Board Effect

AUGUST 23, 2023

Huge changes are all around us – technology, the economy, climate change, the future of work and more. Keeping pace with trends affecting governance requires change even in the best of times. Are we using technology ethically? What areas of change should your board focus on? Are we fully complying with regulations and policies?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The experience taught me a valuable lesson about innovation and imagination in large organizations, and the difference visionary leadership – or the lack of it – can make. challenges in finance, auditing and data management. They had spent decades in senior roles in finance and accounting in both the public and private sectors.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

passed the CHIPS and Science Act , one of the first pieces of national industrial policy – government planning and intervention in a specific industry — in the last 50 years, in this case for semiconductors. Their overall goal is to turn China into a technologically advanced and militarily powerful state that can challenge U.S.

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Board Effect

JANUARY 19, 2022

Your organization’s leadership and people, along with its processes and technologies, indicate its organizational maturity. . Organizational maturity models improve processes in various areas, including finance, human resources, project management, overall organizational effectiveness, and digital maturity. .

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm. Period, full-stop.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2023

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Harris, in his classic book “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

They also discussed practical strategies to help give governing boards and executives the tools they need to work collaboratively as they plan and prepare for the future. The discussion also highlighted the need for organizations to adapt in order to ensure effective governance. “We’ll go through a skill set matrix.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Harris, in his classic book “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Last week a company we enthusiastically backed, uBeam , led by a very special entrepreneur, 25-year-old Meredith Perry , announced a $10 million round of financing. They get to sit in the back benches and holler at those in government about what f**k-wits the leaders are and how their do-nothing policies are ruinous to the people.

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Board Effect

AUGUST 19, 2019

As lead board director and meeting facilitator, board chairs also work closely with governance committees on recruiting board members. Vice-chairs or vice-presidents are also a vital part of the leadership team. Secretaries also ensure compliance with government laws and the organization’s bylaws.

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Board Effect

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

A healthcare board of directors provides oversight for the healthcare organization’s needs, services, and leadership. Essentially, a healthcare board’s primary role is to act as the governing body of the organization. It’s yet another way to demonstrate your commitment to accountability and sound leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2011

The $30 billion trade surplus in advanced technology products that America enjoyed just one decade ago has now become a $56 billion deficit. Nothhaft, in his new book “ Great Again: Revitalizing America's Entrepreneurial Leadership ” are already calling these last ten years the “Lost Decade.” The innovation engine that powered the U.S.

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Board Effect

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Changes in society, the global economy, and technology are the leading forces behind vast disruption in the nonprofit arena. Nonprofit boards may need to explore innovative financing options such as conditional conversion models, pay-for-success models, or debt/guarantee models. Disruption in governance practices.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. When the Chinese government censors (run by their propaganda department ) shutdown access to yet another U.S. And when the government tools to detect encrypted VPN’s get more sophisticated, (as it did last year), Chinese users just use stealthier tools.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 5, 2022

His way of leading is a great example of how people should lead whatever organization they're in – government or business. General Alexander founded IronNet to bring this knowledge and experience to the private sector and fill in a critical gap between cyber threats and available security technology. Photo Credit: Ryan O’Donnell.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. What Has Changed in Financing?

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JULY 2, 2019

Most government agencies and many large corporations have procurement programs that allot a percentage of their contracts to women-owned small businesses. Federal government agencies require SBA-approved certification as a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB). Procurement Support for Women-Owned Businesses.

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www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Job Descriptions > How to Hire a CTO When its time to add a technologist to your slate of executives, what are the best practices to follow? 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. When the Chinese government censors (run by their propaganda department ) shutdown access to yet another U.S. And when the government tools to detect encrypted VPN’s get more sophisticated, (as it did last year), Chinese users just use stealthier tools.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 15, 2019

For centuries, people have relied on banks or some equivalent of government-backed institutions that are designed to safeguard their assets. And then there is blockchain technology. With blockchain technology, every interaction is between the end-users who communicate with each other directly. Price Leadership.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2020

defense and consumer electronics industries will be set back at least five years — and because China has its own advanced chip foundries, it could become the world leader in technology for the next decade or more. laws, The report recommended that no government or contractor systems include Huawei systems. Without them, the U.S.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

He serves clients across a range of industries on growth strategy, performance improvement, and value creation by harnessing the power of data and analytics, digital culture and capabilities, and modernized core technology. 17:50] Is there a correlation between leadership inside of an industry by how digital it is?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Harris, in his classic book “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

I just directly observed that the technology for doctors was really far from what they needed to operate at a high productivity level," he told me. I thought I would come and there would be just massive buildings, really like technology infrastructure and squeeze everybody. Here's my conversation with Eren Bali. They are businesses.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Put this buttoned-up concept together with its dreamy-eyed sibling and you have “innovation governance” — something that is sorely needed in many organizations. Innovation governance sounds like an oxymoron, but in fact it’s an extremely powerful concept. Governance = Execution & Discipline. Measure it.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

At FLYJETS, environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are the driving force behind everything we do, and we seek to be proactive about delivering impact. 2) Our social goals include promoting access to aviation, promoting the advancement of radio communication technology and safe and sustainable flight via The Fly Foundation.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2013

The best analogy to describe the relationship of science and technology and the Chinese startup scene is to understand its parallels with the United States during the Cold War with the Soviet Union. viewed science and technology as a strategic asset. viewed science and technology as a strategic asset.

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David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

Technology innovation, globalization of markets, and recent market volatility such as the 2008 market collapse are driving painful changes (for some) in the asset management industry. David Teten : Not only investors but also the government is thinking about how better to manage the risks and volatility of the asset management industry.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 8, 2018

This is partly due to improvement in technology that has helped scale their online visibility and allow ease of collaboration. For example, women-owned businesses that sell to the largest customer on the planet – the US Federal Government – can use the 5% contracting goal as extra muscle. Photo Credit: Caroline Castrillon.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. According to John Borchers, Co-founder, Decathlon is the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. Alternative Capital. “ You qualify if you have $5k+ MRR. Bigfoot Capital. Key elements: . “We

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Board Effect

MARCH 11, 2020

Since then, the leadership of colleges and universities has been more heavily scrutinized to ensure that they’re operating effectively and efficiently and that students are getting the education they and their parents paid for. Multiple key performance indicators in higher education boards will ensure progress in efficiency and effectiveness.

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Transformify

MAY 24, 2018

The Global Operations organization remit includes Supply Chain, Procurement, Customer Service and Corporate Real Estate.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 23, 2019

Finance and accounting was the most common area of concern (39%), followed by IT and technology (31%), digital marketing (20%), and business planning and strategy (25%). The post Finance and accounting biggest headache for small biz owners followed by tech appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

His innovators and stakeholders curated and prioritized their problems/idea/technology before handing them off. Finance, HR, Legal, Security, Policy, Branding, you name it, everyone in a division or corporate staff has an excuse for why we can’t do something, and everyone has the power to say no and no urgency to make a change.”.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

We also talked about why he took a very public stance on the role of corporate leadership in social issues, and how it relates to fulfilling Coinbase's mission. What is the role of public and private organizations in governing our shared civic fabric? It kind of aggregates technology content, I suppose. Can we build better ones?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

A few years ago it was all the rage to have MBAs in the top finance role. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances. human resources, technology, legal, and information technology) as needed.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Your attention to detail will encourage confidence in potential investors and help to secure financing for the best start possible. The non-emergency medical transportation industry is still in its comparative infancy as a formal niche—both in respect to technological innovation and federal regulation. Hiring office staffing positions.

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