advice energy startup founder 
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 8, 2014
So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa. The goal of the fund is what we in the startup world might call “double bottom line” in that it is meant certainly to drive returns for the capital raised but it is also meant to attract capital to the local community.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2013
Jonathan Strauss took this issue head on in a blog post that I believe every startup founder should read on “ Replacing Oneself as CEO.” ” “After 3 and a half years of fusing my self-worth with the success of the company in the crucible of startup survival, it was impossible to tear them apart without pain.
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 10, 2012
In driving down the costs of building businesses it’s driving down the age of startup founders and thus they’re starting companies where young people want to live – in urban environments. But there does seem to be huge startup energy around the Flatiron District / Union Square.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 27, 2012
I believe there needs to be more focus on reinventing eduction, healthcare, energy and even less noble industries such as television, telephony and financial services. I have noted that we are over-weight as an industry in apps for restaurants, bars & music because many young entrepreneurs launch applications in areas they know.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 5, 2011
I was meeting with a first-time CEO of a very promising young startup recently and offering my advice on what his priorities should be. I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things.
Hunter Walk
AUGUST 26, 2024
HW: I’m sure you get hit up for career advice all the time. JS: The most general yet useful bit of career advice I often give is for people to look at the progression of their career as a story, and do their best to make the story compelling. HW: You’ve been a startup founder as well as an executive at larger tech companies.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 13, 2018
This is part of a series of advice for founders who need to raise money from venture capitalists. The most important advice I could give you before you set out in fund raising mode is to understand that fund-raising a sales & marketing process and needs to be managed. If in high school you got a 3.6 Same with VC.
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