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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008Saw a fantastic post at http://www.infochachkie.com/corevalues/ - right on the money as usual!
As the CEO of an early stage high-tech venture and having started a few I have to say that as you grow the “culture problem” can be a…
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Tech startup guides…in summary
Monday, November 17th, 2008Writing about “how-to” startup could take 1000s page or just a few. In the last 20+ years of doing this I have learned a lot, mostly through my own dumb mistakes and I would say that again if you had…
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Making your venture more fundable by removing potential red flags
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008This is another question I have had to deal with and have got asked in the past. How do you structure a business, or hire or develop a startup in a way not to turn off the VC’s at a…
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CXO Leadership Forum - A great way to learn and connect
Thursday, November 6th, 2008I often get asked by friends and mentees in their ventures or working on a startup idea where they can learn more about all the various things CxO’s have to know and also where they can mix with similar people…
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What Compensation Should You Give Your Team, according to the VC?
Monday, November 3rd, 2008I found this useful feedback to a question I often get here, Matt McCall of Draper Fisher Jurvetson Portage Venture Partners lays out a useful set of numbers he thinks are correct as a VC for 2008.
I thought I would…
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Why the long face?…"RIP Good times" is overblown…
Friday, October 31st, 2008I am guessing you will have seen the many sites and blog posts about VC being in deep trouble and us Entrepreneurs even deeper?
These are typical over reactions in my view. Sure the stock market has been hammered and sure…
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Looking for VC funding? seeing who is doing the most deals may help with who’s best to call.
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008In the August Issue of Entrepreneur magazine they had an interesting article that lists the "most active" early stage VC investors.
For those trying to get funded this is an important distinction, why? because those doing moire deals maybe better bets. You…
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More useful "rules" for startups
Sunday, October 19th, 2008I was reading Mark Cuban’s blog that is developing some of the ideas from Jason Calacanis blog about startups.
http://blogmaverick.com/2008/03/09/my-rules-for-startups/
I include it here mainly because for once I actually DISAGREE with a great deal in the piece.
Take a look at it and…
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17 Mistakes Start-ups Make by John Osher
Thursday, October 16th, 2008I have got to say this is so spot on I would recommend you print it out and paste it above your PC to look at every day if you are a startup - excellent advice.
John Osher has developed hundreds…
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How to get lots of staff "resources" but keep very low overheads…
Monday, October 13th, 2008I hate fixed costs and overheads - its all about cash preservation - so I have learned a valuable lesson over the years - make your staff , colleagues and connections your long term friends as you will then be…
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