May, 2012

Genuine VC

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The Startup Offsite

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When was the last time all of your startup’s management team came together to take a step back from day-to-day minutiae and think big picture? I think it’s actually incredibly valuable for startups to occasionally, and regularly, have offsite planning sessions. Unlike at “big companies,” a startup offsite isn’t about a boondoggle, it’s not about fancy hotel rooms, nor is it about silly team-building exercises so dilberts in accounting can interact with dilberts in marketing.

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Are you an Inventor or a Founder?

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As a VC, I end up meeting some amazing people of many different backgrounds and profiles. But there are two categories of people which are tightly correlated, but distinctly different. The difference between what I’d call an “Inventor,” someone who has many ideas for businesses to start, and a “Founder,” an entrepreneur who starts a company, is subtle.

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