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When you are taking on funding or expanding your businesses, and looking to add a CFO, but may only need one part-time, what are the traits that you need to focus on. We asked nine entrepreneurs what they look for in a part-time CFO? Financial Modeling Experience The CFO should have strong financial modeling skills [...]
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in EntrepreneurshipIt’s Time For The Tech Industry To Make Room For Women
It was, for a moment, almost surprising to hear Michelle Obama’s chosen topic for her recent address to Silicon Valley executives at Apple’s WWDC conference: Gender equality in the tech industry? We currently live in a world in which a shining example of an empowered and successful woman like Michelle Obama is in the news [...] -
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in Entrepreneurship6 Proven Business Growth Strategies for Startups
Growing business is one of the most challenging situations you will face as an entrepreneur. In order to successfully grow your business, you will have to accurately gauge your current performance as well as your limitations. Attempting to expand operations too quickly has historically sunk innumerable, otherwise perfectly good, businesses. If, however, you grow your [...] -
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in Entrepreneurship, MoneyThe 10 Things NOT To Do When Pitching a Venture Capitalist
There’s a lot in the press these days about the behavior of some venture capitalists toward women entrepreneurs. The industry – or at least parts of it – needs to change. That isn’t what this article is about. (It is, however, what this article is about.) This article is instead about what I’ve learned pitching venture capitalists for Ellevest. [...] -
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in EntrepreneurshipRich doctors are beginning to offer their time —and money— to health-tech start-ups
Investing in health start-ups is all the rage. Now, doctors are getting into the game. At least two groups, FundRx in New York and angelMD in Seattle, are connecting physicians with cash to spare with medical startups in need of funding. AngelMD's pitch to companies: Close a round with funding from "those who know healthcare the most." Do doctors [...] -
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in EntrepreneurshipTrump Administration Set To Cancel Entrepreneurial Visa Program
The Trump administration has delayed and will probably cancel the entrepreneurial visa program put in place by President Obama last year and scheduled to begin next week. A lot of people, including those involved with tech companies, are not happy. The program was created by an executive order signed by Obama last year. Referred to […] More
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in Entrepreneurship7 Ways to Find Readers and Subscribers When No One Knows You Yet
The early days of a new blog, podcast, or video channel are actually a sort of magical time. It’s quiet. No one has shown up yet. You can say or do nearly anything. You have the opportunity to experiment and play without fear. And, let’s face it … we all want to get past it […] More
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in EntrepreneurshipHow I Wasted 87,600 Minutes On Dead-End Meetings So You Don’t Have To
As a small business owner, it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of people wanting to meet with you. With promises of partnerships and on-going business referrals, why wouldn’t you take the meeting? A year ago, I couldn’t imagine saying no to a meeting. Over the years, I’ve been lucky enough to get […] More
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in Entrepreneurship, Self-DiscoveryYour Team Is Brainstorming All Wrong
When your team is tasked with generating ideas to solve a problem, suggesting a brainstorming session is a natural reaction. But does that approach actually work? Although the term “brainstorming” is now used as a generic term for having groups develop ideas, it began as the name of a specific technique proposed by advertising executive Alex […] More
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in EntrepreneurshipWhat AI Strategy Should Your Startup Adopt?
The first 6-game match between Gary Kasparov and Deep Blue, played in 1996, ended in a 4–2 win for Kasparov. The world slept better after those games. But our joy at the superiority we still held over ‘the computer’ was short-lived because just over a year later, Deep Blue defeated Kasparov 3 1/2 — 2 1/2 games. […] More
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in EntrepreneurshipYou Don’t Need a CTO to Launch Your Startup
Founders often ask us if they need a CTO in order to get funding for their startups. Investors tell them things like, “If you can’t attract a CTO, then you must not have a compelling company.” Sometimes they’ll say, “I only invest in companies that have strong tech leadership.” Unfortunately, this conventional wisdom is misleading. […] More
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in EntrepreneurshipNew York’s Tech Success Isn’t Measured Just In IPOs
Recently, VentureBeat published a report about “New York City’s overhyped startup scene,” an article that used Yext’s then-impending IPO to make a case that a lack of flashy IPOs and exits somehow indicated New York’s tech and startup environment has not thrived. That couldn’t be further from the truth. While New York may lack a […] More