View from Seed

JUNE 13, 2019

The company launched in 2011 and then was acquired by PetSmart for over $3 billion in 2017 (PetSmart itself owned by PE firm BC Partners), but Chewy is now preparing for life as a standalone public company. First, on an operating cashflow basis Chewy has been CF positive in some of the recent years. Conclusion.

Leadership 214

Leadership .Net Revenue Aggregator 214

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2023

New digital technologies, business models, and regulatory rulings are forcing all of us to think outside of our silos and rethink what it means to operate effectively. In many cases, I see leaders lulled into a false sense of complacency by adequate short-term returns, and the pressures of daily operations.

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Partner Operations Metrics Leadership 350

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2020

Let’s take a hard look at the key potential weaknesses of a visionary, and the value of an execution-oriented partner, which the authors call an integrator : Staying focused and following through. Balance here comes again from the operational expert, who is very good at leading, managing, and holding people accountable.

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Founder Cofounder Bandwidth Matching 329

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In his new book “ People Over Process: Leadership for Agility “, technology expert Michael K. I was an early adopter in financial operations and software of lean operational and product development techniques that originated at Toyota, and then of agile as it was promulgated in the Manifesto.

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Agile Leadership SCRUM Lean 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2013

There you can connect with thousands of potential executives and partners, or find a planned meetup in a city near you. " Provide effective leadership. Remember that leadership is both upward, as well as downward to direct reports and employees. Craft an operational plan and make it work.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Startup Exit Strategy 219

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Abraham Gin, an entrepreneur, business coach, and CEO of Gin Consulting Group , which provides unique leadership development and training platforms. Abraham serves his clients with both forward-looking business growth strategy and digital marketing through leadership applications partners. What problems does it solve?

Leadership 167

Leadership Founder Technical Review Entrepreneur 167

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

For most of my career, I’ve served startups and early-stage companies as an operating executive or advisor. Do you need highly skilled functional managers or do you need a true partner? someone to be that true partner). This is why I encourage almost every startup founder to find a partner or a cofounder.

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Hiring Cofounder Startup Technical Cofounder 336

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Since employees have been working remotely, organizations have seen a significant increase in productivity and communication, making employers more open toward hiring or partnering with people that are located throughout the US and all over the world. It’s a win-win. Employees clearly want and enjoy the flexibility. Cost Savings.

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Technical Review Cofounder Leadership Employee 275

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

The market seemed crowded and our leadership position that had been built over many years seemed to not matter any more. On July 27th, 2001 Accenture IPO’s and many of the partners grew fabulously wealthy. Accenture opened massive operations in India & China and continued its industry dominance.

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Turkey Differentiation IP Technical Review 302

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

Often products that introduce disruptive new technologies, such as electric vehicles or healthcare solutions, are dependent on supportive infrastructures, operational regulations, or insurance approvals before benefits can be realized. This may require you selling exclusivity, doing channel development, or alliances with new partners.

Product 354

Product Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Dividend 354

Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2022

It isn’t unusual to act as CEO while also tackling marketing tasks and coordinating operations. The answer depends on what your current operations look like. If you’re in startup mode and have limited working capital to cover your operating expenses , you may be bootstrapping your way through the early days.

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CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Hiring 163

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

Connect operations today with long-term goals. Overtly connect every operational problem to your strategy, rather than putting strategy on a different plane and making it only an annual event. Explore partners and M&A to solidify your strategy. Attract, train, and reward only the best leaders.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Merger Social Media 312

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. It feels like something you could turn your attention to once you have tens of millions of dollars and a large staff to run operations and you could step back from it all and think about how to lead. The reality of most startups is about survival.

Leadership 150

Leadership Southern California San Diego Hiring 150

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Industry-specific domain experience becomes critical when identifying operational pain points ripe for transformation. This outside work provides a valuable source of revenue able to be used to fund operations. This provides both valuable experience and an understanding of the operational issues within each sector.

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Incubator Startup Software Development Software Developers 188

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Of partner? Industry or Operating Experience? I know many VCs who don’t have operating experience and frankly some of them are fantastic. EQ and Team Leadership? Summary: Team Leadership skills, operating knowhow and industry knowledge are all tremendously important. Picking a VC is hard.

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Portfolio Chicago Sales Incubator 364

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 10, 2025

Solving the Marketing Leadership Gap for Small Business (Marketing Leadership as a Service) written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Small business marketing can feel like an endless checklist: create content , run Google Ads, post on social media, and optimize for SEO. They fail because they lack marketing leadership.

Leadership 43

Leadership Small Business Marketing Social Media 43

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In his 17-year career, Rosenberg has developed key insights into the minds of CFOs and FP&A teams, with strengths in both customer-facing leadership and data analytics itself. Yanai Oron, General Partner at Vertex, has said that his firm invested in DataRails because of the profile and strength of the platform’s positive reviews.

Hiring 172

Hiring Software Review Customer Israel 172

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2019

Gone are the days of absentee leadership or CEOs who operate out of sight or behind the scenes. Often, this is most noticeable when it comes to employee retention and engagement: In a company with strong leadership, when something needs to get done, people strive to complete it — because they want to.

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St. Louis Leadership Retention Employee 197

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

” I want to do the best deals wherever they are, but I thought, most VCs I met didn’t have very good operational experience, so I thought, “Well, what if I created a blog called Both Sides of the Table and could emphasize the fact that I used to sit on your side of the table? .” ” I thought, “Nah.”

Cofounder 337

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Startup San Diego 337

Agile VC

JUNE 13, 2019

The company launched in 2011 and then was acquired by PetSmart for over $3 billion in 2017 (PetSmart itself owned by PE firm BC Partners), but Chewy is now preparing for life as a standalone public company. First, on an operating cashflow basis Chewy has been CF positive in some of the recent years. Conclusion.

Leadership 100

Leadership .Net Revenue Aggregator 100

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2015

We were not any different, we had corporate bylaws, which my partner and I both reviewed and signed. Our company was essentially going to be 50/50, but since my partner at the time was Indian, we decided that we would apply for HUB status as a business. However, this is not the case for everyone.

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Fractional CTO CTO Hire Advisory Board Software Review 100

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Transcript of Developing Important Entrepreneurial and Leadership Qualities written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. He is a co-founder and managing partner of Relationship Impact , a consulting firm focused on helping great leaders build great leadership teams. Back to Podcast. Transcript.

Leadership 92

Leadership Developer Curation Hiring 92

View from Seed

APRIL 27, 2020

But the courage and leadership I am witnessing each day is inspiring. Trying to be transparent has always been a core value of NextView, and we hope that this will help founders and our co-investors better understand how we intend to operate in the early stage ecosystem in the next several years. . This is scary.

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Cofounder Software Review Portfolio Technical Review 194

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Not only were profits reduced, and businesses were forced to diversify in order to survive, but the way businesses operate has been forced to change. . Invest in Leadership Training. The practice of educating staff members in leadership abilities is referred to as leadership training. Partner Up with Micro-Influencers.

Social Media 168

Social Media Leadership Audience Video 168

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

recently wrote a post talking about how some VCs meddle in operating company decisions or some executive teams are too reliant on VCs to jump in and make hard calls for them. So operating at a higher level, helping to set the framework for decision making and then sitting down and watching the game be played, is certainly the way to go.”

Startup 150

Startup CTO Hire Sales PR 150

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

With today’s fast-paced business environment and a very competitive market, you need to have charismatic leadership, strong motivation, technical skills, passion, and commitment to ace the industry. Coaches help you develop a good leadership style. Think of executive coaches as business partners. Leadership?

Leadership 127

Leadership Technical Review Hiring Matching 127

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2020

A real business requires leadership – thought leadership to attract customers and mind share, as well as people leadership around a team, partners, and investors. As pointed out in a classic book by leadership expert Herminia Ibarra, very few people are born knowing how to “ Act Like A Leader, Think Like A Leader.”

Leadership 312

Leadership Non-Compete Startup Networking 312

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 13, 2020

Huge kudos to Bryan Leach at iBotta and Rachel Carlson at Guild Education for providing urgent and effective leadership here. wherever possible we are strongly encouraging our vendors, service providers and partner businesses to take similar precautions.

Colorado 170

Colorado Fractional CTO Silicon Valley Cofounder 170

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

I am thrilled to announce that we have added Hamet Watt as a Partner at Upfront Ventures. But as sweet as that success has been (we invested pre-revenue in a small team) today my even more important news was the further expansion of our partner ranks. We have been on a drive to add more operational partners.

Partner 340

Partner Los Angeles South Africa Cap Table 340

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2017

I believe these factors are key to the future success of every new startup, as well as every mature company: Leadership must be values-based and people focused. The command and control leadership of the past is proving to be too inflexible, devoid of values, and not empathic to people issues – customers, employees, and partners.

Artificial Inteligence 139

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Leadership Agile 139

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2015

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Billy Bosworth is the CEO of DataStax ; he leads the company’s global strategy and direction, and oversees day-to-day operations. While leadership partly rests on personality, aptitude and drive, it also rests on ways of thinking and of skills that can be learned.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Leadership Early Stage Technical Review 100

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

Big data is a prominent subject for many businesses around the world, and for those of you who operate entirely online enterprises, studying statistics and numbers is perhaps even more important, and, can be convenient using online business education. Analyzing Data. Working with Social Media.

Analytics 179

Analytics Technical Review Social Media Software Review 179

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 13, 2019

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Columbus 145

Columbus Ohio Technical Review Startup 145

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In the first stage the Outpost focusses on networking and partnering in the Innovation Cluster in which it is based (i.e. Stage 1: Networking and Partnering – the Technology Connectors. In addition to getting plugged into the ecosystem’s network, the first role of the Outpost is to partner. In what order?

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Incubator Acquisition Business Model 120

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Not many people have the bandwidth to simultaneously cover all the required bases in finance, marketing, manufacturing, and operations, as well as solution development. The toughest barriers are competing priorities caused by business leadership not being aligned on a common purpose, strategy, or plan.

Bandwidth 154

Bandwidth Leadership Mobile Finance 154

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

It’s how your company operates internally, but it has no allegiance to the core of your business: making money and growing at a steady pace. Most people enjoy reflecting on their days by taking walks after dinner, talking with their partners, or simply sitting in silence for a bit. Culture, after all, is inward. Long-Term Thinking.

DC 182

DC PHP Metrics Technical Review 182

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2019

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “ As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles.

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Framework Architecture Cleveland Early Stage 127