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Thanks for sharing Lawer. Pitch competitions can be exhilarated and affirming but also daunting. Good luck to all those who apply! At ConnectHer Capital, we understand the key financial elements that investors are looking for in a pitch deck and apply that investor lens to best position you for success. *** 3 tips as you prepare your pitch deck: 📣Be clear on the problem you are solving and the scalability of your offering 💡Think like an investor. Let this guide and influence how you present your business and its growth trajectory. ❗️Use numbers and data points to validate your thesis **** ⚠️If you are unsure how your deck stacks up against the competition - reach out via DM or our website.

When you start a business, you face increasing complexities and various challenges at different stages of your company’s growth. Having founded, led and sold a start-up and now advising several founders and CEOs, there are some mistakes that can completely derail your future. Regardless of how much money you have raised or how promising your product or service is, committing these blunders and not having the awareness to change can lead to the downfall of your company. Let's take a look at the five no-no's. Read the full article: 5 Leadership Mistakes That Can Break Your Company 👉 https://lttr.ai/kwAg Follow us and Stay updated : https://lnkd.in/gcQGNfv Sign-up to our Newsletter : https://lnkd.in/g_W6ZJV

Surfing the Change Dynamics in a Family Business--The Role of Each Generation? Family Businesses are unique entities in that their stories (narratives) are challenged to maintain consistency ALONG with the cutting edge requirements for change to ensure sustainability! Not an easy challenge....especially as the consistency/change TENSION is usually between Generations as they help each other grow into the roles and evolve gently out of the roles they have played to serve their family business! The Article below is one family story on some of these dynamics! In our work with Family Businesses we design Customized Leadership Learning Journeys where the multiple Generations are engaged in Co-Creating their Now/Next moves as they navigate the lifecycle dynamics of the marketplace, the organization and their Talent Bench. Curious to learn more? Reach out to us:) #ericapeitler.com #LeadershipRigor #familybusiness

Does purpose really pay? For her upcoming Big Ideas Workshop at Conscious Capitalism, Inc.'s CEO Summit, Jump COO Colleen Murray will present on how doing good is the essential key to doing well. Be on the lookout for more to come on how purpose allows businesses to not only drive deeper customer and employee loyalty but also transcend competition and unlock unprecedented growth. Learn more and nominate yourself or a fellow future-focused leader for an invitation here: https://lnkd.in/dSA26De #futurefocused #strategy #consciouscapitalism #stakeholdercapitalism #purposedrivenbusiness #purposedrivenlife #johnmackey #CEOSummit #csuiteinsights #leadershipdevelopment #leadershipprogram

Running your own business can be isolating - but it doesn't have to be. Entrepreneurial Scotland is a safe space for leaders like Paul of Aspen Solutions Ltd to come together with a community of other CEOs and founders, where they discuss real challenges, share candid insights and grow together. Be part of our next cohort launching in April. Learn more now: https://bit.ly/ES-Member #LeadershipJourney #CEOinsights #leaderinsights

🌟 2023 at Vintage: A Year of Resilience, Growth, and Impact 2023 marked a milestone year for Vintage Investment Partners as we celebrated our 20th anniversary. It was a year that not only showcased our resilience and commitment to the ecosystem and innovation but also underscored our continuous growth. 🎉 20th Anniversary Celebration: Built on values and delivering value – check out our 20th-anniversary clip in the report at https://lnkd.in/dEmW-AjE. 🚀 Growth Fund Milestone: We proudly exceeded our target by successfully raising our Growth IV fund, reinforcing our dedication to future-oriented investment strategies. 🌉 San Francisco Summits: Our first-ever Annual Meeting, VC Summit, and CEO Summit in San Francisco marked a highlight of our 20th anniversary, featuring a lineup of distinguished speakers. More exciting details to follow. 🎙️ Fintech Insights: Asaf Horesh, our Managing Partner, shared his expert perspective on fintech trends on renowned platforms like The FinTech Blueprint and The Wharton FinTech Podcast. 🌱 Climate L(a)nch Series: Spearheaded by Shira Eting and Lior Elovitch, this initiative focused on climate-tech investing, bringing together industry leaders to engage with GPs in our portfolio, enriched by in-depth articles. This year has been one of remarkable achievements and growth, all made possible by the strength and resilience of our community. 🔗 Dive deeper into our 2023 journey and celebrate two decades of resilience and innovation with us at www.vintage-content.com. #VintageInvestmentPartners #20thAnniversary #YearInReview2023 #Resilience #Innovation

While navigating loss is part of work of systems change, it doesn't make it easy! In this post, I navigate loss at a personal, organisational and system level. Last week a chapter closed for Collaboration for Impact. After much preparation and planning, Liz Skelton stepped down from CFI's Board. Liz co-founded the organisation 10 years ago and steered its governance as our inaugural Chair. At a system level, Australia's social change sector is stronger and more able to do the hard work of shifting systems because of Liz's leadership and immense ability to build the capacity of others. She pioneered adaptive leadership practice in Australia and its critical role in systems change - training and mentoring 1000s of change leaders to see the system and their role in maintaining it, and then find ways to use their role and power to change systems towards equity and inclusion. Liz co-created the practice of Deep Collaboration with Mark Yettica-Paulson and 100s of people now think differently about how First Nations leaders and others can lead together. At an organisational level, CFI is one of Australia's leading intermediaries for changing systems because of Liz's vision and leadership. CFI relentlessly centres those most impacted by inequity, and has deep understanding of how collaboration, diversity, power, and leadership become the pathway to equitable systems because of Liz's values and practice. At a personal level, one does not set up an organisation that has a purpose to disrupt the status quo with just anyone. One does that only with a partner who has unshakeable integrity, an immense amount of courage and grit, always has your back, and an uncanny ability to see humour in pretty much everything. Liz was all of that and more. While I feel the loss of this chapter closing, I am honoured to have been Liz's co-founder and immensely grateful for the learning, laughs, legacy and lifelong friendship that the last 10 years has brought. Thank you Liz Skelton. x

Learn more about 1200vc by reading the recent #LP feature about Sam Sadowsky by Emerging Venture Capitalists Association (EVCA). https://lnkd.in/dDvuq-E3 #venturecapital #emergingvc

2023 was a big year for us at Vintage! It was also our 20th Anniversary. Here is a summary of how the year was for us and the venture community. #vintageinvestmentpartners #venturecapital #fundmanagement #startup #technology #investing

The quarter recently ended and your investors want to hear from you. In a great guest post, Mahendra R., the Founder of Secure Octane and one of the co-authors of “Startup Boards: Getting the Most out of Your Board of Directors,” shares the best practices leading founders and CEOs use to communicate to their boards. Find out why being a great communicator is so important for CEOs and what kinds of updates your investors want to receive from you. Read the blog here: https://lnkd.in/d-cuW98Q