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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

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Here's Jack Ma, Chariman and Founder of Alibaba, dancing like Michael Jackson. Time to up your game at the all-hands, fellow operators.

 

From the Operators

Brian Balfour of Reforge explains the phases of implementing the four primary growth concepts he identified while “Building a Growth Framework Towards a $100 Million Product”   

Kris Walker of Odd Networks on his thoughts and motivations behind his decision to step down as CEO in “Why I’m Stepping Down as CEO of Our Company”

Esther Humphrey of Appster argues for slow growth (as opposed to huge launches) by capitalizing on user habits to increase retention in “Slow growth is good growth: how to boost retention and nurture loyal users”

 

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From the Investors

Noah Jessop of Founder Collective provides a recipe for neatly packaging a seed stage startup when seeking seed funding in “Packaging your Seed Round”

Justin Gage of Cornerstone Venture Partners breaks down an accepted AI company framework and suggests a better way of organizing AI firms in “Making Sense of The Different Types of AI Companies”

Thomas Olszewski of Frontline Ventures demonstrates the current state of the financial technology industry in Europe in “European FinTech Trends, 2017”

Li Jiang of GSV Capital references Eric Schmidt’s experience while explaining the value of a coach in “Why Every Founder and CEO Needs A Coach”

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