The Horizons Tracker

MAY 26, 2019

Deliver step-change customer outcomes – Whilst not dismissing the culture of continuous improvement that has delivered so many marginal gains for companies, they believe that the kind of change that will take your lunch is what venture capitalists call 10x customer outcomes. It’s change of the substantial kind.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 17, 2019

Read on for a few tips which should help you to avoid common mistakes, hit the ground running, and build a platform for you to go on and find success with your first business venture. There are many options for acquiring funds, including venture capitalists, loans, angel investors, and crowdfunding. Build A Brand.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 24, 2021

Leadership Tip: make change a core competence. Curating an ecosystem (including customers, peers, venture capitalists, executive recruiters, and strategic vendor partners) to be source of insight and inspiration is the fastest path to broader innovation. You share stories of companies who have shifted into the digital era.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 14, 2021

For instance, angel investors or venture capitalists may not place much importance on your credit score. However, with the tips we just provided, you should be able to fix your credit situation and gradually improve your creditworthiness with potential lenders. Your Credit Score Doesn’t Hold the Same Weight in Every Situation.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 23, 2020

What information is required by a bank or a Venture Capitalist for Providing an Unsecured Business Loan? Moreover, try to discuss your business plan with the other successful entrepreneur so that you may also get tips for your business venture. Try to clear your mind and focus.

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Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2020

As both an individual investor and venture capitalist, I’ve taken a lot of remote pitches since the shelter-in-place order started. Here are five seemingly contradictory tips to keep in mind while pitching remotely. Tip #1: The Slides Aren’t the Pitch. Tip #2: Use Your Slides in the Remote Pitch.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 13, 2016

The speaker often follows it up with a list of suggestions like “five tips to start scaling your sales”. However, it turns out one of the most dangerous things you can do is to prematurely start to focus on scaling.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 30, 2019

For instance, angel investors or venture capitalists may not place much importance on your credit score. However, with the tips we just provided, you should be able to fix your credit situation and gradually improve your creditworthiness with potential lenders. Your Credit Score Doesn’t Hold the Same Weight in Every Situation.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 8, 2010

by Kevin Eikenberry on October 8, 2010 in Achievement , Learning The idea for this post comes with a tip of the hat to a high school friend, Jerry Gray, reconnected with first online. He wrote a short blog post then challenged me via Facebook to do something with it. This is my shot at “doing something with it&# Jerry.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 15, 2019

This can be tricky with so many areas that need attention and particularly if this is your first business venture. With this in mind, here are a few financial tips for entrepreneurs which should help you to manage money effectively from the start. Venture capitalists. Secure Enough Funding. Loans from friends/family.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

There are some helpful resources out there on venture terms , good venture funds vs. bad ones , and questions you may want to ask a venture capitalist if you meet one. The notes below are practical working tips on how to go about navigating venture capitalist conversations. Politely decline.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

Take the wonderful experiment a few years ago when renowned violinist Joshua Bell played for tips in the subway. Yes, visit the venture capitalists and the startups, but don''t overlook this other reality. For any one of us, the "reality" of a situation is just what we choose to pay attention to.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 23, 2021

Unlike venture capitalists, who are more concerned in getting in the ground floor of a possibly massively successful business, angel investors provide money based on other reasons. These tips can help you amass the money you need and put you on the path to becoming a boss on your own right.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

But it seems we’re now at an actual tipping point. To get a sense, I talked to some venture capitalists, whose profession it is to keep their eyes and minds trained on the future. Moore’s Law ), smarter analytics engines, and the surge in data. What does it all mean for the future of AI?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2014

Last week, The New Republic published a lengthy exploration of ageism in Silicon Valley , the idea that venture capitalists discriminate against older entrepreneurs and that start-ups discriminate against older job applicants.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Another helpful tip is to recognize that almost all meetings fit into one of three buckets — gaining input, informing (e.g. My venture-capitalist colleagues and I are accustomed to receiving pitches. The executive's simple question created permission for positive assertiveness. level-setting"), or requesting approval.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

In sum, as Malcolm Gladwell illustrated in his book The Tipping Point , networks run on “connectors,” people who are linked to almost everyone else in a few steps and who connect the rest of us to the world. Get in touch with a venture capitalist. Start a LinkedIn or Facebook group. Learn from your students.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2015

Here are some tips for a useful innovation tour: Tip 1: Look for the “software,” not the “hardware.” Tip 2: Talk to all the actors, not just entrepreneurs. Don’t just make a beeline to the entrepreneurs and venture capitalists; get a broad multi-disciplinary cross section.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Trust me, I've seen people buy a stock with no more than a 1-2 sentence tip. Only 5% of venture capitalists, 12% of angel investors, and less than 3% of hedge fund managers are women. Now a word of caution — don't let not understanding everything about the investment stop you. You simply need to start.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

It’s a line that venture capitalist and Internet pioneer Marc Andreessen has trotted out a few times lately, attributing it to his former colleague Jim Barksdale. But new bundles keep appearing. Why is this? Well, maybe because there are “only two ways to make money in business: One is to bundle; the other is unbundle.”

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