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Decision Making 101 - Defining Your Values Makes Most Decisions Easy

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“It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.”. The decision was difficult for a number of reasons. You can only base the decision on the facts you currently have, thus do not be concerned about subsequently second guessing yourself. Roy Disney, American Entrepreneur.

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Napkin Finance Powers Financial Literacy Program For White House

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The company offers up collections of its financial snippets, such as Money 101 , covering up such topics as savings , budgeting , paying for college and more.

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How to Improve Your Odds of Getting to Yes with a VC — “Land and Expand”

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In order to understand how to “get to yes” with a VC you first need to understand how VC partnerships make decisions and then you can understand how to increase your odds of closing a deal. How does the partnership typically make its final investment decisions? What Happens When There’s Dissent on the Investment Decision?

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Max Q: How to build a Starship

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Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who defied prejudice in the ’50s and ’60s to help NASA send the first men to the moon, has died at the age of 101. Also, Adidas is sending up a machine that makes its BOOST shoe soles just to see how it works in space. Farewell to a legend. SpaceX plans to build Starships at a furious clip.

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How to Stop Your Board Meeting from Going Down a Rat Hole

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You’re allowed to deviate but if you do so make sure it’s a conscious choice. But if it’s just catching you out for the sake of it to make the negative nelly feel good?—?it’s They ask 101 questions that were in the deck or they ask about topics you’ve already covered. But it still happens. it’s your job as CEO to stop it.

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What is the Right Burn Rate for your Startup?

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One of the hardest decisions entrepreneurs make when they start a company and raise outside capital is figuring out what an acceptable “burn rate” is. That is, how much should your company be willing to lose in cash every month as you make investments in staff and equipment that funds technology, sales, marketing and management.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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With small amounts of money invested (sub $3 million) the risks are reasonably low for most VCs and the consequences of bad decisions or decisions a VC has limited say in is tolerable. Offering a sparring-partner function on strategic decisions. Easy peasy 101 discussions for VCs. Mentorship. As You Start to Mature.

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