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Planning a team offsite? Read this first.
Planning a team offsite? Read this first.
By Stella Garber
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How can KPIs help you make better decisions for your startup?
Startups are ambiguous with lots of distractions. KPIs help you make tradeoffs day-to-day that make more sense within the greater business goals. Without KPIs, it's difficult to measure different opportunities against each other to make optimal decisions.
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You're struggling to make meaningful connections at networking events. How can you improve your approach?
Set a goal for yourself. For me it's making 3 genuine connections, people I can meet with coffee for later. Once the goal is met, I feel like I can leave. This way I'm working towards something achievable instead of feeling overwhelmed
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Before you sell, Before you quit, Before you step down At best, we have 3 >real< start-ups in us as founders. Often just 1 or maybe 2. If you…
Before you sell, Before you quit, Before you step down At best, we have 3 >real< start-ups in us as founders. Often just 1 or maybe 2. If you…
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How do you know when you've hit PMF? We found the best sign is retention We tracked usage in a google sheet and looked for weekly streaks If…
How do you know when you've hit PMF? We found the best sign is retention We tracked usage in a google sheet and looked for weekly streaks If…
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This crew..... whip-smart, hard-working, dedicated, genuinely good human beings. Looking forward to writing the next chapter with you all at…
This crew..... whip-smart, hard-working, dedicated, genuinely good human beings. Looking forward to writing the next chapter with you all at…
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Experience & Education
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Hoop
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Volunteer Experience
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Community Advisory Board
1871
- 4 years
Took part in founding of 1871, Chicago's startup community hub as a member of the Community Advisory Board which advised the process from resources entrepreneurs need all the way to the design of the space.
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Honors & Awards
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30 In Their 30s
Jewish United Fund
http://oychicago.com/36under36/bio36.aspx?id=26868
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20 In Their 20s: Crain's Chicago Business
Crain's Chicago Business
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130501/TWENTIES/305049987/stella-fayman
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2013 Edward L. Kaplan New Venture Challenge
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Winner of the New Venture Challenge
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Herman Family Fellowship
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Won scholarship given to one female entrepreneurial student at Booth.
Languages
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English
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Russian
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Spanish
Limited working proficiency
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Anyone else watch the Martha documentary on Netflix and have a lot of feelings? So hard to watch a self-made woman be taken down by a vicious public…
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Loved my conversation with Martina Zrnec on what it takes to build an inclusive company culture! It’s so easy to scale and ignore the nuances that…
Loved my conversation with Martina Zrnec on what it takes to build an inclusive company culture! It’s so easy to scale and ignore the nuances that…
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It's just Tuesday but I've already interviewed multiple exceptional folks who are looking for new jobs because of return to office policies. While…
It's just Tuesday but I've already interviewed multiple exceptional folks who are looking for new jobs because of return to office policies. While…
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Excited for Lindsay Knight, Stuart Larkins, Rob Chesney, Eric Duboe, and Shawn Park, and especially all of the founders + teams + customers who will…
Excited for Lindsay Knight, Stuart Larkins, Rob Chesney, Eric Duboe, and Shawn Park, and especially all of the founders + teams + customers who will…
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We do things differently at Hoop. While we have the modern communication tools that everyone else has, our priority is around focus, creativity and…
We do things differently at Hoop. While we have the modern communication tools that everyone else has, our priority is around focus, creativity and…
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