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Lessons from the Trenches: One Founder’s Candid Look at Bootstrapping

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While I eventually found success through perseverance, strategic partnerships, and the unwavering support of my wife and team, I often wonder if the journey could have been less daunting with the right mentorship. Prior to founding Equifund, Jordan founded capital markets consulting and investor relations firm Novea Capital Inc in 2009.

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Be who you needed when you were younger

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At some point in life, almost everyone has collaborated with people who don’t share knowledge, don’t give advice, and don’t help others out with their experience. These people might have been our colleagues, our managers, our HR business partners, or even an intern or a consultant.

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What Future for Accelerators?

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There were a lot of requests for us to turn our mentorship program into a physical accelerator with a fund, office space and full-time staff. Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). Adam & I decided we wanted to return to our roots and focus on mentorship, which is our passion.

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What’s it Like Being a VC?

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I worked nearly a decade as a consultant – first building large scale IT systems and then doing strategy consulting. We sit on the sidelines – The down side of VC is that exact same as I remember in consulting. Running a local community / mentorship program – I run a group called LaunchPad LA.

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Why there are so few women in tech (and what you can do about it!)

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While it is not uncommon to see CS graduates wind up in management or consulting, that’s probably not the full story. Women may feel unsupported in their process of moving into a career where so much career advice is geared toward men. It provides opportunities for mentorship.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

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They’ll invite you out to events in which you’ll meet their other clients, you can get to know them socially and hopefully develop a real mentorship relationship where every conversation is not on the clock. But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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Mentorship. By now everybody has a big stake in your success and would like to feel consulted on the major decisions you’re making with their money. Startup Advice' Offering a sparring-partner function on strategic decisions. Reviewing financial & operational performance. As You Start to Mature.

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