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Watching Larry Ellison become Larry Ellison — The DNA of a Winner

Steve Blank

Portability (databases had previously been shackled to the specific machines they ran on). Larry was loathe to sell any of the company stock; he generally took a dim view of VCs and preferred to bootstrap. Angel investor Don Lucas had his office above ours. Hired the Smartest People. Hired the Smartest People.

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Don’t Let Investors Conclude Your Startup Is A Hobby

Gust

Unless you are bootstrapping everything, you need to have a clear plan on what networking and documents are required to get to friends and family, Angel investors, and institutional investors. At this stage, you should start recruiting, hiring, paying, and training others to help you run your business.

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Don’t Let Investors Conclude Your Startup Is A Hobby

Startup Professionals Musings

Unless you are bootstrapping everything, you need to have a clear plan on what networking and documents are required to get to friends and family, Angel investors, and institutional investors. At this stage, you should start recruiting, hiring, paying, and training others to help you run your business.

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8 Key Processes Distinguish a Business From a Hobby

Startup Professionals Musings

Unless you are bootstrapping everything, you need to have a clear plan on what networking and documents are required to get to friends and family, Angel investors, and institutional investors. At this stage, you should start recruiting, hiring, paying, and training others to help you run your business.

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‘Out of Control’ Startups Fail on 8 Key Processes

Startup Professionals Musings

Unless you are bootstrapping everything, you need to have a clear plan on what networking and documents are required to get to friends and family, angel investors, and institutional investors. At this stage, you should start recruiting, hiring, paying, and training others to help you run your business.

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Eight Business Processes Every Startup Must Have

Startup Professionals Musings

Unless you are bootstrapping everything, you need to have a clear plan on what networking and documents are required to get to friends and family, angel investors, and institutional investors. At this stage, you should start recruiting, hiring, paying, and training others to help you run your business.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 38: Ryan Smith and Lane Merrifield

Steve Blank

Lane served as Executive Vice President at Disney for five years before returning to his entrepreneurial roots to become an angel investor and launch FreshGrade. . We bootstrapped it. There were no investors. If you can’t hear the clip, click here. — Finding early customers for Qualtrics was difficult, Ryan says.

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