YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “. This is the second in a three-part series that aims to help you understand the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale. Go-to-Product.

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Cleveland Framework Marketing Early Stage 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2018

VC Partnerships Start by understanding how many partners are at the firm you are approaching. It’s pretty easy since nearly every VC lists its partners on the website. Some firms are trickier since they artificially call everybody “partner” but they’re not all “investment partners.” How many partners are there?

Technical Review 314

Technical Review Due Diligence Partner Term Sheet 314

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Although the class was run completely online, and even though they were suffering from Zoom fatigue, the 10 teams of 42 students collectively interviewed 1,142 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, industry partners, etc. Team Neurosmart – Optimizing Performance of Special Operators. Stay tuned.

Lean 394

Lean Security Asia SBIR 394

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2013

I like their recommended framework for emerging firms, as well as large multinationals, to help build an optimal growth strategy for your company: Evaluate internal development versus external sourcing. Add basic partner contracts or alliances. Both of these qualms are wrong and shortsighted. Don’t use alliances for core competencies.

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Merger Acquisition CTO Hire Fractional CTO 221

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

They outline the following framework for emerging firms, as well as large multinationals, to help build an optimal growth strategy for your company: Evaluate internal development versus external sourcing. Add basic partner contracts or alliances. Both of these qualms are wrong and shortsighted. Invest in selective strategic alliances.

CTO Hire 229

CTO Hire Fractional CTO Merger Non-Compete 229

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

I was an early adopter in financial operations and software of lean operational and product development techniques that originated at Toyota, and then of agile as it was promulgated in the Manifesto. I drew from experiences in my career and also from the leading software companies I’ve had the pleasure of partnering with.

Agile 113

Agile Leadership SCRUM Lean 113

Board Effect

MARCH 28, 2024

Nonprofit leaders looking to maximize resources should take a fresh look at board management software, a versatile tool that can touch all aspects of organizational operations. Work with your solution partner to set up new groups quickly. Evaluate the partner’s experience with other nonprofits.

Software Review 52

Software Review Software Management West Virginia 52

Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

the teams spent the last two weeks learning what activities, resources and partners they would need to actually deliver their solution. And in these last two weeks of class, they learn what activities, resources and partners they’ll need to deliver their solution and derive what it costs to build the company to deliver it.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley San Diego Technical Review Incubator 120

Board Effect

JUNE 25, 2023

Donors, volunteers, and partners support nonprofits because of their missions. Setting ESG standards for operations is a natural fit for nonprofits in light of their missions. Your mission and your reputation are everything; Losing the trust of your donors, partners, and employees takes a long time to repair.

Securities and Exchange Commission 52

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Metrics Government 52

Austin Startup

JULY 13, 2010

. “Recent guidance from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA Regulatory Notice 10-06) has made pre-review and archiving of social media content a hot topic at this year’s financial industry events and gatherings,&# said Matt Smith, chief operating officer of LiveOffice.

Partner 54

Partner Chad SEC Software Review 54

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2021

Every entrepreneur’s first priority should be the alignment of interests across the range of constituents required for success – partners, investors, customers, vendors, and employees. It certainly is likely that you will have to get new strategic partners, and market to a new segment of customers.

Social Media 357

Social Media Framework Partner Metrics 357

Transformify

JULY 27, 2023

Service Organisation Control 2 (SOC 2) plays a key role in this digital age, defending sensitive employee information, preventing data breaches, and boosting operational efficiency. The AICPA developed the SOC 2 framework as a means of ensuring that organizations can demonstrate their commitment to data security.

Management 52

Management Security Reputation Technical Review 52

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2022

Existing business frameworks are the recipes, and great entrepreneurs creatively use new tools and strategies to hone these frameworks, just like a master chef. Reflect on how often you operate from judgment as opposed to perception. Down-line it’s the leadership model you use with your internal teams and external partners.

Leadership 286

Leadership Framework Matching Entrepreneur 286

YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2019

At Wildcat, we’ve organized these steps into the Traction Gap Framework – a centralized strategy that codifies key lessons learned by me and my founding General Partners over the course of our decades-long operating and venture investing experience. And so the Traction Gap Framework was born. Selling to Investors. .

Cleveland 217

Cleveland Early Stage Framework Startup 217

Board Effect

MARCH 22, 2022

The pandemic revealed just how innovative and agile community banks could be as they moved swiftly to adapt their operating strategies and continue serving the new needs of their customers. Community banks can do their part by partnering with nonprofits and other civic partners to fill the community’s needs.

Community 98

Community Technical Review Agile Non-Compete 98

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2023

I remember a classic book, “ The Purpose Effect ,” by renowned author Dan Pontefract, that provides a good framework and background or doing just that. Keys to this must include how you want to operate your life, and how you incorporate your strengths, interests, and core attributes. Set specific targets for serving all stakeholders.

Early Stage 238

Early Stage Framework Community Customer 238

ConversionXL

JULY 15, 2020

While software developers prefer more prescriptive methods, like Scrum , marketers borrow heavily from the Kanban framework. To operate as a pure Scrum marketing team, marketers would need to timebox their to-do list and commit to getting a specific cluster of tasks out the door after 2–4 weeks of active work.

Agile 87

Agile SCRUM Software Review Marketing 87

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Operating across varied industries, Fractional CMOs offer a fresh, tailored approach, helping businesses to be more agile, adaptive, and strategic in their planning Questions I ask Nicole Bernard [00:46] What exactly is a fractional CMO? [04:40] Do you collaborate with a team or partners? [06:14] How do you avoid this? [07:30]

Social Media 78

Social Media Software Review Hiring Framework 78

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

recently wrote a post talking about how some VCs meddle in operating company decisions or some executive teams are too reliant on VCs to jump in and make hard calls for them. So operating at a higher level, helping to set the framework for decision making and then sitting down and watching the game be played, is certainly the way to go.”

Startup 150

Startup CTO Hire Sales Leadership 150

The Next Web

JANUARY 15, 2014

James Kenigsberg is the Chief Technology Officer and a founding team member at 2U , an educational technology company that partners with universities to offer online degree programs. We keep all user features on the face easy to access and understand while the clockwork SaaS infrastructure supporting those capabilities operates out of view.

Agile 131

Agile Vertical Open Source Framework 131

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

I remember a classic book, “ The Purpose Effect ,” by renowned author Dan Pontefract, that provides a good framework and background or doing just that. Keys to this must include how you want to operate your life, and how you incorporate your strengths, interests, and core attributes. Set specific targets for serving all stakeholders.

Early Stage 436

Early Stage Framework Community Customer 436

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 18, 2023

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 20 percent of start-ups fail in the first two years of their operation. A business owner may develop these skills via practical business operations; however, it is a rather risky approach. Therefore, they are great partners for brainstorming. So what is the safest solution?

Programming 138

Programming Framework Analytics Incubator 138

Board Effect

MARCH 6, 2020

In some industries, nearly every aspect of the business uses technology, from human resources to operations and everywhere in between. According to Bassel II, one of the seven level-one operational risk categories is business disruption and systems failure. As a result, this limited number of individuals are deserving of high salaries.

Technical Review 64

Technical Review Technology Management Operations 64

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

But a newly minted developer given access to Hacker News can develop ADD in a week's time, waste countless hours reading the opinions of professional and amateur technology opinion-makers, and nervously fidget about selecting the hippest framework and libraries to (briefly) avoid the scorn of hacker pop culture.

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Guinea Application Development Ruby Web Development 200

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% return cap.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 26, 2011

And so things operate on a CYA basis. They over think the decision framework. Delaying the inevitable is not going to make things smoother with your investors, biz dev partners, customers or employees. Check your legal framework. Good enough isn’t. That doesn’t work in a startup. But here’s the thing. Take some chances.

Hiring 335

Hiring Technical Review Startup Framework 335

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Mitul’s passion to excel and customer focus have been built into the core values and mission of Citius Partners. They provide a hands-on transformation and revenue growth partner for B2B technology companies. How Citius Partners helps their clients. Mitul Ruparelia – Founder, Citius Partners.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

What I failed to realize was that the behind-the-scenes operations are just as crucial. Establish a robust operational framework, and only then indulge in the more thrilling aspects without the looming concern of a structural collapse. That wavering partner, who couldn't make up his mind, is now working a regular job. #8-

Entrepreneur 131

Entrepreneur Due Diligence Framework Partner 131

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Before the events of 2020, the healthcare industry needed to adhere to ironclad practices baked into its regulatory framework that necessitated in-person interaction between patients and physicians or staff. Technologies that are the hot thing right now will be the normal thing in three years.

Colombia 147

Colombia United States IPO Demand 147

View from Seed

APRIL 5, 2016

NextView partner David Beisel recently published a comprehensive ebook for structuring your startup job search, intended for frontline operators and executives alike. . * * *. How to Land the Perfect Startup Job.

Founder 120

Founder Web Development Web Community 120

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 1, 2023

Mary provides a framework for successful launches, emphasizing strategic readiness, understanding the market, and creating impactful messages with efficient execution. Every year inbound brings together leaders across business, sales, marketing, customer success, operations, and more. That's right. But what about information products?

Product 61

Product Framework Technical Review Cofounder 61

OnlyOnce

MAY 25, 2023

The best part about the book as it relates to ALL boards is the framework of Partner, Take Charge, Stay out of the Way, and Monitor. It’s about a page long, 8-10 bullet points, and it includes things like mission, strategy, key goals, and key operating pillars that underlie the goals. I like it and may adopt it.

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Framework Government Partner Leadership 62

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 20, 2020

Communicate honestly and keep customers, partners and employees informed about what is really going on. Watch Operations, Plan Scenarios. Leadership teams should establish a framework for action, touch base daily and communicate frequently with employees and customers. Plan for the Future. Stay Customer & Employee Focused.

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PPC Operations Differentiation Framework 204

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In doing so, they provide a clear view of their operations, which significantly improves transparency. This ability to stand tall not only helps in maintaining their reputation but also highlights their unwavering reliability to stakeholders and partners.

Security 133

Security Management Forecast Finance 133

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Zak about his framework for transforming nearly any situation from ordinary to extraordinary. 11:30] Is there a way to use this framework to create better digital experiences or automated experiences? [13:07] Once you've been in love a couple times, you can really be a much better say spouse or romantic partner. Dr. Paul J.

Framework 78

Framework Technical Review Software Review Naming 78

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2020

But we all know that these are not solutions by themselves, but require integration into an innovative framework to solve real customer problems. Nurture advocates and partners with complementary skills. Assimilate a team with the range of skills you need in your business, including development, operations, and marketing.

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Artificial Inteligence Startup Cofounder Framework 336

Up and Running

JULY 15, 2016

Depending on your field of business, there are different challenges to overcome and strategies to employ to run a successful China operation. As of 2015, China is the second largest trading partner of both the U.S. Lesson 3: Digital is the future, but the regulatory framework is challenging. See Also: Starting a Business Guide.

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China Entrepreneur Technical Review Framework 60