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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

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In his tenure as CEO of DataSift we have never missed a monthly revenue figure. He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. He sets clear goals for what he wants to achieve.

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Why Startups Need a Well Articulated Strategy (And How to Think About Yours)

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With 30 million registered users on a global basis. It has become the largest art community on the web with huge pockets of global users who never had a website in which to express themselves amongst peers and also find ways to monetize their talents on a global basis. 65 million monthly actives. billion monthly page views.

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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

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Since that date the S&P 500 is up 2.45% while Accenture stock is up 206% with revenue of $23 billion and a market cap of $32 billion. The things that always differentiated Accenture? There seem to be a lot of market entrants in every category where it becomes hard to differentiate them all from each other.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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I think that mindset is useful to remind entrepreneurs that it is a shared journey and capital (whether active or passive) is a part of your success and your ability to access it when you need to and for the amounts you need is a very critical differentiator between successful companies and unsuccessful one.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

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” The pioneering fund of funds realize that their source of differentiation is much more about the latter than the former. Summary: Cheap, mobile, social, global, always-on, one-click-purchase =. Unprecedented revenue growth + companies staying private longer =. more than 5 years ago?—?and and hasn’t abated.

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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

Companionship Differentiated value prop vs. generalist chat products – AI companion products hat specialise in content that mainstream models aren’t good at (or don’t allow), like fictional role plays or erotica. Generalizable robotics represent a $24 trillion-plus global revenue opportunity. trillion by 2030.

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Starting Up In Singapore (Part I) – Product/Market Fit

YoungUpstarts

It is harder to raise capital, you need to execute fast and choose the largest market with highest achievable revenue potential as your beach head market] E.G. BuzzCity, Mig33, TMGamer, ImpulseFlyer, Reebonz etc. Global from day one (GD1). In this case, I urge founders to start in the US first (i.e. Consumer Facing B2C.

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