5-4-3-2-1 Countdown for Entrepreneurs (11/10/21)
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Ventures that are pioneering
Here are five early-stage companies that are innovative and empowering:
Vantage Ventures partners with fearless and relentless problem-solvers to build high impact, scalable companies.
Flype offers retailers and e-commerce sites a same day delivery service at a cost lower than that of standard delivery.
Squark is a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that enables AI prediction in an easy, online app to help business users uncover customer insights.
Qatch is a tapback-driven SMS shopping platform for women that scours the internet to share fashion suggestions via text.
Wabbi’s Continuous Security platform integrates with existing development workflows to ensure both security and agility.
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Constituencies great founders faithfully serve
Read my take on why founders of ventures must earn the trust and keep the confidence of four audiences: customers, team, investors, allies.
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Insights for entrepreneurial success
“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.”
– Reid Hoffman, co-founder of Twitter
“Hire character. Train skill.”
– Peter Schultz, founder and director of GNF
“The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says ‘Go!’ A leader says, ‘Let’s go!’.”
– E. M. Kelly, U.S Army
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Lists to add to your reading list
"The 37 Best Business Articles Every Entrepreneur Should Read" by Georgia McIntyre
"12 Time Management Mistakes that Set You Up for Failure" by John Rampton
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Story of a startup
“When a couple of Chicago software developers working on lookup searches for Apartments.com got sick of calling restaurants in search of takeout food for dinner, the light bulb went off: Why isn’t there a one-stop shop for food delivery? That’s when Matt Maloney and Mike Evans decided to start GrubHub, which went public last April [of 2014] and is now valued at more than $3 billion.”
– Story by Steve Tobak in Entrepreneur
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Adam
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