Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

But once entrepreneurs have their initial team and product in place, a few smart advisors around the table and the social proof required to attract great talent, why would they raise additional dilutive equity capital if they can raise non-dilutive capital through the sale of tokens? Fuzzy Governance.

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Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2016

Not only will working through the planning process prompt you to think about important things like how you’re positioned to compete with similar businesses, and how much cash you’ll need to actually get started , but it will also help you validate your idea and get into a habit of setting goals and milestones. Step 5: Getting financed.

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Likewise, founders can benefit from understanding basic characteristics of the overall legal structure, formation and governance documents, rights and responsibilities of team members, etc. Stepping off the soapbox, let’s examine the highest level “To Do” list for a new startup: Formation, Governance and Equity. Newco, Inc.”)

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Startups often hand out shares, options, and warrants for employees and for contractors rendering needed services. Messy cap tables can come back to haunt you when you do a financing or sell the company. And, there are potential tax traps as well, especially when Non Qualified options are traded for services.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 6, 2010

Ask your Finance department where most money is being spent on the web. I absolutely love the idea of collecting "first impressions" from current customers, employees or just randomly selected people. The information architecture on most website is terrible and the reason is that company employees create it for themselves.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

But in today’s world, speed-to-scale entrepreneurship is what we need to improve society, transform industries, and create massive value for customers, employees, and investors. When the market conditions are right, you should blitzscale for the benefit of all stakeholders: customers, employees, investors, and society.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they In fact, the Houston city government ranks number onein the country in renewable energy use. What’s bringing them here? Count all of the people you know!

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I was driven by my desire for freedom and that’s what I got; along with an amazing opportunity to help transform my employees’ and my client’s lives through homeownership and real estate. For nearly 15 years I had analytical, numbers-driven jobs in finance and banking, working for some of the world’s largest banks.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

To my mind, it’s fear of the unknown that holds most of us back and not the thought of whether we’re competent enough or intelligent enough or whatever else we feel is needed to run a business. And, depending on the business you start, there may also be various government incentives. Are you going to be hiring employees?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The Problems with Non-Financial Measurement. Government agencies. But many times, they’re dealing with non-financial metrics or competing online goals. A leading home-finance company, for example, implemented an “executive dashboard” that eventually grew to encompass nearly 300 measures. Content sites. Nonprofits.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

It is evident that nothing else will compete with the digital world and digital solutions. Governments and organizations are increasingly looking for ways to promote innovation, and this will bring more opportunities for entrepreneurs. There is likely to be more room for non-traditional forms of business like freelancing.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Most importantly, there is a reasonable probability that the absence of standard governance guardrails and constraints actually enables reckless behavior. Lastly, in a heated market, investor competition increases which leads to more investors being willing to “take what they can get” when it comes to governance. Theranos) is another.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

That’s the thing about someone who is a government systems wonk. She wants to figure out how to finance the billions of dollars in much-needed NYCHA repairs. NYC has over 300,000 municipal employees. To me, an organization that hits on all these tiny cylinders at once needs to be led by a competent operator. Bike lanes.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

In February, Greylock kicked off “Iconversations,” a new speaker series featuring “icons” across tech, finance, media and culture. Dara manages Uber’s fast-growing business in 63 countries around the world and leads a global team of more than 22,000 employees. And you were beloved by Expedia employees. Iconversations [guest].

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

Remarks to the Visionary Companies Conference, Billings, MT May 27, 2010 It’s a fact that all net job creation since the 1980s has come    with under 100 employees.   The company grew to 250 employees in two states.   The company grew to 250 employees in two states. People are the whole game.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Here, the “public” includes your customers, prospects, your employees, vendors, and others who connect in any way with your brand. Remember that you should evaluate both internal (your employees) and external (everyone else) perceptions of your brand. This isn’t an issue you can afford to ignore.

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venturehacks.com

MARCH 21, 2008

Or they bring you a handful of great employees. They can even add more value than an independent board member because they don’t have to deal with corporate governance. They’ll bring you leads for customers, employees, and investors. They know all your prospective customers intimately.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2016

In this manner, we determined what our market niche could be, and established whether or not we could compete in the existing market, and what it would take to succeed,” he says. Find out who the major players are that you’ll be competing against, determine who your ideal customer is, and define what they want.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Non of this academic stuff. Government grants – Credit cards / debt. If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. Entrepreneurs always struggle with competing priorities and manage expenses very closely. My goal is to some day get an honorary degree for kicking ass in business. Other sources of capital.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

I get my healthcare insurance through Vox Media, so I actually don’t know the cost of my healthcare, or the government-. You couldn’t increase wages, and that was mandated by the government. But generally driving down costs if it means sacrificing employee satisfaction, they will not do it. They are forced into it.

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