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AUGUST 30, 2014
Everybody has a blog these days and there is much advice to be had. Many startups now go through accelerators and have mentors passing through each day with advice – usually it’s conflicting. There are bootcamps, startup classes, video interviews – the sources are now endless. What is a founder to do?
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FEBRUARY 23, 2015
For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.” But I also have advice for the 15% that really do want to be a startup CEO. ” The punch line from this post was “angel yourself.”
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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. Same with VC. If in high school you got a 3.6
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APRIL 22, 2010
This is part of my startup advice series. It’s still important advice for startup founders and something that I’m passionate about. Why do job hoppers make such bad employees at startups? -. You’re a startup founder. And good VC’s feel the same way. Not at all.
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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.
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OCTOBER 3, 2011
But last week I noticed a blog post by a woman, Tara Tiger Brown, that asked the question, “ Why Aren’t More Women Commenting on VC Blog Posts? She has a quote from literally every major VC from whom you’d want to hear. And many of the best women founders. ” [it's short, you should read it].
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
I will even take to emailing people I don’t know offering small bits of advice. I try to take time out of my week to occasionally meet with startup founders – even those that haven’t been introduced. Can you please intro me to XYZ VC? If you do randomly write me I have advice. I try to be helpful.
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