A community platform for NEA portfolio companies to connect and learn from others across the portfolio via a group forum for questions, resources, bench-marking, as well as sharing news, events, and initiatives.
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Meet Our Portfolio Services Team
Our portfolio services team partners with portfolio companies on marketing, talent, PR, design, and business development.
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Revenue Unlocked: The Keys to Building a Successful Sales Organization
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Corporate Briefing Center
Connecting innovative startups and large corporations to one another to drive the next wave of technological advancement.
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Working with Executive Coaches
We recently partnered with an executive coach matchmaker for a candid discussion on the why and how of working with executive coaches. Here are the takeaways.
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Care@Work
The most forward-thinking companies are partnering with Care.com to support the diverse family needs of all employees.
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7 Perks the Best Employees Crave (and They're All Completely Free)
The war for top talent is fiercer than ever. It goes without saying that you need a great…
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To Succeed as a First-Time Leader, Relax
When individual contributors are tapped to manage large-scale projects, oversee direct reports, or…
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How to Manage Managers
When you’re managing managers, your responsibilities are two-fold: you need to make sure they’re…
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What Great Office Design Actually Looks Like
For more information on great office design, read "7 Factors of Great Office Design."
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4 Essentials for Inspiring Leadership
Business owners get frustrated when their employees aren’t performing to their expectations. It…
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What's the best management advice you've ever recieved?
What’s the best management advice you’ve ever received? That was one question we asked Fortune 500…
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How To Get Your Company Better Media Coverage
There’s a lot of news out there, despite the decline of the kind that conjoins ink and paper. The…
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Rethinking HR
It might seem that we have it in for human resources. An article in our April issue urged companies…
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Don’t Assume They’ll Come: Content Can’t Be King Without Distribution
I want you to make this pledge: Never use the word “content” in a meeting without also using the…
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People Before Strategy: A New Role for the CHRO
CEOs know that they depend on their company’s human resources to achieve success. Businesses don’t…
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3 arguments against performance reviews
I don’t like performance reviews. I never liked giving them, and I never liked getting them. They…
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Why We Love to Hate HR…and What HR Can Do About It
Recent complaints about the HR function have touched a nerve in a large, sympathetic audience,…
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Bright, Shiny Objects and the Future of HR
Many of us have had the experience of listening to a talk and suddenly making a connection between…
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7 Ways to Keep Your Best Employees
The single most expensive part of any organization is your employees. Salaries and benefits such as…
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Who You Hire Is the Key to Sustaining Your Company Culture
When you planted the first seed of your budding business, you weren’t just the CEO; you were also…
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How chief information officers become chief innovation officers
In the early 1900s, large organizations needed another type of CEO: Chief Electricity Officer.…
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Seven Traps CEOs Hit When Shopping at the CMO Store
It seems like lots of CEOs are shopping for CMOs these days. On the eve of its IPO, Facebook hired…
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Employee Onboarding is BROKEN
And this shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone as most (if not all) of us have had the unfortunate…
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5 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Hire a PR Firm Right Now
Unlike the IT security and payroll functions of your business, public relations is sexy. Who…
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The Non-Designer’s Guide to Hiring a Designer
If you’re a start-up founder looking to hire a designer, chances are you (1) aren’t entirely sure…
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How to Be a Media Star
Press coverage can make a huge difference to your company. Here's how to conduct yourself like a…
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