8 Things Your VC Won’t Tell You
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Venture capitalists, especially those investing at the early stage, could be described as “relationship capitalists”. You’ll often hear how investors approach their commitments like a marriage, and that they think long and hard about with whom they want to go to bed. Avoid picturing that second part. But the VC mystique can be inexplicable at times. Why do they send such curt emails? What the #%$! do they mean by “traction”? Are they even paying attention?! Here are some things they might be thinking (but probably won’t flat-out say) during the courtship process, and how you can prepare, take ownership, and rock the pitch.
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On Dec. 13, 2015, SpringOwl released this 99 page presentation on why Yahoo needs substantial change from the status quo and why it would be a mistake to sell the core business now at the lows. We offer our 9 point plan for how to turn around the company and create the most amount of value with the least risk for shareholders (and employees)
Trc investor presentation 05 13 final
The presentation summarizes TRC's business and financial performance. TRC provides engineering, consulting and construction management services to the energy, environmental and infrastructure industries. It has transformed its business through acquisitions, cost reductions and a focus on higher-growth markets. TRC has a diversified revenue base across business segments and clients. It is pursuing organic growth and acquisitions in the utility/power and oil & gas industries. TRC has strengthened its balance sheet and is demonstrating improved financial metrics as it leverages its business model.
The new new competition - How digital platforms change competitive strategy
The document discusses how platform competition differs from traditional competition. Platform competition occurs at three levels: between platforms, platforms and their partners, and partners within a platform's ecosystem. Platforms win by owning their ecosystem, monitoring it for valuable resources, leveraging user data, acquiring companies built on their platform, monitoring adjacent areas, and having superior technological design. Some markets become "winner-take-all" where network effects drive users to a single dominant platform. Understanding platform competition is important for both platforms and participants in their ecosystems.
We’re Leaking, and Everything’s Fine: How and Why Companies Deliberately Leak...
Although the protection of secrets is often vital to the survival of organizations, at other times organizations can benefit by deliberately leaking secrets to outsiders. We explore how and why this is the case. We identify two dimensions of leaks: (1) whether the information in the leak is factual or concocted, and (2) whether leaks are conducted overtly or covertly. Using these two dimensions, we identify four types of leaks, which we term informing, dissembling, misdirecting, and provoking. We also provide a framework to help managers decide whether or not they should leak secrets.
28 Pitching Essentials
If you are like many people, even the thought of delivering a speech in front of an audience will get your palms sweating. The fear of public speaking ranks high among the most common phobias, and for good reason: most of us approach the situation with the wrong mindset, which in turn makes us live out our worst fears in a public forum.
As Michael Parker notes in IT’S NOT WHAT YOU SAY: How to Sell Your Message When It Matters Most (A TarcherPerigee paperback; on sale January 2016), our fixation on the content of our words – and not the presentation of ourselves – is what brings us down. Once the Vice-Chairman of London’s Saatchi & Saatchi, and one of the world’s most experienced advertising pitch men, having made more than 1,000 pitches in his successful career, Parker has learned first-hand that an effective presentation, a job interview, or even a speech at a wedding hinges on our ability to portray ourselves as passionate, relatable, and collected. But, if we are focused on what we say, and not how we act, we will fail to persuade our audience.
Applied in the boardroom, at the pulpit, or even in conversation, these tenets will help you present better in any situation.
Software is Eating Bio
Bio in 2015 is like software in 2005. The bio fund is really about funding software companies in the bio space.
Mobile Is Eating the World (2014)
There is no point in drawing a distinction between the future of technology and the future of mobile. They are the same. In other words, technology is now outgrowing the tech industry.
Beyond the Gig Economy
- The gig economy as currently defined will not last long term, as tasks like ridesharing and delivery are likely to be automated. However, skilled professionals using platforms like Thumbtack to find clients will persist and proliferate.
- Technology is empowering skilled tradespeople by allowing them to connect directly with customers and run their businesses more efficiently without traditional employers. Skilled professionals are less reliant on college degrees and are building middle-class lifestyles through online skills marketplaces.
- Policymakers should support independent workers through policies that provide safety nets and make it easier for skilled professionals to succeed without full-time employment.
Culture Code: Creating a Company You Love
The document discusses the importance of creating a strong culture for a startup company. It notes that while many startups don't focus on culture, leaving it to develop haphazardly, culture actually plays a crucial role in a company's success by determining the types of people it attracts and retains. The document provides tips for founders such as defining the company's mission, values, and vision of success to shape the emerging culture in a deliberate way rather than leaving it to chance. It emphasizes that culture will develop whether intentionally managed or not, so founders should focus on cultivating the type of culture they want for their growing business.
2015 Global Innovation 1000 study: Innovation’s New World Order
For the 11th year running, Strategy&, PwC's strategy consulting business, analyzed the top 1,000 public companies around the world that spent the most on R&D during the last fiscal year. This year’s results paint a detailed picture of not only who’s spending the most on R&D, but also where they are spending it.
Digital Storytelling for Social Impact
Organizations should (1) articulate clear goals for their digital storytelling, such as increasing donations or volunteer recruitment. They should (2) identify their target audiences and understand those audiences' interests and motivations. Finally, organizations should (3) set specific, measurable objectives for their storytelling, such as getting 1,000 shares of a story on social media. Developing a clear strategy is necessary to craft engaging content and reach the right people.
Saving People Money
Sarah Tavel of Greylock Partners analyzes the unique financial pain points that young Americans are facing and explains why fintech is ripe for disruption.
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SpringOwl's 99 Page Presentation On Turning Around Viacom
SpringOwl's 99 Page Presentation On Turning Around Viacom
Hugh Campbell - UKBAA Northern Investment Summit presentation
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SpringOwl's 99 Page Presentation On How To Best Turnaround Yahoo!
SpringOwl's 99 Page Presentation On How To Best Turnaround Yahoo!
The new new competition - How digital platforms change competitive strategy
The new new competition - How digital platforms change competitive strategy
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We’re Leaking, and Everything’s Fine: How and Why Companies Deliberately Leak...
2015 Global Innovation 1000 study: Innovation’s New World Order
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Email marketing is an important part of your digital marketing strategy. If you haven’t maximized your efforts in this area yet, it’s an excellent way to increase engagement and boost your repeat sales numbers.
Grab this amazing tool https://www.digistore24.com/redir/348693/outshout/
How To Coronavirus Proof Your Home
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29 Tips to Take Control of Your Life Now
Most of us go through life feeling like we’re not in control.
Our time is filled with things we have to do, while our dreams are filled with things we assume we can’t do. Social and financial obligations dictate most of our behavior, while the remainder of our choices are constrained by fear.
Life becomes a series of things that happen to us.
But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can systematically conquer your anxieties and eliminate the external obstacles holding you back. You can take back control. Your life can be yours. Here’s how.
7 Tips for Social Media Manager
The document provides 7 tips for social media managers to stay organized: 1) Create a content calendar to plan all posts in advance. 2) Schedule some content ahead of time to free up time. 3) Make a to-do list each day to prioritize tasks. 4) Be on the lookout for relevant content to post without spending hours searching. 5) Start content folders labeled with post dates to reduce stress. 6) Use Canva to easily create images regardless of complexity. 7) Set time limits for tasks to improve time management and efficiency. Following these tips can help social media managers become more organized.
10 Ways to Deliver an Unforgettable Presentation
Whenever I have to speak in front of a group, this quote from journalist Roscoe Drummond always pops into my head: “The mind is a wonderful thing. It starts working the minute you are born and never stops until you get up to speak in public.”
Presentations are one of the best ways of delivering information, but not everyone is a natural public speaker. For me, it was always hard to talk in front of people I did not know. That’s why these tips have been collected to make the job that much easier for you.
This is a stylization of an article by Mary Walton, "10 Ways to Deliver an Unforgettable Presentation" on creator.wework.com
This presentation is designed to stand alone, without having to be presented in person. Enjoy
10 Ways To Be That Confident Person You Always Wanted To Be
Do you want to become a confident person? Many people believe that you are born with confidence, but this isn’t necessarily true. Self-confidence is built up through your life, and you can choose to gain more self-confidence.
It is never too late to start working on finding your confidence – check out 10 ways you can become a more confident person you always wanted to be. .
Ten Must Have Self Reflective Thoughts For Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs operate in a fast paced life setting, driven by technology. Needless to say we are busier than the generations gone by, which is why self-reflection is a must. Taking time-off with yourself once in a while will help chalk out your life map. It gives you a clearer perspective on how you wish your life and business to pan out, focusing on the right and amending the wrong. The ancient mythologists have always iterated that self-reflection helps you clear out the unnecessary from your mind, encouraging you to focus on the necessary.
To gain a clearer perspective on your life, ask yourself these 10 very important questions:
10 Powerful Affirmations for Startup Entrepreneurs
You have deigned to embark on a journey that very few tread. You are on the mission to realize your dreams, goals that are turned into fruitful actions. Simply put, you have made a choice to not work under anybody but yourself. You are ready to consume risks and seek rewards. There are little or no means, but you are charged up to explore the path.
Entrepreneurship happens to those who see beyond the horizon. Mavericks who play fearlessly in the unknown. You are one of those startup firebrands who have already envisaged success inside their head. It is all up to you now. The attitude, the plan and the way you react to the roadblocks ahead. What you become in course of this journey is what fetches results. The outcome can be a rich reap of success. Let us not talk about the cons. You are already there. You can do it. Walk a mile more.
This SlideShare presentation is for the rookies who think and act success. Individuals who are not shaken down or petrified with animosities. Hustlers who will walk the talk to make it all happen.
10 Powerful Affirmations coming your way as a startup founder. Play it. Dream it. Live it.
9 Traits of Well-Loved Entrepreneurs
Being a successful entrepreneur takes more than just navigating your company through the rough waters of business. It means inspiring your staff to do everything it can to help grow your business.
Ten Characteristics Common To Highly Effective Entrepreneurs
The document discusses the results of a study on the effects of exercise on memory and thinking abilities in older adults. The study found that regular exercise can help reduce the decline in thinking abilities that often occurs with age. Older adults who exercised regularly performed better on cognitive tests and brain scans showed they had greater activity in important areas for memory and learning compared to less active peers.
Awesomeness On Your First Slide
If a presentation were a painting, then it’s background would be a canvas. As any painter worth their palettes will tell you, a lot of thought goes into the selection and curing of a blank canvas. And that's even before the first streak of charcoal or a load of paint touches the very medium. Presentations are similar - a well-designed background can lend immense value to the final creation.
Choosing a proper background is a significant job - it can set the ambience for your presentation. Colors, textures and images play an important psychological role that may enhance the creativity and suitability of a story or theme.
Backgrounds need to be elegant and subdued - it's purpose is to never distract your audience from an actual event. Simplicity is of paramount value. The objective of this presentation is to share awesomeness for your first slide. The old cliche "A picture is worth a thousand words" is put to the use in this presentation. So that you can “Create Awesomeness”.
Towards Greatness
Each one of us is called to greatness. We can have a significant impact on the world around us—if we so choose.
This is a stylization of an article by Robin Sharma, "11 Reminders for Your Greatness in 2016". Do check his web site - www.robinsharma.com
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Your Startup Is About To Fail
Sometimes you think you are on the right path and everything is going smoothly… then out of nowhere, an unexpected obstacle stares you right in the eye. What do you do?
Below are some early warning signs that you might be in trouble.
Did You Know That LinkedIn Can Help Promote Your Brand
LinkedIn is not just a professional version of Facebook, but rather a site for networking, job hunting, information sharing, and promoting brands and businesses. Unlike more social sites, LinkedIn is for professional networking and interactions could lead to potential customers. The document recommends using LinkedIn to promote your brand through your profile and by engaging with groups related to your industry or topic area.
You Should Stop Looking for Venture Capital
Perhaps the adage is true: We want what we can’t have. And yet it can be argued that your chances of success are greater if you stop looking for VC money and focus your energy on bootstrapping your business and attracting customers.
10 Quotes That Makes You Feel Stronger Today
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
18 Signs You Are Killing Your Creativity
You can make a significant impact in the world in your own small way if you expand your horizon and start asking: why?
You are supposed to explore and make yourself better, smarter and stay remarkable. Some people are killing their creative instincts without knowing it. Your daily actions either enhance your ability to make a positive impact in your immediate environment or kill your creative habits.
So You Can Think Like An Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurs come in all shapes, sizes, ages and can be from anywhere. They, as far as I know, do not wear a uniform or carry membership cards for an entrepreneurship club. If you passed one on the street or sat next to one in a restaurant, you’d likely not even know.
So what makes someone an entrepreneur?
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The Ten Everyday Roles of a Startup Entrepreneur
Leading a business is complex work. It’s not a matter of walking into the office, churning out a few ideas and considering yourself done for the day. No, the reality is that you’re going to be doing a little bit of everything -- especially in the earliest stages of your business’s development.
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