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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
know that this will sound like a random post topic for startup advice but I promise it’s relevant. You When I started blogging I had an idea. I I would take all of the one-on-one conversations that I have with entrepreneurs from the things I’ve learned and just write them up for anybody to read. This File this under entrepreneurial advice
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
If you’re a startup and you don’t have a close relationship with a few law firms you’re really missing one of the most important relationships that any entrepreneur can have.
When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers ” written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ).
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up . I used an image from Roger Smith that describes the varying roles of a CTO as the company matures. However, I’ve now begun questioning how and what an early-stage / startup CTO should Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc.
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Sunday, October 4, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice . Many entrepreneurs who start technology companies are product people, technologists or savvy business people who worked previously for a larger company. Most start-up entrepreneurs have little or no sales experience. I know I didn’t. But through nearly a decade of startups I learned that sales comes down to three essential elements:
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Monday, September 7, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series called “ Start-up Lessons .” I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up.
BCG, Bain, LEK – they’re all great), a few years at a start-up or a few years somewhere like Microsoft, Google, Amazon or Apple. 8221;
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity . I Great companies are comprised of great individual point people or functional leaders.
There are plenty of great leaders who work really hard and work for big companies. And This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful . I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs.
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series “Start-up Lessons”
Tonight I was reading a good blog post ( here ) from Sean Powers with Alistair Croll on preparing yourself for the TC50 “bump” – the rise in traffic that a company gets from presenting at TechCrunch 50. Worth So many companies suck at managing their booths. If Worth a read on how to maximize the traffic that comes to you site since much of it will be fleeting.
Their post links to a great post by Jason Calacanis ( here ) on how to make the most of your booth experience at the show. So
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Monday, February 8, 2010
The one where they HAD BETTER say good things about you because if they don’t then you’re really messed up for not suggesting the right people and calling them in advance to control the process and make sure that they say good things. Good I always tell entrepreneurs, “in good times of course everybody loves their VC. They This is part of my ongoing series on Raising Venture Capital .
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Monday, December 21, 2009
started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity . I They’re great in front of our largest customers but you try to keep them away from your staff so they don’t get things off course by throwing in recommendations and then not following through on delivery. A If I’m up super late trying to crank out work I often get IM messages from Jason at 1am. This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful . I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs.
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Sunday, January 10, 2010
Let me start by saying I’m a huge business book cynic. I But Net had told me that he picked up some valuable lessons from the book, so I thought, “WTF? So people diligently put in their hours every year, brag about how little vacation they’ve taken and try to save up for 45 years so that one day in their late 60’s (or in today’s era 70’s) they can do what they’ve always dreamed of. They A couple of years ago I read the popular book, “The Four Hour Workweek ” by Tim Ferriss. It It was recommended to me by my friend,
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