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7 Ethical Fictions Lead Many New Entrepreneurs Astray

Startup Professionals Musings

Conscious Capitalism , a popular business movement with a focus on culture and ethics, claimed a few years ago returns 10 times higher than the S&P 500. I saw a good summary of these in the classic book, “ Ethical Leadership ,” by Andrew Leigh, an expert in this area. Ethics can’t be managed.

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6 Key Rules To Stay Competitive In The Digital World

Startup Professionals Musings

As a business advisor, I have to recommend even to established companies that they review and revamp their competitive strategy now, even if it appears to be working today. The real challenge is to win massive consumer preference repeatedly. Features, availability, and brand are just the price of entry.

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Venture Capital Q&A Session

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We received so much positive feedback from our This Week in Venture Capital show walking through valuation calculations & term sheets that we decided to do a Q&A show this week to address topics that entrepreneurs want to learn about. In fact, far better if you haven’t raised venture capital. A: It’s not best.

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7 Delusions About Business Ethics Limit Future Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

Conscious Capitalism , a popular business movement which includes a large focus on culture and ethics, claims returns 10 times higher than the S&P 500. I saw a good summary of these in a classic book, “ Ethical Leadership ,” by Andrew Leigh, an expert in this area. Unethical behavior in business is just due to a few ‘bad apples.’

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Why Raising Too Much Money Can Harm Your Startup

Both Sides of the Table

I understand this instinct for more capital and I have two very different personal experiences: In my first company we raised an A-round of $16.5 Because investors need to imagine making a minimum of 10x their invested capital and early-stage investors are shooting for even higher multiples. I have this “How much should I raise?”

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7 Cultural Myths That Can Destroy Your Moral Compass

Startup Professionals Musings

Conscious Capitalism , a recent business movement which includes a large focus on culture and ethics, claims 3.2 I saw a good summary of these in a recent book reissue, “ Ethical Leadership ,” by Andrew Leigh, an expert in this area. Unethical behavior in business is just due to a few ‘bad apples.’ Ethics can’t be managed.

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Interview: Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder AngelList and Co-Maintainer Venture Hacks

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I recommend you first review Dharmesh’s article and then listen to Naval’s thoughts. What follows is a summary which paraphrases Naval’s responses. Venture Hacks is educating entrepreneurs on the game theory of how to raise venture capital. We are productizing the raising of capital for startups. ”.

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