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Feb. 28, Stamford, CT: HBS Event on Angel Investing 101 – Best Practices

David Teten

Should you require a full-blown business plan and what to look for. Karen Bantuveris, Founder and CEO of VolunteerSpot. Karen Bantuveris has 15 years experience as a consultant in customer centric- leadership development, marketing strategy and business process design. How to source great deals. Robert Dahl.

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Finding Your Co-Founders

techcrunch.com

The number one question you all asked after reading my last blog post about starting a business from scratch was “how do I find my co-founders?&# And therein lies the problem in finding co-founders for that startup you’re dying to launch. Having trouble meeting folks you think would be good co-founders?

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Why Having A BHAG Is Critical To Your Company’s Success

YoungUpstarts

BHAGs were established by management guru Jim Collins in his 1994 book “ Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Good to Great) “ , co-authored with Stanford professor Jerry Porras. We started franchising and slowly expanded from Fairfield County in Connecticut over to New York. What’s a BHAG?