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What makes 1,000,000 meals meaningful?
What makes 1,000,000 meals meaningful?
By Maximilian Von Poelnitz
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Southeast Asia's Food Delivery Space - The Real Deal about Cloud Kitchens
Southeast Asia's Food Delivery Space - The Real Deal about Cloud Kitchens
By Maximilian Von Poelnitz
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You're negotiating term sheets with startup founders. How do you handle conflicting valuation expectations?
In my experience there are a variety of levers from liquidation preferences, dividends, and participating rights that I can use as an investor to try to give a founder the valuation they are looking for. Ultimately it is a bit of dance to find the right balance between equity dilution and esop as well.
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How can you make the performance evaluation process more transparent?
In my experience a culture that allows employees to share their failures openly and thus help other team members will ultimately drive further innovation. Even at the board level I have seen CEOs uncomfortable to share what has not worked last quarter. We typically try to always have a period during a board meeting that addresses areas that did not go as planned and what has been learned. I also encourage management teams to always “ask the board for specific help in each meeting and hold board members accountable for that help.”
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How can you make the performance evaluation process more transparent?
The best ceos / managers we have supported through our venture funds have also understood that performance is not linear. Through follow up and guidance performance can be tracked but more importantly the employee will feel supported. This will often enable a breakthrough month or week and managers need to be open to these results. It’s ultimately about empathy.
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How can you make the performance evaluation process more transparent?
I agreed, but tracking progress and providing constructive feedback on a bi monthly basis let’s say can be quite challenging for managers. I have found that managers need to truly set aside a day a week to assess performance in the team and have a system in place that allows for progress tracking. One tool that I like involves project management softwares that provide insights into how engaged a team is with a particular manager.
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I spoke to a founder friend this AM and they told me, "I am being told that VCs will prefer it if I have a co-founder for the company". This is…
I spoke to a founder friend this AM and they told me, "I am being told that VCs will prefer it if I have a co-founder for the company". This is…
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I really enjoyed watching Coatue's 2024 conference recording: Link in comment
I really enjoyed watching Coatue's 2024 conference recording: Link in comment
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What can one learn about the future. Always love these sort of videos: What you find trivial today might become a necessity in the future. It is…
What can one learn about the future. Always love these sort of videos: What you find trivial today might become a necessity in the future. It is…
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Experience
Education
Volunteer Experience
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Mentor
Plug and Play Tech Center
- Present 2 years
Advise a variety of food tech, saas, and supply chain tech companies on early stage growth strategies and fund raising hurdles.
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Member of Global Innovation Council
Akilah Institute
- 3 years 3 months
Education
Akilah is part of the DAVIS College network based in Rwanda, East Africa. Its focus is to educate women and ensure skill sets aligned with the relevant jobs sector. I have watched Akilah grow over the past decade into one of the leading Non-Profits in Rwanda and am now aiding in its continued expansion both online and offline across Asia and East Africa.
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Start up mentor
Cyberport Hong Kong
- 3 years 6 months
Science and Technology
Cyberport is a HK government subsidised accelerator, incubator, and start up fund. Cyberport has over 1,000 start ups in its incubation programs and the mentorship program is built to connect start ups to experience entrepreneurs, MNC executives, and government entities.
Languages
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German
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French
Professional working proficiency
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