• • Standard operating procedures RIFLE is a decision making framework that helps improve targeting by quantifying otherwise non-quantified decisions. If you have a technology, what market should you apply it to? Should you sell to international or domestic markets? Big or small customers? What channels make the most sense for sales? RIFLE can help you be more rigorous and inspire a more effective way for you to make decisions at your company. Read More
• • Standard operating procedures Learn how to develop an effective fundraising pitch deck and tell your company's story with emotion. We'll guide you through developing your company narrative and what the VC thought process is while making an investment, not to mention basic tips and tricks, in addition to what works and what doesn't in fundraising decks. Read More
• • Standard operating procedures So, you’re trying to raise money. Here’s a guide for thinking about the kind of information you’ll need to craft a narrative about your company. Depending on your stage of growth, you may want to focus on different elements of this checklist. This is meant as a general guide, not a prescriptive template. Read More
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• • Standard operating procedures The goal of if/then scenario planning is to better understand how you can manage your company’s spend and ensure capital efficiency in order to achieve success. Ask yourself what bad things could happen, and what would your countermeasures be? Read More
• • Standard operating procedures The goal of Team 360 reviews is to provide CEOs with valuable developmental and evaluative feedback from key stakeholders. Read More
• • Standard operating procedures Understand and quantify your major risks and know what you have to prove to get your product to market. Read More
• • Standard operating procedures, Team building Entities structured with the traditional hierarchy often hire reactively, such as when an opening occurs due to attrition or poor employee performance. Consequently, firms facing market environments where change, innovation and rapid evolution take place can rush into a process that ends with a candidate to “fill the job.” Read More
• • Standard operating procedures, Team building The goal of gene pool engineering is first to create a culture where multiple people engage in problem solving, and team members share best practices from previous organizations and a diverse set of backgrounds for the specific problems being addressed. Read More
• • Standard operating procedures, Team building The goal of startups is to create products that disrupt an established industry with its own rules and product lines. To ensure this, the founders require diversity in their team. Not diversity in the generic sense, but diversity in specific dimensions: age, professional record, academic background, and mindset. This risk-tuned diversity manifests in the product through the reduction of time, energy and resources to achieve the first key iterations. Read More