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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Sure, we built SaaS products before the term even existed but at 31 it was hard to delineate reality from what all of the monied people around us were telling us what we were worth. In those years I learned to properly build product, price products, sell products and serve customers. Until we weren’t.

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How VCs Think About Adding New Partners

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Competitive (Athlete: skier & rowed at Princeton, hates losing at everything she does). Operating experience (Helped run parts of CitySearch & UrbanSpoon, tons of product management experience, Board of Hatch Labs which helped spawn Tinder). She is a coach and mentor to team members.

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8 Initiatives That Can Supercharge Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Helpers may be cheaper and quicker to find, but they cost you dearly in managing, coaching and error recovery. Resist the temptation to be defensive, and don’t assume you are somehow smarter than the competition. Start marketing before you have a product to sell. Great marketing is often more important than a great product.

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Fuel50: Helping Employees Figure Out Their Career Path, With Anne Fulton

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You can find a mentor, a coach, a project, or experience, to help you prepare for the role you are looking for. We were originally operating as a coaching company, and we built out this assessment technology for our own clients. With our product, we are hunting whales, and we are elephant hunting. versus New Zealand?

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7 Guidelines For Entrepreneurs To Do The Right Thing

Startup Professionals Musings

Apply the same high bar to product quality, employee satisfaction, social responsibilities and customer service. Be a coach, rather than a dictator. Make doing the right thing your competitive edge today, and the key to your long-term success. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/30/2015.

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Close Relationships At Work Bring Value And Risks

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet the 2015 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. in sociology, and a coach and speaker on work issues and friendship. She outlines the potential benefits of “workships” (work relationships) evolving into friendships and romances as follows: Improve communication and productivity. Can be a competitive advantage.

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The Loneliness of Success that Nobody Talks About

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Mark Suster (@msuster) July 19, 2015. As an industry we need to pay attention to those who are struggling as they build their startups and make sure we pay as much attention to the mental stresses of the job as we do to the business challenges like shipping product, hiring staff and raising money. Advisors / Coaches / Mentors.

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