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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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When it Comes to Venture Capital, Do Like Warren Does

Growthink Blog

These high fees obviously eat away at returns, and more profoundly are in contrast to the “disintermediation spirit” so at the heart of modern technology investing. Little discussed in most venture fund models are the high costs of deal sourcing, diligence, and oversight. Do Like Warren Does.

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

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

Access to the corporate investor’s ecosystem can open up great opportunities from technology validation to customer and partner development. Teten: How is the corporate VC model evolving: in how they interact with portfolio companies or the operating side of their organization? Corporate venture funds are also investing earlier today.

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Greatly Improve Your Real Estate Business By Using Blockchain Technology

YoungUpstarts

For those who are totally lost when it comes to blockchain technology , just imagine one huge spreadsheet that has been duplicated thousands of times over across massive computer network. By adopting blockchain-based real estate technology, you are not only keeping up to date but also showing the consumers you are one they can trust.

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Social CRM at the Crossroads

Venture Chronicles

The last 2 years have been banner years for social CRM technology where the term itself went from being derided as being made up by vendors and analysts rather than defining an actual technology segment, to one of enthusiasm and excitement for how social technologies are changing the way companies engage their customers.

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4 Well-Known Companies to Emulate

Growthink Blog

If the answer comes back that sales would plummet as customers would leave for lower priced competitors, then the needed places where our offerings lack intrinsic and perceived value - because of operational inefficiencies and / or branding ineffectiveness - should become readily obvious. And then get to work to fix those places!