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Episode 106: Implementing Profit First With Frank DeBenedetto and Ralph M. Rivera

Mike Michalowicz

They share strategies and techniques of how they implement Profit First, which has become a great tool to keep minority partners actively involved/supportive of the business. As founder and CTO of several businesses, I love to see ideas become reality and build sustainable businesses that create real value. Corporate Partners.

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

Up and Running

According to Fortune , in 2006, female founders were involved in only 2.95 Teams of male and female founders and the implication for team composition. Obviously, startup teams aren’t always comprised of all men or all women; teams of mixed gender founders exist, and some of them get funding. 33 billion in venture funding.

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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. I had really positive experiences such as working with Greg Gretsch at Sigma Partners where he championed us to a partners’ meeting where we sort of got crucified. Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. And covered we did.

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Why the Browser Matters

Ben's Blog

Before my partner Marc Andreessen and his friends at the University of Illinois invented the browser in 1993, most people thought only scientists and researchers would use the Internet. After AOL acquired Netscape in 1999, the browser wars ended and browser innovation stopped for many years. Lil Wayne, Swag Surfin.

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SXSW Startups: Sceenic Connects Viewers

Austin Startup

People looking to drive true change and evolution in the Media Tech sector whether it’s investors, product owners from corporates, or potential partners. On a “dream big” kind of note, I would love to meet Mark Cuban as he was one of the people responsible for broadcast.com back in 1999 when it sold to Yahoo.

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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

www.inc.com

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. FROM OUR PARTNERS. ); ); ); ADVERTISEMENT.

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Is it Time for You to Earn or to Learn?

Both Sides of the Table

It was 1999. So a friend recently called to ask for advice on becoming the CTO of a startup. Best to be a founder. When I was CEO of my first company (where I admittedly F’d up everything before I figured it all out) we initially calculated for people how much there options were going to be worth some day.