September, 2012

Genuine VC

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Playbook for Incoming MBAs to Start a Company Out of School

Genuine VC

Like a lot of students, I went into business school a decade ago with a set plan to start a company coming straight after graduation in co-founding an internet startup (… again ). During the following two years I did a number of things which prepared me for that endeavor, but then also in retrospect, I completely missed out on a number of opportunities and valuable resources immediately in front of me which I didn’t recognize at the time.

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Post-Seed Funding Checklist for Founder/CEOs

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You’ve just closed your seed round. Other than starting to build, hire, and take over the world, there are a bunch of mundane things to do right away. The following is a first pass at a checklist of items for Founder CEOs to take care of in the first couple weeks after they’ve closed their initial round of seed funding. Funding Announcement Figure out your PR strategy for announcing the round to get your plan in order.

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