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How a 300,000 Person Company is Becoming a Start-Up

How a 300,000 Person Company is Becoming a Start-Up

By Jacob Morgan on August 12, 2014

A few months ago I created a Youtube video where I talked about the paradox of organizations which is as follows. Business leaders know that as their organization’s grow they increase in complexity and decrease in speed and agility, however these same business leaders are constantly focusing on growth. So the paradox is how do […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Strategy | Tagged Eric Ries, fastworks, GE, General Electric, lean startup

How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

By Mark Suster on April 4, 2011

  You Manage What you Measure One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.” It’s a very important concept for me because in a startup you are constantly under pressure and have way too many distractions. Having a set of metrics […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged Entrepreneurship, Eric Ries, Measurement, Startup Advice, startups | 1 Response

8 Questions to Help Decide if You Should be Raising Money Now

8 Questions to Help Decide if You Should be Raising Money Now

By Mark Suster on February 17, 2011

A year ago I blogged about one of my most common mantras that applies to sales, biz dev & fund raising alike: “Time is the Enemy of all Deals.” When times are really good for fund raising many teams delay to maximize their valuation. Sometimes this pays off, other times it doesn’t. So how should […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Eric Ries, Fundraising, Investor, Startup Advice, startups, vc funding, venture capital, venture funding

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