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Praying to the God of Valuation

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How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics. What happened? People were building.

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

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Anne Fulton: Fuel50 is a career pathing startup, part of the HR technology landscape. We're a disruptor, the third wave in human resources technology. You can find a mentor, a coach, a project, or experience, to help you prepare for the role you are looking for. What is Fuel50? The whole space has been neglected.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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Reviewing financial & operational performance. By now you have many smart people around your board but probably people who don’t totally understand the nuances of your employees, customers, sales reps, marketing messages, technology challenges, competitors and strategic choices. how to market our products and company.

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10 Ways An Entrepreneur Can Build A Winning Culture

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That’s why they insist on spending a day with your team as part of the due diligence process. There is no rule that marketing needs to report to the founder, or that every startup needs a chief operating officer. Technology can be used to facilitate customer support and sales, as well as enhance your product.

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5 Ways To Improve Startup Founder Team Productivity

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I have personally used this approach in leading startups as well as large organizations, in highly technical roles as well as business development and marketing. For one-on-one coaching from the startup founder, I call this approach five-minute mentoring. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 4/17/2015.

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7 Key Maxims of a Mindset Focused on Growth

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A fixed mindset is when entrepreneurs believe their abilities and market are fixed, and the challenge is to make the best of the hand already dealt. Develop market insights and a growth vision far beyond today. Market change is opportunity. Replace “push” marketing with value-added “pull” marketing.

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Where You’d Least Expect Them

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In 2015, the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finals were held in Marrakesh, Morocco. In 2016, the renowned international university programming tournament — attended by student competitors, coaches, and parents — took place in Phuket, Thailand. But longtime ICPC student coach Antonette Logar, Ph.D.,

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