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10 Rosh Hashanah Resolutions for Startup Founders

VC Cafe

The past year was a wild ride for startups and founders, giving a whole new meaning to the ”rollercoaster” aspect of being an entrepreneur. Patrick Collison , self-made billionaire founder of Stripe. Bill Gates , founder of Microsoft. Choosing a co-founder, and hiring the early employees is key to building a successful company.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

So is John Rice, the head of Global Operations along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. Instead of lean innovation programs, there is a mandate to cut $2 billion in expenses by the end of next year, lift profits and raise the dividend. . — In June 2017, the board “retired” Jeff Immelt and promoted John Flannery to CEO. So what happened?

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Every Flexible VC structure allows founders to access immediate risk capital while preserving exit, growth trajectory, and ownership optionality. . Flexible VC 102: Variations.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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10 Digital Startup Conferences You Should Attend This Year

YoungUpstarts

by Thomas Smale, founder of FE International. What if there was somewhere you could go where you can be surrounded by founders just like you? Or where you can network with established, successful founders and investors? Or where you can network with established, successful founders and investors? Here are the top 10: 1.

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8 Potential Entrepreneur Assists From Your Alma Mater

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if you are no longer a student, or not enrolled now, it can pay big dividends to get to know people there and explore the possibilities, including the following: Potential to get technical work done as a class project. Attract a co-founder and key team members. Access to entrepreneurs-in-residence, business mentors.

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Greenhouse CEO Daniel Chait on how AI is changing human resources and weaning his company off venture funding via private equity

Hunter Walker

He’s founder and CEO of Greenhouse , a ‘hiring operating system’ for companies which spans recruiting and onboarding tools for enterprises and SMEs. Hunter Walk: Before we dive into your company Greenhouse , give me one story from your childhood that foretold you were going to end up a startup founder.