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How good a leader are you?

Berkonomics

We can invent lots of metrics to measure progress for a leader, including revenue, profit, employee satisfaction, cost containment, percentage of available market, and more. With this information and challenge, how would you measure your effectiveness as a leader? What is your leadership end game goal? first appeared on BERKONOMICS.

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4 Keys To A Successful Integrity Check With Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad. Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors.

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10 Keys To Raising Your New Venture Funding Potential

Startup Professionals Musings

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. They look for the use of talent analytics, such as productivity per employee, as well as the practices and attitude toward employee satisfaction.

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Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global is buying a startup that uses neuroscience to boost app usage

TechCrunch LA

Now, Thrive Global is adding a tech tool to its arsenal of cognitive behavioral therapies with the acquisition of the Los Angeles-based startup, Boundless Mind. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the stock and cash acquisition will see all nine members of the current Boundless team join Thrive Global.

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How To Prepare Your New Venture For Investor Scrutiny

Startup Professionals Musings

Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad. Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors.

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6 Ways To Improve Your Odds Of New Business Success

Startup Professionals Musings

If we build it, they will come” doesn’t work in today’s worldwide information overload. Mergers and acquisitions also require new skills. It’s an amazing ride, and there is no satisfaction like creating something out of nothing. It takes the right team to build a great business. Needed help can be your biggest burden.

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10 Goodwill Elements To Raise Your Business Valuation

Startup Professionals Musings

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. They look for the use of talent analytics, such as productivity per employee, as well as the practices and attitude toward employee satisfaction.