Bryce Dot VC

DECEMBER 4, 2012

That post sparked a series of conversations, both online and off, about what makes a pitch great and how to best use the time a founder secures with a potential investor. One point several commenters took issue with was my suggestion that founders ought to have a pitch deck prepared for their first meeting with an investor.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

And a big factor is how big is the Founder Developer Gap. Unfortunately for a lot of founders, it’s hard to know the gap. CTO Founder – Direct responsibility for technical direction and development, sometimes operations, implies greater authority on product and company direction and higher equity position.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Panel 1 – How Social Investing is Disrupting Traditional Investing in Public Securities. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. Mr. Parekh serves on various advisory boards of start-up internet companies.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

When we started the company it was only web-based and we thought that the best idea would be simply to call it by the website address (driving tests), particularly seeing as the main marketing strategy was search engine optimization, we secured a domain name that was an exact match keyword for what it does and everything was self-service.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

UbiQD Founder and CEO Hunter McDaniel, PhD, explained more about how UbiGro works. From security inks to sunlight harvesting with windows, your product range is wide. We are focused on agriculture, but if a partner comes to us or if resources are available, we will also work on other exciting use cases like security inks.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

. … and here is the usual early-stage trap… First, a brand-new enterprise is often formed from the efforts of several “partners”, each with an expertise valued by the others. Equity is divided between the founders and the business begun. Here are some rules. The fee for registration is well under $100, so this is not an issue.)

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

“There’s simply no budget for [an office], as I bootstrap the company,&# says Paul Molluzzo, founder of Baby Goes Mobile , a web app that lets parents create a private baby book they can view and update from their mobile phones. Have an account? instead of having to travel home. instead of having to travel home.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Here’s an example: First, a brand-new enterprise is often formed from the efforts of several “partners”, each with an expertise valued by the others. Equity is divided between the founders and the business begun. The board must approve the plan including this number, and shareholders must approve the plan as well.

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Life Beyond Code

AUGUST 28, 2013

You may not be able to get along with your co-founders causing heartburn for everyone. Your product may have security holes causing heartburn for your customers ultimately bringing down your own business. You don’t have a well rounded advisory board to help you fill all the gaps. Your product may not scale.

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Berkonomics

MAY 12, 2010

First, a brand new enterprise is often formed from the efforts of several “partners”, each with an expertise valued by the others. Equity is divided between the founders and the business begun. First you must create a stock option plan using your attorney, which must be registered in many states as a security offering.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2009

– Eric Ries In April of 2009 my partner and I had an idea for a web app, a B2C platform that we are selling as SaaS [software-as-a-service]. Rich Collins , founder of the Lean Startup Circle , responded to the poster with some Q&A.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

A s venture funds struggle to raise money in Israel, seed capital, one of the earliest and riskiest stages of investment, is becoming harder and harder to secure. To learn more, VC Cafe interviewed Brian Rosenzweig, one of the managing partners in the new fund and the former marketing director at 21Ventures.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 13, 2021

It starts before the technology development even gets underway, says Stanford University computer science professor Dr. Fei-Fei Li , who is the co-founder and co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI. Greylock Partners · Human-Centered AI | Dr. Fei-Fei Li. You can listen to the conversation here. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 13, 2021

It starts before the technology development even gets underway, says Stanford University computer science professor Dr. Fei-Fei Li , who is the co-founder and co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI. Greylock Partners · Human-Centered AI | Dr. Fei-Fei Li. You can listen to the conversation here. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

.” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. No need to worry about security and such. Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet â?? Mark Suster GRP Partners Advice. Try Leaflet.

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