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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. and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs.

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10 Attributes Of The Perfect Partner For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader. Operate with a comparable level of integrity. As a long-time business advisor and angel investor, I’m a believer that “two heads are better than one” in building a new business.

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Why Entrepreneurs Should Be Respected More Than Loved

Both Sides of the Table

Eventually you need a VP of Product to handle your product roadmap, a CTO for engineering leadership and VPs of sales, marketing & biz dev. Leadership is actually quite difficult. They talk to customers, operations, sales, marketing and engineering to determine the company product roadmap. Leadership Startup Lessons'

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5 Paths To Snag That Key Leader For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Provide effective leadership. Remember that leadership is both upward, as well as downward to direct reports and employees. A good CEO provides leadership to the Board of Directors, company investors, and stockholders. In it, he says "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things."

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Chewy S-1: Category Leadership + Conveyor Belt Into Consumers’ Homes

View from Seed

First, on an operating cashflow basis Chewy has been CF positive in some of the recent years. In 2016 they generated an operating cash profit of $7M, in a year where the company was still spending significantly on growth and grew revenue >100% YoY. Could Chewy reduce its marketing or other expenditures and be profitable now?

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6 Lessons Most Entrepreneurs Only Learn On The Street

Startup Professionals Musings

Actually, building and nurturing the right team is the hard part, requiring communication, hiring, and leadership. Your leadership skills do not develop without effort. In addition to locking in his leadership position in electric vehicles, he has also used his patents to negotiate faster growth in his market.

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How to Get Your Remote Accounts Team to Operate Efficiently

The Startup Magazine

Among the departments transitioning to remote operations, the accounts team holds particular significance. Also, since accounting operations often deal with confidential and financial data, you must incorporate the use of a secure and efficient document management platform.