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