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Startup Founders Should Flip Burgers

Both Sides of the Table

I hired a senior exec from the building materials industry (we were a document collaboration company for the engineering & construction industry) who was also ex McKinsey. The expectations of our company having raised $16.5 million were enormous. We had to ramp up our team quickly and ramp we did. He was to head up UK operations.

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DC’s New Innovation Hub, STATION DC, Opens Membership Applications

American Entrepreneurship

Washingtons Premier Connector of Tech and Policy Leaders Welcomes the Next Generation of Innovators that includes Delta Force, an annual cohort designed to support 6-10 of DCs most promising startup founders. A Robust Network of industry leaders, policymakers, military officials, and investors working across high-impact sectors.

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14 Leadership Lessons From Successful Startup Founders

Startup Blogpost

14 Leadership Lessons From Successful Startup Founders To gain a deeper understanding of effective leadership, we asked startup founders and CEOs to share the most valuable lessons they’ve learned from successful entrepreneurs. I’ve worked with many startup founders. ” This struck a chord.

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Startup founders set up hacker homes to recreate Silicon Valley synergy

TechCrunch

Y Combinator isn’t requiring its recent cohorts to relocate and collaboration is a screen-to-screen affair. Now that they can work from literally anywhere, many entrepreneurs are forming homes with other founders. Now, as remote work continues and the pandemic persists, scores of entrepreneurs are working from home around the world.

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Connect and collaborate with new founders at TechCrunch Early Stage 2023

TechCrunch

Successful startup founders do not spring fully formed from the head of whatever god or goddess keeps tabs on entrepreneurs. Here’s the great news — TechCrunch Early Stage, taking place April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts, is designed to help both early and future founders accelerate the learning curve.

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Editorial: We owe a duty of care to founder mental health and it requires a collaborative solution

NZ Entrepreneur

Encouragingly the issue of founder mental health is as we speak, high on the priority list for many members of the startup ecosystem. Our startup community has come a long way in the 20 years since the dotcom boom in our collective ability to inspire, activate and educate startup founders.

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One Reason Why Your Technical Recruiting Isn't Working

This is going to be BIG.

When I was a startup founder, I had this same issue. That's when I had a conversation with Max Ventilla, the founder of AltSchool, who at the time was running Aardvark. 3) Collaborate with other companies on sourcing through events. Max was telling me how he was interviewing 4-5 candidates a day, which stunned me.

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