Podcast appearances and mentions of krista morgan

Krista Morgan started her first tech company by raising funding and trying to grow very fast. When the company faced a big issue and failed, she learned that big funding was more of a problem than a help in the growth and wind-down processes. Krista is now CEO and General Partner of Stage Fund, an early-stage private equity fund that makes control acquisitions of venture-funded SaaS companies that are stuck and need an alternative option to continue in a practical and profitable way. In this expert episode, Krista explains: Why “growth at all costs” rarely works for software companies Why VCs and funded founders don't plan for the likely scenario that the company won't have a successful exit What's happening in M&A for practical SaaS companies Why acquiring software companies to grow is often less risky than growing organically How to approach potential future acquirers to have a conversation about someday joining forces Quote from Krista Morgan, General Partner of Stage Fund “The game for practical startup founders is to find a way to make good decisions in the reality of today while still holding this big vision of the future. We can't just grow at all costs, and we can't just make all these big investments. “There's this misconception that practical founders don't have a big vision of the future. Of course, they do. They're just thinking about it and getting there in a different way. And that's where we want to be. “When I was founder of my first tech company, I thought money was always the answer. But money is usually NOT the answer. There is usually an answer, and maybe it takes money to get there, but it's not the magical thinking of, If I just had five more people, I'd be here. Maybe, or maybe you wouldn't. There's no guarantee on that.” Links Krista Morgan on LinkedIn Stage Fund on LinkedIn Stage Fund website The Practical Founders Podcast Tune into the Practical Founders Podcast for weekly in-depth interviews with founders who have built valuable software companies without big funding. Subscribe to the Practical Founders Podcast using your favorite podcast app. Get the weekly Practical Founders newsletter and podcast updates at practicalfounders.com. 

Krista Morgan, General Partner at Stage Fund, joins venture capitalist David Paul to discuss their unique approach to investing in early-stage technology companies that are unable to raise more funding. Stage Fund focuses on control acquisitions and provides a second chance for struggling companies by offering new capital and a new path forward. They often acquire distressed assets and work closely with founders to turn the companies around. Krista emphasizes the importance of alignment, accountability, and operational expertise in the success of these companies. She also discusses the challenges and opportunities in the emerging asset class of early-stage private equity. You can watch/listen to the podcast on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple.TakeawaysStage Fund specializes in control acquisitions of early-stage technology companies that are unable to raise more funding.They provide struggling companies with a second chance by offering new capital and a new path forward.Alignment, accountability, and operational expertise are crucial for the success of these companies.The emerging asset class of early-stage private equity offers opportunities for new investment strategies and approaches.Sound Bites"We are a control investor, making control acquisitions of early-stage technology companies that are unable to raise more funding.""The number of calls I get where people think they're at that place of getting a hard deal done, but actually being there are two very different things.""We really like finding value in the chaos. Like I like chaos."Chapters03:13 The Stage Fund's Approach to Investing07:11 Challenges in Getting Deals Done12:53 The Importance of Alignment and Accountability25:31 The Future of Early-Stage Tech Investing

Shiv Narayanan interviews Krista Morgan, General Partner at Stage Fund. Krista and Shiv discuss the challenges many companies experience in high-pressure VC models, and how Stage's alternative investment approach offers a solution for founders and investors. Learn about Stage's process for finding efficiencies and rebuilding revenue generation to get growth back on track in portfolio companies, plus the essential finance foundations many companies are missing. Resources Learn more about Stage Fund Connect with Krista Morgan - LinkedIn  The information contained in this podcast is not intended to constitute, and should not be construed as, investment advice.

Welcome to the Wall Street Lab podcast, where we interview top financial professionals and deconstruct their practices to give you an insider look into the world of finance. Today we're joined by Krista Morgan, a general partner at Stage, an early-stage private equity firm based in Denver, Colorado. She's also the co-founder of Aelin.ai, an artificial intelligence platform helping small businesses prepare for loans. She's currently a board member of Peak Beverage.  Krista holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science and a Diploma in Liberal Arts.  In this interview, we will discuss: How Krista and her co-founder founded Stage Her experiences running a private-equity firm Managing relationships with founders and investors Her approach to funding startups and getting returns   More about Stage: https://stagefund.com/  More about Krista: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristamorgan/  More about Fintalent: https://fintalent.io/ You can find all episodes of The Wall Street Lab Podcast on https://thewallstreetlab.com/ 

Krista Morgan, GP of Stage a majority female-led private equity group that acquires controlling interest in early-stage companies discusses what the VC crash means for fintech and tech valuations – particularly in the current inflationary environment.

In this episode, I sit down with Krista Morgan, General Partner at Stage.We talk about what marketing metrics Private Equity investors scrutinise while evaluating an investment, the expectations of the modern-day B2B buyer and where Krista feels B2B organisations are falling short of capitalising on a new GTM opportunity. You can follow Krista on LinkedIn here. And learn more about Stage here.Also - why not check out my weekly newsletter, The B2B Bite, where I break down marketing strategy and tactics for B2B leaders into fun-size, actionable chunks?And follow me on Twitter at @JasonRBradwell - all my best stuff is on Twitter.

Krista Morgan, General Partner at Stage, joins the podcast to talk about her career, Stage, “a majority female-owned PE fund acquiring controlling interest in companies undergoing change”, current trends in venture capital, and more. 

Krista Morgan, General Partner at Stage, joins the podcast to talk about her career, Stage, “a majority female-owned PE fund acquiring controlling interest in companies undergoing change”, current trends in venture capital, and more. 

Krista Morgan, General Partner at Stage, joins the podcast to talk about her career, Stage, “a majority female-owned PE fund acquiring controlling interest in companies undergoing change”, current trends in venture capital, and more. 

Krista Morgan, General Partner at Stage, joins the podcast to talk about her career, Stage, “a majority female-owned PE fund acquiring controlling interest in companies undergoing change”, current trends in venture capital, and more. 

Krista Morgan is the General Partner at Stage, a majority female-led private equity fund focused on acquiring controlling interests in companies undergoing a change in capital structure, strategy, operations, or growth. What You'll LearnHow VC firms take over firms and lead them to growthWhat it's like to work in a female-led investment firmWhy most start-ups failThe publicity and business that comes with winning awards Breakdown[00:50] Getting to Know Krista Morgan[03:05] Common Mistakes by PE Firms and Portfolio Companies[04:30] There's Always Room For Venture Capital Investing[06:40] Characteristics of a Start-up Doomed to Fail[09:18] Success Rates and Common Challenges in Most Startups[13:10] How Krista and Her Team Take Over and Scale a Business[17:04] Women in Leadership Positions in the Venture Capital Space[20:47] The Benefits of Winning Awards in Business[ 24:58] Key Attributes of a Top Performing Individual[29:26] What Krista Likes and Dislikes About Being an Investor[31:51] Krista's Go-To Information Resources[33:01] Parting Thoughts Resources:Krista's LinkedIn Thank you for tuning in!To get the newest Private Equity episodes, you can subscribe on iTunes or Spotify here.Lastly, if you have any feedback on the podcast or want to reach out to Alex with any questions, send an email to alex.rawlings@raw-selection.com.

Stage is a female-led private equity fund focused on acquiring orphaned venture-backed companies who are in need of an alternative path to success.

Stage is a female-led private equity fund focused on acquiring orphaned venture-backed companies who are in need of an alternative path to success.

Krista Morgan, Private Equity Investor & Founder of Stage, talks about giving companies a Second Act. Krista's passion is making finance accessible. While she did not initially come from a finance background, she soon discovered the importance of having the ability to properly communicate a company's financial picture in order to open doors and take advantage of opportunities. Krista believes in authentically sharing her startup experiences and has been featured and published in numerous outlets including Forbes, Fast Company, and Inc. Stage is a private equity firm that makes control-based investments in businesses that have proven market traction but need a new approach and capital partner to get to the next level. Their hands-on approach allows the companies space to re-think, focus, and grow. https://www.stagefund.com/ Riderflex is a national, Colorado based, premier headhunter, RPO and employment agency; recruiting and searching the top talent for staffing teams. Denver staffing agency - https://riderflex.com/ Podcast sponsor: Marketing360 is the #1 platform for small business and it's everything you need to grow your business. marketing360.com/riderflex #Stage #PrivateEquity #Finance #podcast #staffingagencydenver #staffingagencycolorado #employmentagenciesdenver #employmentagenciescolorado #staffingagenciesnearme #headhunterdenver #headhuntercolorado #recruitingfirm #staffing #staffingfirm #Denver #Colorado #National --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/riderflex/support

In this episode, Hall welcomes Krista Morgan, General Partner at Stage and founding partner of the Stage Fund. With its headquarters in Denver, Colorado, Stage makes control-based investments in businesses that have proven market traction but need a new approach and capital partner to get to the next level. Stage is a turnaround venture fund that offers early stage-small and medium-sized enterprises both the capital and management expertise to rethink their approach to growth. Stage specializes in situations that require restructuring, refocusing, and reinvesting for growth. They work with management teams to balance growth and cash flow to create a sustainable, valuable company.  Krista is an accomplished fintech entrepreneur, founding two ventures prior to joining Stage. She has raised over $100M in debt and equity, managed a $75M loan portfolio, and provided over $1B of financing. She is a regular speaker on entrepreneurship, finance and a champion of diversity in tech. Krista discusses how she sees the industry evolving and shares some of the challenges investors face. You can visit Stage at , and via LinkedIn at . Krista can be contacted via email at , and via LinkedIn at .

Episode 33: Krista Morgan – P2Binvestor Krista Morgan is cofounder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a marketplace lender that helps entrepreneurs and innovators transform their companies from sector newcomers to industry leaders. P2Bi partners with banks and investors, while also offering a robust crowdfunding platform, to provide affordable, flexible capital that evolves with business growth. Krista has quickly grown P2Bi into a multimillion-dollar company, a thriving online marketplace, and one of the few tech-enabled commercial lenders that can underwrite and fund million-dollar lines of credit in a few days. In addition, Krista is a sponsor and cohost of the popular podcast, Women Who Startup Radio, a networking and learning platform for female entrepreneurs and innovators globally. Season Three of the influential podcast includes an interview with Impact Finance Center’s CO Impact Days participant Wendi Burkhardt, founder of Silvernest, as well as numerous other successful women building robust businesses and social ventures. Krista’s combined investment and technology expertise and commitment to supporting female innovators and entrepreneurs are tremendous assets to the Impact Finance Center team. She is also helping to guide strategy in the launch of IFC’s online courses for the new Impact Investing Education Institute. Prior to launching her own business, Krista spent more than five years as a Digital Account Director for Sapient and Story Worldwide, where she worked on such high-profile accounts as Coca Cola, Energy Saving Trust, and Johnson & Johnson. With a BA in Economics and Political Science from McGill University, Krista is now an industry leader who writes and speaks regularly on such topics as business finance, scaling start-ups, and diversity in teams. Links to things we talk about: Krista Morgan on LinkedIn P2Binvestor Women Who Startup Click to Review and Rate Colorado TechCast on iTunes! We value every review we receive, and often read them out on the show. If you take the time to leave one, THANK YOU – You rock! IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR, PLEASE: Subscribe to our list Connect with us on Twitter Email us and tell us what you think!

Today's Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with Krista Morgan the Co-Founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a marketplace lender that helps entrepreneurs and innovators transform their companies from sector newcomers to industry leaders. Krista shares her stories of starting P2Binvestor - a financial tech company - when she had no prior experience in finance or tech. She saw a gap in the market place and jumped on the opportunity. With only 2% of venture capital funding going to women founders, Krista is passionate about changing this number! She shares how she raised $13 million in capital to fund P2Binvestor through angel investors vs. the traditional venture capital route. It's an impressive story! We have a rich conversation around funding startups, business building, sales, feminism, doing business with family, and life wisdom in general! "Entrepreneurship is not rocket science... it's just waking up everyday and doing it." ~Krista Morgan P2Binvestor partners with banks and investors, while also offering a robust crowdfunding platform, to provide affordable, flexible capital that evolves with business growth. Krista has quickly grown P2Binvestor into a multimillion-dollar company and one of the few tech-enabled commercial lenders that can rapidly underwrite and fund million-dollar lines of credit. In addition to being the CEO of P2Binvestor, Krista is co-host of the popular podcast, Women Who Startup Radio, a global networking and learning platform for female entrepreneurs and innovators. You’ll want to check that out! To learn more about Krista, follow her on LinkedIn or visit the P2Binvestor website. Let’s meet Krista Morgan, the founder and CEO of P2Binvestor!  

  It’s finally time to talk about the only thing that really matters in business: money. How are local businesses scaling up and building out without compromising what makes them great?   We talk to Chris Onan, an 18-year veteran investor in local high-growth tech companies, and share the story of Krista Morgan, cofounder and CEO of one of Denver’s most exciting young fintech companies, P2Binvestor.   To check-out P2Binvestor, visit: http://www.p2bi.com/.   This episode features music by Lee Rosevere and Studio D. Our theme music is Lover in Japan by Retrofette.  A big thank you to Mile High Hustle's sponsors: Husch Blackwell, General Assembly, and Zayo Group.  

Successful entrepreneurs must raise capital, and that means understanding how to talk about money. In this episode, Kim talks to Kathleen Burns Kingsbury about building financial confidence.  Krista Morgan also joins Kim to discuss how she raised millions of dollars to propel her business P2Binvestor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Segment 1:Dr. Marsha Firestone is President and Founder of the Women Presidents' Organization, a peer advisory group for women who own and lead multimillion dollar businesses. She is also the co-author of “Women Presidents' Organization 50 Fastest Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies Guide to Growth”.Segment 2: Bri Seeley is the author of “Permission to Leap”. She has been featured on NBC's The TODAY Show, Forbes, Inc, Medium, PBS, and Free Enterprise. Segment 3:Krista Morgan started P2Binvestor over 5 years ago with a mission to help growing businesses succeed. In addition to running P2Binvestor, she is the cohost of Women Who Startup Radio.Segment 4:Ron Carucci is co-founder and managing partner at Navalent, working with CEOs and executives pursuing transformational change for their organizations, leaders, and industries. He is the best-selling author of 8 books, including the recent Amazon #1 Rising to Power.   Segment 5: Susie Moore who is the author of “What If It Does Work Out? How A Side Hustle Can Change Your Life”. She is an advisor to high-growth startups in Silicon Valley and NYC.Sponsored by Nextiva.

November 15, 2016 Business Growth Expert Meridith Elliott Powell & P2Binvestor CEO Krista Morgan

S2, EP # 10 - Women Who Startup Radio All Show notes here: www.womenwhostartup.co/thepodcast Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

Why Comments Suck - Episode 26 Scott and Randy tear into the history and problems of comments on "news" sites, and identify the most overlooked problem. They then talk about current and future solutions (well, other than just giving up an shutting down.) Show Notes Links Popular Science -"Why We're Shutting Off Our Comments" -Sept 23, 2013 Shadow of the future: "The shadow of the future promotes cooperation in a repeated prisoner's dilemma for children" Original paper: Bargaining, Enforcement, and International Cooperation by James D. Fearon How others are addressing comment quality Shutting down onsite comments: a comprehensive list of all news organisations How the Huffington Post handles 70+ million comments a year We discussed the history of HuffPo comments with Justin Isaf in Jan 2015 Tablet Magazine: A Jewish magazine is testing an unusual solution for toxic internet comments After deciding to charge for comments, Tablet's conversation moves to Facebook Improvements along the roads! Civil Comments: Reforming the Trollosphere: Creating Conversation in the Comments Section The Coral Project: "We need to change how people are submitting their content and we need to make sure that we're giving them good reasons to behave well." The Coral Project unveils its first product to make comments better New York Times: Quora: How does the NYT determine which articles have comments? Model & Enforce the context New York Times: A Community Manager Walks Into A Bar:My AMA with Bassey Etim, Community Desk Editor at The New York Times The Engaging News Project: Journalist Involvement in Comment Sections Comments Are Terrible (But They Don't Have To Be) - SXSW PanelPicker submission for The Coral Project and the Engaging News Project. Additional links Hey reporters: An alternative to #DontReadtheComments: Jump in Case Study: Yahoo! Answers Community Content Moderation from Building Web Repuation Systems The Washington Post is using Slack to create a reader community focused on the gender pay gap Transcript Scott: Hi listeners, in this episode we ask why do comments on sites suck so much, and what can we do about it? Randy: They're sucking because they lack context, and we'll tell you what that means. Scott: Now, this isn't a new problem, and many are trying to address it. We'll share their approaches ... Randy: ... And give our recommendations based on our personal experiences. Welcome to the Social Media Clarity podcast, 15 minutes of concentrated analysis and advice about social media and platform and product design. Scott: I'm Scott Moore. Randy: I'm Randy Farmer. Scott: We're discussing the problem with comment sections. You may have heard that a number of news sites have been shutting down comment sections in the last couple of years, or generally complaining about the poor quality of comments they receive on their articles, and we think that there's a real simple problem here, and it's the model in that people are presented with just a blank text box with no context about what to say or how to behave. Randy: Part of that is because we don't know who the audience is. It's not clear from a plain text box who you have in mind when you're writing a comment, and what you're actually writing about. Are you writing to the publisher of the article? The reader? The commenter? The author? It's not at all clear, and I don't think the publishers were even sure. I think they assumed that the post, the content it self, would be a sufficient context for commenting, if they thought about context at all. One way I like to put it is, there's no "to:", expressed or implied, when a visitor creates their own context. Is it to the author? The publisher? The topic? Or a reply to another commenter? There is one context that I like to refer to all the time, which is when you post a public content, it's actually to God, Google and everyone. Scott: This creates an attractive nuisance. The vicious circle goes like this. Publishers are not creating a clear context to their commenters, and without that clear context, people don't have enough context to care about each other, so they don't really focus on developing relationships. They tend to focus on being an audience to the rest of the world, and they have their own axes to grind or they ignore the content of the article, and post anyway, and these low-quality comments tend to wind up drawing more bad comments than good comments, and the circle starts all over again. Randy: In contrast, there are communities with blank text boxes that have strong context and therefore have less difficulty with comment quality, because they're constructed around either topical content, or group goals, and they tend to be smaller and more intimate. Scott: These tighter contexts provide what's known as "the shadow of the future," and that is, that's the probability of future interaction. If you expect to interact with other people in the future, you treat them differently. If you don't expect to interact with somebody in the future, then your cooperation is going to be lesser than. It's like comparing a small town diner where you expect to see the same people over and over, you're going to be nice to them, verses a bus station where everyone's passing through, and bus stations aren't really known for their friendliness. Randy: Now it's time to discuss how others are trying to address poor quality comments on their sites. Scott: For too long, folks have been treating the symptoms. There's a long list of sites that have closed their comments absolutely, completely, but there's a cost to that. You lose your SEO from comments. You lose potential ad revenue from people participating on the page where you're selling ads. Some sites exert editorial control over which content can have comments enabled, and for how long. For example, the Philadelphia Enquirer, the Guardian, Fox News, all pick and choose which pieces of content are going to allow comments at all. This can increase your editorial costs and you can also suffer from a dip in your SEO and ad revenue from people commenting. Randy: Some, like Ars Technica and Boing Boing have put comments behind a click. This is an editorial speed bump. It's complex and it's all about context, and bad comments can cost you significant revenue. When I worked at Yahoo, Yahoo Health had comments related to articles about drugs and treatments, and when the drug companies were advertising, they were paying the highest ad rates on the internet, and they didn't like the detracting and often medically dangerous comments that were showing up on the same page as the article about their treatment or drug. They moved the comments off of that page in order to recover that revenue. The critical context turns out to be the advertisers for many of these applications, not the users. Scott: Then we can't forget the ever popular increasing your moderation. Whether moderation happens before or after publication, these systems wind up being expensive, mostly because they don't scale well, and definitely don't respond quickly. Randy: Some are pushing moderation tasks to Facebook comments, and for me, this is completely baffling, because now you have confused the context one more time, because now, instead of just the other people reading and the other people commenting, you now have brought in the entire user's social graph. Anyway, who gets notified when you post on a site using remote Facebook comments? Who are you talking to? Are you writing for your Facebook friends or are you writing for the author of an article? Scott: We've come across a really novel approach. Make your commenters pay before they can view or comment. Tablet magazine is a magazine for a non-profit organization, and they actually charge for commenting. They have a daily rate of 2 dollars, or a monthly rate of 18 dollars, or a yearly rate of 180 dollars, and you might think, "Who would pay to comment?" Randy: Nobody. Scott: Well the answer is no one. They killed the comments on their site. All of their commenting happens on their Facebook page where they repost the articles anyway. According to them, this is exactly what they wanted. They are very happy with it exactly happening this way. If somebody wants to comment from the wild web, then pay for it, and they'll be happy to moderate your comment. That works out well for them, but it might not work out well for you if you're relying on things like advertising revenue and SEO. Randy: This has been a problem for quite a while. It's well known. The grousing about it is everywhere, and we now join that group, but there have been several efforts to standardize and platformize. One of them is Civil Comments. Civil comments is a platform launched by Aja Bogdanoff who is involved with Ted Talks Communities, and Krista Morgan. Aja told Tech Crunch in October, "We need to change how people are submitting their content. We need to make sure that we're giving them good reasons to behave well," so when you write your comment, in order to post it, you actually have to review 2 other comments on the site for quality and civility. This gives you a chance to edit your comment before submitting. Then comments may go live or be held for review based on whoever is using the platform. This approach is a definite improvement, and it starts to set the context, but it's only after the user has invested in writing a potentially context-less comment. We think this approach might be able to be improved by changing the order, getting people to read comments from others before composing a new one. Scott: Another tool for publishers to facilitate curation in moderation comes out of the Coral Project. They have one tool called Trust. It's actually part of 3 planned modules, Trust, Ask and Talk. The Trust module is largely so that journalists can find new sources, reveal potential troublemakers and identify useful contributions within all the contributions that are going on. It's not out yet. Some people are experimenting with it, and it still doesn't address what we're talking about, which is the whole idea of context. There's nothing to provide context. It's really looking at things after all of these context-less comments come out. Randy: So far it looks like it's very early and there might be a little bit of reinventing the wheel, but we'll see how it turns out, and I'm certain they'll uncover some useful lessons I hope they share with us all. Scott: The New York Times has really changed how they're operating with comments. They started by following the popular but misguided, generic goal of "building community", but that lacks context, and that's the whole problem we're talking about. Since then, they have transformed into a better "letters to the editor." As Bassey Etim, the New York Times community editor, says, "Our goal is to have every New York Times comment thread offer tangible, added value to each article for our readership." Randy: That's a goal. Scott: That's a goal, and it limits the scope. With that goal clearly stated internally and externally, that allows them to select which stories have comments and how long the comments are going to be open on a particular story, and when those comments come in, they're human reviewed. They prioritize what comments are reviewed based on whether it's on the home page, whether it's getting a lot of attention, and when they review their comments, they hold off on publishing every comment just because it passes reviews. They actually hold on to a couple of comments until there is a spectrum of positions that support or add to the article. Randy: This does a great job of modeling. Scott: Exactly. It's done by your paid staff and it teaches regulars what's going to wind up getting published, and then also they curate and they highlight. They do this either by having picks of particular comments that really add to the context of the rest of the article, or they do modeling by highlighting the New York Times Picks community by doing profiles of folks. Randy: I really like that they preserve the context, as I was talking about earlier. They put the comments behind a click, which is the same kind of speed bump as I described before, but it's displayed as a pullout sidebar that allows the article and comments to scroll independently, so it keeps them connected, but it doesn't detract from either thing. It's great. Scott: You're right, but ultimately with all of this, there's still just an empty text box at the top of the comments, which makes it way too easy to skip a lot of this really great context modeling that they're doing, so good effort, but we're still calling them out on the one piece that we're saying is, we're missing context. Randy: My advice to them would be instead of just putting the FAQ link there, if you've never posted before, actually making you read the shorthand version of their FAQ, which is pretty short. After the break, our recommendations. Randy: There are plenty of problems to go around and lots of people are trying different things, but we're going to tell you what we think. We think the most important thing is to decide the context. Ask yourself the questions that are important. Why do you want comments at all? What do you want from the commenters? This is a behavioral question. What benefits do the commenters get? How do we want them to behave? Gather those questions clearly in your minds, and then talk about how you might be gathering this information. Once you know these things, you want to communicate them clearly. You want to be transparent about your answers to those questions. If it's about ads, is that why you want comments? What are you going to do to trade off to get that revenue? You want to communicate everything about that. Don't just present a white box. It has no context. Make it really, really obvious by putting context everywhere. Make knowing the context a speed bump. Some examples include making context a click through, as we talked about a couple different ways already. Put the text box after or to the side of other comments, and we added that to the side of after we saw the New York Times. That model is pretty cool. Reward and require reading other comments. I worked on a project called Discourse.org, which is a message board system, and before you could contribute, you actually had to read through threads. Scott: Part of communicating your context clearly is making sure that you've got the right technical bits for communicating the context. One of the challenges I found with working with traditional UX and UI approaches is that they tend to focus on what happens with one user behind the keyboard and not what's happening with hundreds of thousands of users in a social context, all taking that same action, and this plays out in terms of whether you want to have a community talking to each other or whether you want to have an audience talking to the publisher. If you want a community, set the context. Put the reply box on the bottom. Put the replies in chronological order. If you're looking at having the audience speak to the publisher, having the text box on top or having comments in reverse chronological order lends itself to talking to the article as opposed to other people. Labels can help. Consider changing the word "comment" to something else. Discuss, reply, contribute, and consider changing the label of your "like" buttons to "respect." There's something that backs this up. The Engaging News Project did a little research on simply changing "like" buttons to the word "respect," and they found that respondents who saw the respect button clicked on more comments in the comment section, and from an angle of participation, respondents seeing the "respect" button clicked on more comments from other political perspectives in comparison to either using "like" or even "recommend." Randy: That sounds great. Scott: Once you've set and communicated the context, it's important to shape it and reinforce it. Be willing to decide if comments are even needed on individual stories, much like the New York Times does, and this is a decision that can be based on your staffing capability, if the author is willing to or even able to respond in the comment section, if the topic is polarizing or if the top has recently had comments enabled. Also, set expectations for how you would like people to behave. Bassey Etim at the New York Times recommends you consistently tell your readers that they're part of a quality club, and this is the kind of quality that we're looking for, and this goes right back to our questions, "what benefit do the commenters get?" And, "how do we want them to behave?" Randy: You also want to model commenting behavior. Calling back to the New York Times policy of holding comment publication until a balance is available is a way to teach people what gets published. Make sure your content authors and staff are participating to your best standards. Scott: Don't forget, we're talking about people here, so directly engage with your commenters. Work with the folks who are writing the content, creating the content, to engage in the comments on their posts. This increases the quality of user contributions, and again, there's a little bit of experimentation from the Engaging News Project that found that when a reporter interacted in a comment section, the chances of an uncivil comment declined by 15 percent, and the commenters were 15 percent more likely to provide evidence over opinion when the reporters participated. Make sure your moderation staff is there supporting authors, so they can focus on meaningful engagement with the people commenting. Randy: It's really popular to talk about recognition, reward and celebration, and in appropriate measure, these are good practices. Just don't substitute recognition and reward for diligent moderation. Here are some recommendations that don't require special technology, just people. Dedicate a portion of your moderation strategy to finding good content. Reward the kind of comment quality you want. Reply to the person directly, and thank them or congratulate them for a particular quality. Of course, highlight and promote the best contributions, and do a retrospective of model commenters. Sometimes the technology you have just won't cut it, and you need to consider an alternative approach. One approach I've used with several clients, and has been implemented in the Telegent platform is the ability for users to be the frontline in identifying the worst content, and allowing them to flag it and then automatically hiding it, perhaps for later review, but I must warn you, we're calling this out as an alternative approach because if you do it wrong you can actually make things worse. If you do it right, the response time between a bad post it disappearing can drop to seconds, fundamentally improving the apparent quality of your content, and discouraging bad contributions from vandals. Scott: Sometimes you have to go back to your very first question, and ask yourself why you want comments, and realize that free text comments are not the right choice for your community or for feedback, and if you really want a community, consider a purpose-built community platform such as Discourse.org or even Slack. Now, the Washington Post is trying out an experiment where they have a small Slack community of Washington Post readers, mainly women, who are focusing initially on issues of pay gap, but it's turning into other discussions, which are becoming rich sources for the Washington Post to generate more stories or greater insight on this particular topic, or consider personal stories from your audience or your community that can give insight into a topic without a lot of back and forth that can be the source of conflict, and also consider that text is not your only tool. Submissions of images or videos, particularly if they are coming from members who are close to a particular topic or close to a particular location, where they can supplement or add flavor to the original topic are also ripe sources for content. That can give a sense of community without resorting to a blank text box. Randy: It was a challenge putting together this episode because it's difficult that there are so many different variants of text boxes for user feedback out there. There are so many techniques that people are using in an attempt to fashion quality out of that content. For example, we didn't talk much about moderation techniques here today. That's what people talk about a lot and we hope to have an episode about that in the very near future. If you have ideas for specific things we should discuss in this area, please give us feedback. You can reach us on Facebook at Social Media Clarity and on Twitter as @SMClarity. Scott: Thank you so much for listening. Randy: Yeah, see you next time. For links, transcripts and more episodes, go to SocialMediaClarity.net. Thanks for listening.

S2, EP # 9 - Women Who Startup Radio, Season 2, Episode 9 With Lauren Y. Casteel President and CEO of The Women's Foundation of Colorado Show notes: www.womenwhostartup.co/thepodcast Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

S2, EP # 8 - Women Who Startup Radio, Season 2, Episode 8 With Sallie Krawcheck Show notes: www.womenwhostartup.co/thepodcast Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

S2, EP # 7 - Women Who Startup Radio, Season 2, Episode 7 (Part 2) With Amelia Rose Earhart The Flight Around The World (Exclusive content) Show notes: www.womenwhostartup.co/thepodcast Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

S2, EP # 7 - Women Who Startup Radio, Season 2, Episode 7 (Part 1) With Amelia Rose Earhart Show notes: www.womenwhostartup.co/thepodcast Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

S2, EP # 6 - Women Who Startup Radio, Season 2, Episode 6 (Part 2) With Azure Antoinette The Big Break (Exclusive content) Show notes: www.womenwhostartup.co/thepodcast Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

S2, EP # 6 - Women Who Startup Radio, Season 2, Episode 6 (Part 1) With Azure Antoinette Show notes: www.womenwhostartup.co/thepodcast Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

S2, EP # 5 - Women Who Startup Radio, Season 2, Episode 5 With Emily Schromm Show notes: www.womenwhostartup.co/thepodcast Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

S2, EP # 4 - Women Who Startup Radio, Season 2, Episode 4 With Julie Nirvelli Show notes: www.womenwhostartup.co/thepodcast Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

S2, EP # 1 - Women Who Startup Radio, Season 2, Episode 1 With Ashley Colpaart Show notes: www.womenwhostartup.co/thepodcast Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

S2, EP # 3 - Women Who Startup Radio, Season 2, Episode 3 With Wendi Burkhardt Show notes: www.womenwhostartup.co/thepodcast Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

S2, EP # 2 - Women Who Startup Radio, Season 2, Episode 2 With Holly Kurtz Show notes: www.womenwhostartup.co/thepodcast Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

Women Who Startup Radio, Season 2 Episode 0, Season 2 Teaser Show notes: http://www.womenwhostartup.co/thepodcast Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community started in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

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We haven’t discussed receivables financing much here on Lend Academy. But that is about to change as the space is starting to see a lot of action. Krista Morgan is the CEO and Co-founder of P2Binvestor (P2Bi for short), a marketplace lender that is focused on receivables financing. P2Bi launched around 15 months ago but as […] The post Podcast 45: Krista Morgan of P2Binvestor appeared first on Lend Academy.

We haven’t discussed receivables financing much here on Lend Academy. But that is about to change as the space is starting to see a lot of action. Krista Morgan is the CEO and Co-founder of P2Binvestor (P2Bi for short), a marketplace lender that is focused on receivables financing. P2Bi launched around 15 months ago but as […] The post Podcast 45: Krista Morgan of P2Binvestor appeared first on Lend Academy.

EP 10 - Women Who Startup Radio, Episode 10 Fear and Risk (Season 1 Finale) Show notes: www.womenwhostartup.co/thepodcast Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

EP 9 - Women Who Startup Radio, Episode 9 Peer-to-peer Mentoring Show notes: www.womenwhostartup.co/thepodcast Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

EP 8 - Women Who Startup Radio, Episode 8 Resilience and Mindfulness in Entrepreneurship Show notes: www.womenwhostartup.co/thepodcast Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

Next Generation Invoice & Receivables panel with Jed Simon, CEO of FastPay; Bertram Meyer, CEO of Taulia; George Shapiro, CEO & Chairman of The Interface Financial Group; Kevin Daniels, Chief Product Officer of C2FO; Krista Morgan, CEO of P2Binvestor; Eyal Shinar, CEO & Founder of Fundbox; and moderator Matt Harris, Managing Director of Bain Capital Ventures, at LendIt USA 2015.

EP 7 - Women Who Startup Radio, Episode 7 Live from Fort Collins Startup Week 2015 Show notes: www.womenwhostartup.co/thepodcast Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

EP 6 - Women Who Startup Radio, Episode 6 Staying Healthy (Both personal health + business health) Show notes: www.womenwhostartup.co/thepodcast Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

EP 5 - Women Who Startup Radio, Episode 5 Setting Solid Foundations and Moving the Needle Show notes: http://www.womenwhostartup.co/wws-radio-5 Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

EP 4 - Women Who Startup Radio, Episode 4 Finding and Creating Happiness Show notes: http://www.womenwhostartup.co/wws-radio-4 Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

EP 2 - Women Who Startup Radio, Episode 2 Show notes: http://www.womenwhostartup.co/wws-radio-2 Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

EP 3 - Women Who Startup Radio, Episode 3 Managing Conflict and Legal Issues Faced by Startups Show notes: http://www.womenwhostartup.co/wws-radio-3 Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support

EP 1 - Women Who Startup Radio, Episode 1 Show notes: http://www.womenwhostartup.co/wws-radio-1 Women Who Startup Radio is a production of Women Who Startup, an organization and community in Denver, Colorado, that celebrates, connects, and empowers women who startup, women founders, women who code, women who tech and women entrepreneurs. Women Who Startup Radio is a podcast cohosted by Lizelle Van Vuuren (@lizellevv), Founder and CEO of Effectively and Women Who Startup, and G. Krista Morgan (@krismtl), Co-founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for business lending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenwhostartup/support