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6 Tips For Ramping Up Your Work Culture For Tomorrow

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, Elon Musk says he seeks out innovations from his team by constantly asking them how they can make things better, how often they get out of internal meetings and into customer shops, and actively encouraging them to try new things. Spend more time mentoring and coaching your team.

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Meet the 2017 Startups from the Disney Accelerator

Tech.Co

The company has a majority stake in Team Liquid, a top esports team in the US and Europe with 60 pro players, coaches, and analysts competing in nine games as well as a minority stake in Super League Gaming. Brit + Co is a digital media company that inspires, educates and entertains real women with a creative spirit.

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Raising Seed Capital Now: 10 Tips

Tech Coast Venture Network

Pitching at a screening in slow months can result in delayed response from investors or even lack of interest at lightly attended screenings. “Our executive director works with entrepreneurs [who] have been selected to pitch, coaching them to improve their presentations and helping them anticipate questions.”

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Why Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers

Both Sides of the Table

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. We are judging how well you are coached on stage. Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. Do you have good quips?

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. Ask your customer why you lost. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not a sore loser. Make sure you learn your lessons from losses.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. Ask your customer why you lost. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not a sore loser. Make sure you learn your lessons from losses.

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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

Both Sides of the Table

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. We are judging how well you are coached on stage. Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. Do you have good quips?