Startup Professionals Musings

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7 Attributes of An Entrepreneur's Startup Dream Team

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if your product is a technological marvel, I look for balanced strength on the team in finance, marketing and operations. If your team has a depth of expertise in software, that won’t help you get funding for a new hardware solution. Fill in gaps with expert advisors to make it whole. Team members have investor relationships.

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David S. Rose – Father of Angel Investing in New York

Startup Professionals Musings

I also spend close to half my time teaching, and in addition to serving on the entrepreneurship advisory boards at Columbia, Yale and NYU, I am Chair of the Finance, Entrepreneurship and Economics program at Singularity University in Silicon Valley. Marty: Were your own first investment ventures a positive and learning experience?

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