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The Perils of Founder Fighting

Both Sides of the Table

Nowhere is the politics more difficult than with co-founders, which is why for years I’ve spoken publicly about “ the co-founder mythology.” ” Of course we all go into businesses expecting to be aligned with our co-founders but over time life changes. She started it with a partner, 50-50.

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Why do Startups need to invest in Conversation Intelligence in 2022?

ReadWriteStart

Founders face multiple challenges when they are in the initial faces of a startup. The daily customer engagement, whether from your customer success team, sales team, or customer support team, contains crucial market and revenue intelligence. Gong was founded in the year 2015 in Palo, California. Customer demands .

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Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data

SoCal CTO

I'm a little surprised that CTO Founders with growth capital funding only have 15% of their companies. It is interesting to see the salaries of CTOs of pre-Revenue even pre-Launch companies. CTO Founders in India, have a very low equity stake. Caution - there is not much data for many of the geographies.

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CTO Equity and Compensation at Venture Backed Companies

SoCal CTO

I'm a little surprised that CTO Founders with growth capital funding only have 15% of their companies. It is interesting to see the salaries of CTOs of pre-Revenue even pre-Launch companies. CTO Founders in India, have a very low equity stake. Caution - there is not much data for many of the geographies.

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Dear Founders: Here Are Three IP Mistakes to Watch-Out For

Scott Edward Walker

In a couple of cases, the founders played lawyer on their own; in the other cases, the founders either used (i) a Web service that did not address IP issues or (ii) an inexperienced law firm. This would arise as a result of a founder improperly “moonlighting” (i.e., Any IP created by a founder (e.g.,

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Why do Startups need to invest in Conversation Intelligence in 2022?

ReadWriteStart

Founders face multiple challenges when they are in the initial faces of a startup. The daily customer engagement, whether from your customer success team, sales team, or customer support team, contains crucial market and revenue intelligence. Gong was founded in the year 2015 in Palo, California. Customer demands .

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Why Acceptance of Failure is Critical to Startup Success

Both Sides of the Table

When I hear the realism that comes from founders with setback it elicits an understanding of what it takes to be successful at a startup that frankly can’t exist unless you’ve walked in those shoes before. In London when founders failed they were ostracized in the press and culturally I believe it became harder to raise capital.