Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

And trust me when I tell you that 90%+ of the people can’t wake up every day with the uncertainties and insecurities that startup founders face. Most employees want cruising altitude, most founders live in take off mode. ” The details is the sausage factory that nobody really wants. They want the end product.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Startup founders can start positioning themselves now to be acquired in that wave. Most will have a ranked scorecard with specific criteria, such as deal terms, strategic fit, competitive gaps filled, cultural compatibility, potential upside, and finally “lift” — how hard will the purchase and subsequent integration be?

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 11, 2020

I’ve worked in tech for over a decade, helping startup companies to create a truly diverse company culture. So, with the knowledge that diversity is important for startups, where should you begin? Ninety percent of startup founders will not implement a diversity program. Instead, you need to act.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

MAY 21, 2021

Cultivating a culture and practice of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has become a core principle for entrepreneurial ecosystem builders. What does it say when we tell them their ideas and dreams are unworthy because they don’t fit into some narrow model of a startup founder? Board commitments to DEI.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2022

Venture capitalists and founders across all fundraising stages spoke to current investment strategies when it comes to investing in this cohort of startups. Yet, things are accelerating across the board in crypto. Tokens and the future of future equity.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I came from a board meeting to here. I was saying to this CEO at the board meeting, I said, “I don’t know, I just have this blind belief that you guys are going to create an enormous success. I want to build a great company, and I want to get you on my board for my new ridesharing service. This culture of asking.

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

The findings may not be troubling if these respondents were millennial startup founders, years from leaving their companies. Crucially, it will help the incoming and future generations of leadership understand critical aspects of its track record, the lessons learned, culture and identity.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Startup culture is informal, which is why some workers end up with job titles like “customer delight manager” or “product whisperer.” ” That might work inside mature companies, but early-stage founders who are presenting themselves to investors must be more specific. Detailed, five-quarter view.

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FundersClub

JUNE 15, 2017

technology startup founders and how that affects the gender diversity of the employees they hire in " The 2017 US Startup Team Gender Diversity Study. What are the most common mistakes you have seen growth stage founders make? What does an ideal board look like? " Investor Thoughts.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

In recent years, calling oneself a startup founder was certainly seen as a flex. For instance, the sudden collapse of SVB , despite affecting just a few startups, sent many African founders into panic mode as they scrambled to review banking options to avoid such circumstances creating more uncertainty for them.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Startups received an unprecedented amount of financial investment during the pandemic, yet female founders lost ground. Public companies with at least one female board member typically outperform companies with only male members. Research has proven repeatedly that diversity is good for business.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

After completing a $10-million Series A round in March 2021, the startup expanded into Greenville, South Carolina, its fourth market so far. CEO Jonathan Kite said a new automated turn board feature was a significant factor accelerating the company’s success. Most startup founders understandably think they have great ideas.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JUNE 24, 2015

Your board and investors even consider you the Mark Zuckerberg or Evan Spiegel of your industry. Congratulations, you have succeeded in turning your startup into a real company. With so much competition, startup founders and existing corporations can no longer survive by just adding new features or marketing product extensions.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Akamai Technologies CTO Andy Champagne will join Macrometa’s board. Startups might be in a funding midwinter, but the ray of sun shining on some VCs speaks of a different trend , reports Ingrid. How do they keep the culture alive? The funding also included participation from Shasta Ventures and Sixty Degree Capital.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Unfortunately, more often than not, these approaches have been disappointing, prompting me to write this list of tips to help founders win over a someone like me. Background So why is it really hard to find a technical co-founder? It goes without saying that being a startup founder is more popular than ever.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

Whenever founders raise a round of finance, the question becomes “what the hell should I be paying myself.” ” It’s one of those rare things you can’t really go to your board or advisors with. Finally, startup culture can generate pressure to not take salaries.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Ariane de Bonvoisin is an executive coach to top CEOs, startup founders and VCs. She has keynoted the Oprah conference, given a TED talk, and been invited to Google, Amazon, the World Bank, Union Square Ventures and Red Bull to teach about navigating change and founder and startup wellness. Ariane de Bonvoisin.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Sequoia’s Jess Lee will talk you through how to get that first investor on board, which will more often than not get other investors excited about the prospect of working with you. Evolving from Scientist to Founder (Sponsored by Mayfield). How do you go from PhD to startup founder and beyond? Kyle Poyar (OpenView).

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). Our goal is to invest in, coinvest with, and/or recruit founders in transition. You’re involved in other aspects of the firm’s activities: due diligence, portfolio acceleration, board service, etc. Gen Z Scouts.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

You’ll still need to figure out how to acquire customers, find the best talent, build an incredible product, assemble a great advisory board and get to product-market fit.”. If you’re not living and breathing your startup, you’re going to struggle anyway,” says Karim. Deidre Paknad, CEO and co-founder, WorkBoard.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

Shin is now part of our Advisory Board,” said Aykan Ekici, co-founder of Khenda, the top winner of KSGC 2021. “The KSGC provides you with the connections that will help you build your company and develop a strong network in Korea,” said Chea Srun, CEO of XQuant, a startup from Hong Kong.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

And yet, according to Noam Wasserman, The Founder’s Dilemma , Harvard Business Review, “Four out of five entrepreneurs are forced to step down from the CEO’s post.” Some find out the scale up is not for them and prefer the hustle and bustle of the startup. Take the Quiz — Are You Cut Out To Be A Scale Up CEO?

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 3, 2013

After the investment closed, the founders wanted to renege on that part of the agreement , but the board asked the duo to meet some of the valley’s top CEOs. From Netflix to Facebook, Twitter to Google, successful startups build great management teams. Great managers bring with them expertise in team and culture building.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

You will see in societies, people will just put a board outside of their house and start selling products. You have to go back to the drawing board and understand, why are people calling me, right? Vidit Aatrey [27:50] – Over time they also came on board. People don’t know about it. Any problem, you tell me.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JUNE 25, 2015

Noam Wasserman, the Harvard Business School professor and author of The Founder’s Dilemmas , found an interesting trend in the tenure of startup founder-CEOs: in his analysis of more than 200 startups, fewer than 50% of CEOs remained after three years. This number dropped to 40% after four years and 25% through the IPO.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 13, 2012

I call the last working week in December Board Week because it’s packed with board meetings. These board meetings are often the most important of the year. I’ve assembled a checklist below of top 5 things I’ve seen founders do in and around the end of the year that position their companies for success in the next year.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Personally, I’m hoping it starts a trend where mature tech companies do a better job of recognizing and rewarding employees who innately understand their culture, products and services. Dear Sophie, My co-founders and I think we might qualify for International Entrepreneur Parole. How long does it take to get IEP approved?

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FundersClub

JULY 6, 2017

" Mentat launches Mentat Junction , a technology-driven outplacement service to help startup founders during a reduction in force on ProductHunt. to build a good culture that can evolve and grow with a similarly evolving startup in " Making Culture a Tangible Metric.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Do you expect to see a surge in more founders coming from geographies outside major cities in the years to come, with startup hubs losing people due to the pandemic and lingering concerns, plus the attraction of remote work? Founders are primarily concerned with the mental health of their employees. Maybe, maybe not.

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