A great, insightful and really amusing talk by Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s COO about women in the workplace. One of many great statistics cited in her talk: “57% of men negotiate their first salary out of college, while only 7% of women do the same.”

To any of you young professional ladies out there, the first thing you should do is learn how to negotiate. Never be afraid to negotiate, go high, get what you deserve and know your self worth. No one teaches you this - no one taught me and I wish someone did, it’s one of the most valuable things you can do for yourself.

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2 years ago 7 notes

Inc.com Says These Are The Best Books for Business Owners (2010)

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2 years ago
If anybody wants to get me this book for xmas I’ll pretend I didn’t publish this blog post and act super duper surprised when you give it to me. Yeah that’s right…I like books about business models. Only one of many very exciting tidbits.

If anybody wants to get me this book for xmas I’ll pretend I didn’t publish this blog post and act super duper surprised when you give it to me. Yeah that’s right…I like books about business models. Only one of many very exciting tidbits.

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2 years ago 2 notes

MAPPING BUSINESS MODELS (A KNOWLEDGE GAME)

Apologies for the ALL CAPS - it was like that. :)

This is an interesting correlation between games and mapping out a business model with a group of people. This exercise can be useful in a handful of different scenarios:

  1. generate a business model for a start-up organization
  2. develop a business model for a new product and/or service
  3. map out the business models of competitors, particularly insurgents with new business models
  4. map out and understand innovative business models in other industries as a source of inspiration
  5. communicate business models across an organization or to investors (e.g. for start-ups)

http://www.businessmodelalchemist.com/tag/business-model-canvas

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    2 years ago 1 note

    Mashups, Markets and Motherhood: A boot camp for women angel investors

    terezan:

    In a seminal white paper last spring, venture capitalist Cindy Padnos concluded we need more women investing in early-stage companies.

    Natalia Oberti Noguera decided to do something about it.

    She is in the process of launching Pipeline Fund Fellowship, a new program for women who want to…

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    2 years ago 8 notes

    No Plan Survives Contact with the Market

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    2 years ago 1 note
    A well-thought-out simple idea can be amazingly powerful in shaping behavior. Its about elegance and prioritizing, not dumbing down. So make sure both you as an entrepreneur as well as all your soldiers are very clear on what the objectives are, but then let them be nimble in how they get there. Planning is great, but spending all your time on tactical plans will leave you wondering what to do when the market reacts in a way you hadn’t anticipated.
    http://nextmontreal.com/has-your-startup-found-its-core/#ixzz17QkNJaQ9
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    Case Study: Using an LOI to get customer feedback on a minimum viable product

    Great article (about a year old) on the effectiveness of getting your ideas and concepts in front of people and essentially doing some user testing before writing any code.

    “Now armed, with 4 “screenshots” and a story, we approached our target market”

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    2 years ago

    Silicon Valley and the Talent Crunch

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    Seventy percent of major change efforts either don’t get started or fail. If you look at the most successful cases — the top 5 percent of leaders who actually made something terrific happen — they were very good at communicating in a way that won people over.
    Selling your vision: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20101001/john-kotter-on-selling-your-vision.html?partner=newsletter_Startup
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