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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

It’s a new year – 2016. I’ve spent hours this week reading about the firing of the head coach and personnel manager of the football team I support – The Philadelphia Eagles. His name was Chip Kelly and he came off of a very successful stint as the coach of the collegiate Oregon Ducks. Team Building.

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Link-in-bio monetization platform Snipfeed raises a $5.5M seed round

TechCrunch LA

Linktree has been around since 2016 and has more funding than its up-and-coming competitors. Meanwhile, Beacons takes 9% of sales from its free version , and 5% from its $10 per month version, which offers more customization, integrations and analytics. Now, Snipfeed enters the ring with its own $5.5 Image Credits: Snipfeed.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

The functions of an early-stage board are pretty obvious and well understood: Providing introductions to customers, biz dev partners, recruits, the press, other investors, etc. Over time you start to figure out who you customers are and how to sell to them or how to get them to adopt your products if you’re a consumer-oriented startup.

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8 Initiatives To Make Your Customers Loyal Advocates

Startup Professionals Musings

If you can’t provide a memorable customer experience, your startup won’t survive very long these days. You now need more than loyalty from your customers -- they need to be your best advocates. The days of pushing new and marginal performers into customer service are gone. Every job on your team drives your customer experience.

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5 Ways To Make Everyone On Your Team A Marketer

Startup Professionals Musings

These might include anyone bringing in a new customer, representing the company in a good social cause, or participating in a video or social media campaign on their own time. A single marketing coordinator can accelerate your efforts by being the coach and mentoring key members of the team on soft marketing. Reward success.

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

socalTECH

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. How is it your first customer was in Australia? It's very much matching pieces into a puzzle.

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7 Key Principles of Question-Based Leadership To Win

Startup Professionals Musings

No matter how strong your business and technology insights are, you can benefit from input at all levels of the organization, as well as outside experts and customers. Use questions to coach and develop team members. The best leaders focus on coaching and mentoring people on decision making, rather than giving orders.

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