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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Sam & Rahul have worked closely together on “innovate & operate” since the earliest days of MakeSpace.

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The Shift from FOMO to FOLD in Early Stage Investing

View from Seed

This led to a number of repercussions that most VC’s have lamented during this time, including higher prices, larger rounds, shoddy due diligence, and many companies raising large sums of venture capital that probably aren’t suited to VC funding. Firms will start to torture founders with endless diligence requests.

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Tech That Can Make The Freelance Economy Sustainable

YoungUpstarts

Tech That Helps You Grow (And Grows With You). There’s a genuine need for technology that can provide insights and automation in the freelance economy, especially as it relates to collecting the right tax forms and adhering to the right employment laws. But what type of technology can help? Managing the Freelance Economy. “The

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

We just held our seventeenth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.

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We’re Hiring a Platform and Operations Associate at NextView

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With the recent announcement of our fourth fund , we are expanding the team at NexView with a new Platform and Operations Associate. Today, we have invested in over 100 high-growth companies, some of which have grown to be household names with thousands of employees making a huge impact in the everyday lives of everyday people. .

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Business Travel Decline Due To COVID And Environmental Concerns

YoungUpstarts

The reduction of the business trips of their employees goes in that direction. The global lockdown, due to the pandemic, has forced companies to digitize their operations. All employees can decide where to work and where to live. Companies will push employees to opt for virtual meetings instead of business trips.

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Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Steve Blank

This post previously appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Venture Studios are an “idea factory” with their own employees searching for product/market fit and a repeatable and scalable business model. But these look for founders who have a technical or business model insight and a team. Carlos stirred his coffee.