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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

In addition to helping manage the board Chris also helps represent the interests of the angel investors / common stock holders. By being so metrics driven we can have a lot more quantifiable and objective discussions at board meetings and at mid-point reviews. . The Agile Board. That in itself is quite a challenge.

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Building a new startup hub

Startup Lessons Learned

They take common stock, not preferred, a fact that the entrepreneurs mentioned to me many times. Inspiring ideas: real-time biz metrics; safe continuous deployment; A/B split testing. Thank you @ericries for drastically altering my perception of agile startup Thank you all so much for your kind words. Expo SF (May.

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Why Uber is The Revenge of the Founders

Steve Blank

While 20th century metrics were revenue and profit, today it’s common for companies to get acquired for their user base. Incubators and accelerators like Y-Combinator have institutionalized experiential training in best practices (product/market fit, pivots, agile development, etc.);

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