Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CFO) and a product lead (CTO). A team of friends and family that work for free on weekends is not likely to impress investors, unless they ARE your investors. Build qualified advisory board. Register some intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CFO) and a product lead (CTO). A team of friends and family that work for free on weekends is not likely to impress investors, unless they ARE your investors. Build qualified advisory board. Register some intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CFO) and a product lead (CTO). A team of friends and family that work for free on weekends is not likely to impress investors, unless they ARE your investors. Build qualified advisory board. Register some intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CIO) and a product lead (CTO). A team of friends and family that work for free on weekends is not likely to impress investors, unless they are your investors. Build qualified advisory board. Register some intellectual property.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

They can make good money consulting or working as an employee of another company. They have lots of options because, for every one of them there are several “business people” trying to get their attention. Now you go: Name (required). They can easily get great benefits and a six figure salary. Your points are solid.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership. Now I just need a business model. Failed founders seem to agree that a business model is important.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

So what ends up happening is great programmers are led sheepishly into the arms of suggestive Angel Investors, VC’s or mentor hybrids like yourself who guide the product into what they’d like to see. I’ve worked with dozens of startups and it only works that way for a small fraction of cases.

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