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7 Attributes of An Entrepreneur's Startup Dream Team

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus the top priority of every entrepreneur who wants funding should be to build and highlight their “dream team” of co-founders, executives and advisers, to attract the biggest and best investors. Fundable entrepreneurs have to feel comfortable talking and listening to engineers, financial people, marketing and especially customers.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. TWTFelipe is the founder of TWTApps , who had developed some really cool add-on applications for Twitter to extend its functionality. university in math or science&# (Thomas Friedman).

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

It wasn’t that Microsoft didn’t have smart engineers working on search, media, mobile and cloud. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. When visionary founders depart (death, firing, etc.), Yet a very smart CEO missed all of these. Execution and Organization of Core Businesses.

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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

blog.captainrecruiter.com

Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. I learned something: technical co-founders are a myth. Captain Recruiter. Real Advice.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

It wasn’t that Microsoft didn’t have smart engineers working on search, media, mobile and cloud. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. When visionary founders depart (death, firing, etc.), Yet a very smart CEO missed all of these. Execution and Organization of Core Businesses.

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An Open Letter to Startup Founders Everywhere in a Time of Crisis

David Cohen

Founders, I’m talking to you. I’ve seen past crises, cycles, and downturns as an investor and as a founder. You are the engine of our future, after all. In 2001, the towers were hit. Because we know that this is the time for founders everywhere to step forward, not backward. March 30, 2020. I’m one of you.

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My story and support for the Founders Visa

K9 Ventures

In the past few days there has been a lot of discussion on the topic of a Founders Visa. The credit for starting this fire goes to Paul Graham from Y Combinator , who wrote a great essay titled The Founders Visa in April 2009. As an immigrant founder, this is a topic that I can relate to and care about.