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Preparing to Launch, Nicole Toole’s Journey to Bring Sustainable Tech to Atlanta
By Nicole Toole Nothing can prepare you for the realities of entrepreneurship. Conserve was built in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic with the idea that we could allow people to know exactly how to recycle no matter where they might find themselves. I was just a...
Company Boards: Going from Boring to Breakthrough
By Bernie Dixon, Founder and Chair, LP2X USA The journey for an early-stage CEO can be lonely. It is filled with the ups and downs of unexpected stresses, successes, decision making and constant issue grenades landing on your lap. Very few people can empathize with...
Leadership Metrics That Matter
By Mike Williams Measuring is a part of our daily lives. We do so in a variety of ways, but to simplify, let us use body weight as an example. Some of us measure anything from the time it takes us to run or walk a mile, the amount of weight we can lose, the number of...
Multiple Alternative Funding Options for Early-Stage Founders: Think BEYOND Banks & Traditional VCs
“Multiple alternative funding options for early-stage founders: think BEYOND banks & traditional VCs” “The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.” — Socrates I start with a philosopher because I fundamentally...
Speak to Your Customers or Lose Your Business
Lately, I’ve been engaged in so many conversations around customer conversations and scale that I have decided to let you all in on the secrets. For nearly 6 years, I have recommended to Founders and Funders alike to leverage The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick for their...
Health and Wellness for the Female CEO
Have you heard the saying “women are not just tiny men”? Well this is very true on a physiological level. One big difference is women follow an infradian rhythm which is similar to a circadian rhythm but lasts longer than 24 hours. The perfect example of an infradian...
The Tech Savvy Remote Worker: How to Keep Them Happy and Engaged
By Bernie Dixon Remote work is the new standard. One of the most obvious changes brought about by the global pandemic is the necessity for work to be performed remotely. Even though manufacturing, production and some service positions will always require an on-site...
Personalized Omnichannel Experiences Rule
By Bernie Dixon Trend Series Blogs How is it that some brands maintain solid relationships with their customers despite changing products, pricing, or service locations while others are constantly juggling strategies to limit customer churn? The ones with successful...
Good News for Early-Stage Companies Soaring Investments in Retail Technology
By Bernie Dixon Trend Series Blogs Prior to Q1 2020 eCommerce retail sales in the US were about 12% of the total retail sales. I was surprised by that number. Geez, more than half of everything I purchase is acquired on-line. It has been for years. Anything from my...
The Acceleration of E-Commerce and Social Commerce The Winning Approach? Story Telling
There are more consumer habits that have either emerged or were accelerated by COVID-19 in the last few quarters. The stay at home time accelerated the growth of E-Commerce and laid year over year revenue increases in the lap of most US retailers. The spike in retail...
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