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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

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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. Empowerment.

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Entity Academy, an edtech startup that trains, mentors and places women in tech roles, secures $100M

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An edtech startup called Entity Academy — which provides women with training, in areas like data science and software development; mentoring; and ultimately job coaching — has raised $100 million on the heels of strong growth of its business, and an ambition to improve that ratio.

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Do VC Platforms Make Sense?

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While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth.

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8 Initiatives To Make Your Customers Loyal Advocates

Startup Professionals Musings

The days of pushing new and marginal performers into customer service are gone. A mission of superior customer service is more than words in the board room or words in front of customers. Provide coaching and mentoring as well as training. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 01/14/2016.

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How Helpr Wants To Bring On-Demand To Babysitting

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There's a large number of on-demand services which have been appearing recently, to help people deal with almost every aspect of their life. I started as a teenager, and I did babysitting, life guarding, and swim coaching. Becka Klauber Richter: We are really excited about our plans for expansion in 2016.

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9 Steps To Increasing Your Street Smarts In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

If you want to improve your strength in this area, or need to coach your team along these lines, I recommend the following steps: Approach every problem as a positive business opportunity. At best, you may find a new revenue stream providing a product or service that eliminates a painful problem for both you and your customers.

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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. Ramdani said that astrologers have been particularly successful on Snipfeed, since fans can book a variety of asynchronous services at a wide range of prices. Now, Snipfeed enters the ring with its own $5.5

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