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What Makes an Ideal Leader in a Startup Tech Company?

ReadWriteStart

For example, they can create a clear understanding of what the brand is and what it isn’t, and steer operational models and marketing strategies to adhere to those principles. Once they have a vision established, they can set it as a priority and build the rest of the business around it. Leadership Experience.

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

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Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures says: “I feel that the ability to spin up and then successfully operate remote engineering locations is a skill that technology companies need to develop earlier in their development than used to be the case.”. Today, the smartest CEOs are focused on building Boundaryless distributed teams.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Teten: How is the corporate VC model evolving: in how they interact with portfolio companies or the operating side of their organization? Urs Cete, the Head of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , notes, “If you think you can provide just money, you will be disintermediated.”. They used to come in at series B and later.

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Growthink Innovation Series: FinTech

Growthink Blog

According to PWC, within the next 3-5 years, cumulative investment in FinTech globally could exceed $150 billion. Mr. Steve Hensley , Executive Vice President at KAL Software , a global software company operating at the forefront of the ATM industry. What does financial disintermediation really mean?