Angel investing is a great way to participate in the growing trend of entrepreneurship. Responsible investing is very important for the health of your portfolio and for your relationships with founders. Don't invest without understanding a few simple things. Equity investments are long term relationships. Investors must do their part to be good investment partners.
Bolt pitch deck: $393M Series D, $6B+ valuationPitch Decks
One-click checkout Bolt used this 12-page deck to describe raise $393M in Series D funding for expanding its network of 5.6 million consumers.
Bolt is an innovative payment processing company that offers an integrated checkout experience that enables retailers to convert and retain more consumers. This round of $333 million in Series D funding and $60 million in follow-on capital will “fuel commerce’s first federated checkout network”, and brings Bolt’s total funding to over $600 million.
Most impressively, the round comes at ~18× the valuation that Bolt was priced at just eighteen months prior, using the simple 12-slide deck below:
See more at https://vip.graphics/bolt-pitch-deck-series-d/
Leadership and Managerial Skills Toolkit - Framework, Best Practices and Temp...Aurelien Domont, MBA
This Toolkit was created by ex-McKinsey, Deloitte & BCG Management Consultants specialized in coaching leaders and managers. It will help you (I) Resolve complex problems and structure your reasoning, (II) Communicate effectively, (III) Negotiate effectively, (IV) Manage your time, (V) Manage your team, (VI) Define who you want to be, and what you want to achieve. This Toolkit was used to train the leadership team and the managers of multiple Fortune Global 1000 firms. This Slideshare Powerpoint presentation is only a small preview of our Toolkit. You can download the entire Toolkit in Powerpoint and Excel at www.slidebooks.com
24 Productivity Habits of Successful People - by @prdotcopr.co
These are the history’s most successful people. Being so successful, they must have failed more than others. They must have found how to make it work - in how they lived, their routines, their failures and their habits. Let’s look for theif formula for success, the tips and tricks they used to be successful at what they did best. Anything you may find inspiring?
Article: http://academy.pr.co/127380-24-productivity-habits-of-successful-people
Inspired by: https://medium.com/life-learning/25-daily-rituals-of-history-s-most-successful-d87f1cf43077
Created by: http://pr.co
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The prestigious Y-Combinator accelerator program is known for being the launchpad for countless billion-dollar "unicorn" startups over the last decade, such as Airbnb, Dropbox, Instacart, Twitch, & many more.
A few years ago, the YC team released an (extremely) simple pitch deck template to help guide founders, based on what worked for decades of YC startups.
While not every founder can present their pitch deck in as simple terms as the likes of Airbnb & other YC stand-outs, their template is nevertheless a fantastic starting point for framing a winning investor presentation.
This adapted version of the YC Pitch Deck template was crafted for founders seeking to win funding &/or investment for their early-stage startups. Our team of experts added a professional design touch to the YC pitch deck formula, while preserving their focus on simplicity — something we have first-hand experience with, having consulted for several YC alums over the last 5+ years.
Available at bestpitch.es/yc-pitch-deck
Adapted from ycombinator.com/library/2u-how-to-build-your-seed-round-pitch-deck
Pendo is a Raleigh, NC-based company founded in 2013 that provides an integrated platform for capturing user behavior data, providing product analytics, and delivering personalized in-app guidance. The platform helps various teams across organizations like customer success, marketing, engineering, and product management. Some key customers highlighted in the presentation include Infor, Sprinklr, and Henry Schein. Pendo is targeting continued growth in annual recurring revenue and moving further upmarket towards larger enterprise customers. The company is seeking a $15 million Series B funding round in Q1 of fiscal year 2018.
Mynt aims to disrupt the paint industry through a tech-driven direct-to-consumer and business-to-business model for sustainable paint products. They plan to reinvent paint sales through digital tools, natural ingredients, and a seamless online customer experience to address issues with conventional paints like toxicity, carbon footprint, and plastic waste. Mynt has developed an innovative digital color matching and mixing solution called Myx+Match and sees opportunities in trends toward sustainable consumption and digital adoption in the paint and home goods market.
https://www.wrike.com/blog/how-to-build-the-perfect-team-nancy-butler/ - Having the right people in place is essential to accomplishing your goals and building your business. Follow these tips from Nancy Butler, business coach and award-winning author of Above All Else, to assemble the perfect high-performing team.
How to make an investor pitch deck that really worksDeck Rooster
In sales, a well established principle is, before one starts pitching to a customer, one should listen to what the customer has to say. That is because if you listen carefully he will lay out his needs in front of you, letting you present your solution in a way that fits into his needs perfectly.
The principle should be equally useful while pitching to an investor while raising funds. I can’t see a reason why it won’t be. But no one seems to be suggesting “you should listen more and talk less during an investor pitch”. Probably it is assumed that we already know what investors look for in a business. Is it a rockstar team; or may be a huge market size or is it traction or a break-through technology? Or may be different investors look for different combination of those things.
Actually all of those are means towards an end. They help investors figure out something more specific and quantitative that all investors look for in a startup before investing. But what is it?
A 10x return on their investment. That is it.
That number may vary from an early stage investor to a growth stage one, but you get the point, right? Not everyone says it out loud, because it makes them look money hungry, but that is what an investor business is all about.
But, now with that knowledge, how do you tweak your pitch and your pitch deck to make an investor feel that you are offering him an investment opportunity that could deliver a 10x return? And more importantly, can your business even deliver 10x return?
The above presentation by Deck Rooster answers those questions and offers a structure (not a template) for an investor pitch deck for startups. Check it out.
Created in 2017 by Parker Conrad, Rippling is the leading workforce management platform for growing businesses that want to automate their HR and IT tasks and streamline their workflows.
The company recently raised $145 million in Series B funding, led by Founders Fund partner Brian Singerman. Existing investors Kleiner Perkins, Initialized Capital, Threshold Ventures, and Y Combinator also joined the round. The new funding values Rippling at $1.35 billion and will help the company expand its global presence and product offerings.
See more: bestpitchdeck.com/rippling-series-b
The Playbook to Recruiting Your Sales Team with Brex Chief Sales Officer Sam ...saastr
Hiring the right people is the most important thing a company can do to build a successful business. When first starting out, the CEO should act as the first sales representative and hire additional salespeople after proving some initial product-market fit with customers outside one's network. As the team scales, companies should hire their first sales leader who has experience with early-stage companies and invest early in sales operations. The interview process should allow candidates to be themselves and focus on discussing their strengths, goals, and past performance rather than hypothetical scenarios.
Founders may wonder why Bessemer’s growth-stage investors are penning an early-stage playbook. Well, while we typically start looking at companies when they hit $10 milion of ARR, or thereabouts, we know that becoming a strong Series B+ company begins during the earliest innings of finding product-market fit and building go-to-market strategy.
As part of the Scaling Series in our Startup Growth Guide, we’ll break down the steps required for a company to go from $1 to $10 million of annual recurring revenue (ARR)—and what these cloud businesses’ operational metrics look like.
Read more here: https://www.bvp.com/atlas/scaling-from-1-to-10-million-arr
Discover The Top 10 Types Of Colleagues Around YouAnkur Tandon
The best part being with different colleagues is we learn a lot from them. Good or bad, sooner or later, better or best, we learn something unique from the different personalities working with and around us at our workplace. Read more interesting content, at www.thecareermuse.co.in - We intend to inform and inspire recruiters, job seekers and anyone with an interest in the workplace and HR technology.
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Discover and understand the critical actions needed on the venture journey to scale successfully.
What is it for?
To help corporate entrepreneurs identify and successfully navigate each critical action that will ultimately become the foundation of a corporate venture’s scaling effort. Based on the insights from 200+ corporate innovation and venture tracks, this practical guide provides a deeper understanding of what’s needed early-on for long-term venture growth.
Benefits:
Identify the right measurement approach that shines a light on your path forward.
Create an ideal team setup with access to the right talent at the right time.
Select the appropriate ownership structure and legal entity format.
The document outlines Square's business proposition of providing a simple and low-cost way for merchants to accept credit card payments using a mobile device. Key points include:
- Square charges merchants a flat 2.75% fee per transaction with no setup costs or monthly fees.
- The company has experienced rapid growth, processing over $1 million in payments per day.
- Square targets small businesses and individuals by offering a simple interface and device that plugs into smartphones.
- Backed by experienced founders and investors, Square aims to become the dominant platform in mobile payments by acquiring new merchants through wide exposure and competitive pricing.
We’re all trying to find that idea or spark that will turn a good project into a great project. Creativity plays a huge role in the outcome of our work. Harnessing the power of collaboration and open source, we can make great strides towards excellence. Not just for designers, this talk can be applicable to many different roles – even development. In this talk, Seasoned Creative Director Sara Cannon is going to share some secrets about creative methodology, collaboration, and the strong role that open source can play in our work.
Are you navigating the complexities of compliance frameworks like SOC2, CIS, and HIPAA and seeking a more efficient path? This talk breaks down these frameworks simply and shows you a time-saving trick, making it perfect for anyone wanting to make their organization’s compliance journey much easier. I’ll start by outlining the basics of these frameworks and highlighting the challenges businesses face in implementing them. As the creator and maintainer of the terraform-aws-modules projects, I’ll be excited to share how using these open-source Terraform AWS modules can streamline the compliance process. I’ll walk you through real-life examples showing how such solutions significantly reduce the effort and time required for compliance. At the end of the talk, attendees will get actionable insights on using Terraform AWS modules for efficient compliance management.
stackconf 2024 | Make You Ops-Life Easy – ansible usecases you didn´t out of ...NETWAYS
Most of you are familiar with Ansible. We are excited to show you some use cases within the “normal Ansible scope”. Using Ansible-AWX as a platform, we have streamlined tasks for admins and for developers, enabling effortless automation of routine operations. With services designed to simplify the daily work, we can all be a bit more lazy (#faul) 😉
The Tata Technologies investor deck provides an overview of the company's strategic vision, financial performance, and growth prospects. It introduces the company’s mission, values, and core business segments, highlighting its competitive edge and market position. Financial performance is detailed with key metrics like revenue growth and profitability. The deck outlines strategic initiatives for innovation and market expansion, recent operational achievements, and key client partnerships. Future growth projections and investment opportunities are discussed, emphasizing the company's potential. Additionally, it highlights Tata Technologies' commitment to sustainability and corporate social responsibility, offering potential investors a clear understanding of the company's business model and future prospects.
stackconf 2024 | IGNITE: Practical AI with Machine Learning for Observability...NETWAYS
Machine Learning for observability can be challenging, given the uniqueness of each workload. However, we can leverage ML to detect individual component anomalies, even if they are sometimes noisy/imprecise. At Netdata, we use ML models to analyze the behaviour of individual metrics. These models adapt to the specific characteristics of each metric, ensuring anomalies can be detected accurately, even in unique workloads. The power of ML becomes evident when these seemingly noisy anomalies converge across various services, serving as indicators of something exceedingly unusual. ML is an advisor, training numerous independent models for each individually collected metric to achieve anomaly detection based on recent behaviour. When multiple independent metrics exhibit anomalies simultaneously, it is usually a signal that something unusual is occurring. This approach to ML can be instrumental in uncovering malicious attacks and, in many cases, predicting combined failures across seemingly unrelated components.
Using Large Language Models in Public Services (Past Tense)
#smart_conference #Nile_University #IEEE #AI #LLM #NLP
The presentation explored the transformative potential of large language models (LLMs) in revolutionizing public service delivery. As artificial intelligence and natural language processing technologies advanced, LLMs offered unprecedented opportunities to streamline operations, enhance citizen engagement, and drive innovative solutions for pressing societal challenges.
This Presentations defines communication skills as the ability to exchange information via the use of language, both receptively and expressively. It examines several forms of communication based on organizational linkages and flow. Semantic concerns, emotional/psychological considerations, corporate policies, and personal attitudes can all operate as communication barriers. Effective communication is two-way, with active listening and feedback, and it is clear, concise, complete, concrete, respectful, and accurate. Good communication skills are essential for career success, dispute resolution, connection building, and increased productivity.
