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Don’t Roll out the Red Carpet on the Way out the Door

Both Sides of the Table

Before I started my first company in 1999 I worked for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). Soon after he was promoted to Senior Architect, our highest role without being CTO. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Startup Advice. This is part of my Startup Advice series. My lesson: don’t take your superstars for granted.

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Want to Know How VC’s Calculate Valuation Differently from Founders?

Both Sides of the Table

Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. And for some strange reason entrepreneurs didn’t share this information. I’ve started from day one trying to build total transparency into my process with entrepreneurs.

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‘The Future of Everything’: Chicago Booth’s Annual Conference, SeedCon

The Startup Magazine

Launched in 1999, SeedCon is a student-run entrepreneurship and venture capital conference at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business; the conference is co-hosted by the Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Club alongside the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Investors and Entrepreneurs.

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Venture Capital Funding and the Sexism You Can’t Quite Prove

Up and Running

So, I’d like to start by sharing the story of a female entrepreneur who did experience VC funding success—but still also felt the impact of the biases held by the industry. A study based out of Babson College via The Diana Project looked at venture capital investments in women between the years 1999 and 2014. A rare success.

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Why Every Company Needs A DevOps Team Now

Feld Thoughts

Following is a guest post on DevOps by Gene Kim , Multiple Award-Winning CTO, Researcher, Visible Ops Co-Author, Entrepreneur & Founder of Tripwire. Since 1999, my passion has been studying high performing IT organizations. He wrote it a while ago and it has sat in my draft queue waiting for the perfect moment to emerge.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. Experienced and serial entrepreneurs in the content management space. I met a lot of really bright people that were passionate about and experienced in helping entrepreneurs build successful businesses.

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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

www.inc.com

Entrepreneur news from reporter Eric Markowitz. We had a rough time early on," says Parker, president and chief technology officer of Roving Software Inc. , Before Roving Software could receive its first round of financing from professional investors, in early 1999, he had to put all the stock arrangements in writing.