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This is going to be BIG.
MAY 14, 2015
Most people take that to mean that they'll stop spending as much time with their family and go on to work at another startup or be a founder themselves. I introduced them to the founders of Zumba, chloe + isabel, and Zogsports--all companies that depended on creating scalable in person experiences, especially around training.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 25, 2014
This blog started from a series of conversations I found myself having over and over again with founders and eventually decided I should just start writing them.It Yet somehow many people think that startups intended to operate at massive, Internet scale can be casual affairs. The founders of DropBox, Airbnb, Uber – you name it.
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This is going to be BIG.
OCTOBER 28, 2016
Startup failure comes quick and often messy--great for storytelling. The Coveteur article featuring Andy and Bonobos encapsulated exactly how a founder worth writing about will act: ".He 4) Thank Andy Dunn for showing us the way to be one of the best storytelling founders ever. And it’s true: [FOUNDER] is wildly successful.
Dream It
AUGUST 10, 2020
Word choice is important and even the smallest detail can make or break your startup pitch. Adam Dakin , Managing Director of Dreamit Healthtech, sees founders make the same common pitch mistakes over and over. Consider, many customers don’t actually want to be “disrupted”. It’s about showing, not telling.
This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 23, 2012
I have one failed attempt at a startup under my belt as a founder and I don't have any particularly usable skills that anyone would pay for like selling, designing, building, etc. Conferences, startup blogs, meetups--they're all filled with people telling you how to build your company. Most startups fail. Not special?
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate.
This is going to be BIG.
JUNE 5, 2016
I've heard a lot of VCs tell founders they need co-founders--and that they wouldn't look at a business at a very early stage without a co-founder. A lot of accelerators treat solo founders the same way--making it an implied requirement to participate. The same holds true for VC funds.
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