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Love/Hate Business Plan Competitions

Steve Blank

At a university business plan competition, for the first time they can swim in the sea of expertise that we/I take for granted in the middle of Silicon Valley. Rob Adams along with the qualified judges do an amazing job at both the areas you mention. It provides a guideline for a methodical growth path for the company.

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The Option Pool Shuffle

venturehacks.com

SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS The Option Pool Shuffle by Nivi on April 10th, 2007 “Follow the money card!&# – The Inside Man, Three-Card Shuffle Summary: Don’t let your investors determine the size of the option pool for you. Most option grants are near the bottom of the ranges.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

1 [link] meeblog » Blog Archive » starting up: focus on what matters most [.] link] Closer To The Ideal » Blog Archive » Meebo CEO Seth Sternberg says don’t take venture capital money [.] link] alex grant I thought that presented a very clear image of how start-ups should be at the beginning.