Hi, I am the MD of a $100m Technology company who operated a share incentive program until we were acquired by a Private Equity company in 2019. This is all very much dependent on the value different people take to the table and who currently owns the equity. It is common for Management teams...
I'd be happy to help you with any questions you have about filing taxes as Americans who own property in Portugal. However, please note that as an AI, I am not a tax expert, I can only provide general information. It's important to know that the rules for filing taxes as a foreigner in a differen...
Establish your brand, team, and processes. There are plenty of dev shops out there so you have plenty of examples to follow. For example Thoughtbot has an open source playbook you can use to build your own company.
This is a tuff one! As an entrepreneur, you will never be truly happy working for someone else. Not to say there is anything wrong with working for another company, it is just that entrepreneurs have a drive to innovate the process and shake up the market that just does not jive well with working...
I get hit by such calls/emails almost daily. How not to, is often easier than how to and I get fed up of the number cold calls that breach new GDPR regulations. Often they are clearly overseas calls, worse are local calls or number withheld. If I do answer the caller often gets into an argume...
Develop executable strategy and prioritized action list... The devil is in details of course. And lots depend on the field and type of business you are trying to build. I mentor a lot to startups and formal accelerator programs. Glad to discuss if there is an interest.
The main reason is everyone else sold or overreacted to the market and pivoted. Yammer sold for $1B+ to Microsoft but could've easily been a 30B+ market cap company. Slide had some issues and continue to react to the market trying different things - had they focused on a real problem, they migh...
Getting some of your relevant authority content in the front of some of the decision makers or Influencers of your target market is a great way to make entry. This is done via content and Influencer marketing using digital and social networks. We work with Construction firms to develop strateg...
The unwillingness or inability to share the problems they face and how (or if) they overcame them. When companies do this well, they can take these lessons and start storytelling through their marketing. They make themselves more human. More approachable. Not only can this have a positive impac...
Suggestions in chronological order: 1) First, email them asking for the right person to talk to. If no one responds to your email within 2 days, continue to next step. 2) Do a little LinkedIn research and find names of people you think might be the right people. 3) Call the company and ask the...