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How Remote Startups are Changing the Game for Everyone

ReadWriteStart

To be fair, many businesses had distributed teams even before COVID-19 blindsided us. In fact, according to Founders Forum’s survey of 400+ startup owners, 94% of the respondents were already working from home before the pandemic. Out-of-sync teams: The communication gap between co-workers can throw the entire team off-track.

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

(co-written with Stephane Nasser , co-founder of OpenVC , an open-source initiative to collect and analyze all VC theses.). OpenVC is a new, open-source initiative to collect and analyze all publicly available VC theses, to help founders more efficiently find the right investors, and vice-versa. Technical founders .

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6 Reasons To Build A Working Model Of Your Solution

Startup Professionals Musings

Support early negotiation with vendors and distribution channels. If you are not comfortable or skilled enough to build a prototype yourself, it’s time to find and engage a co-founder who has the interest and background to at least manage the work. As a startup, you need all the leverage you can get.

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Why Trying To Find A Technical Co-Founder Will Almost Always Fail

www.cscyphers.com

Tutorial Day At #RailsConf » Why Trying To Find A Technical Co-Founder Will Almost Always Fail. Last night, I went to a local “find a co-founder” meetup for RE. What It Takes To Recruit A Technical Co-Founder. Particularly if she is at what is essentially a co-founder speed dating event.

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How to Supercharge your Content Marketing with Paid Advertising

Brandanew

The content is ready and now post-publishing you’re on to emailing your list, reaching out to influencers, and distributing on your social channels. Sometimes, paid advertising tools and platforms can be a great supplement to these more traditional means of distribution. Outbrain. . . Content.ad. LinkedIn Ads.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Note that I’m not defining who numbers 1,2 are. Time will tell.

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6 Ways A Prototype Will Add Value To Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Support early negotiation with vendors and distribution channels. If you are not comfortable or skilled enough to build a prototype yourself, it’s time to find and engage a co-founder who has the interest and background to at least manage the work. As a startup, you need all the leverage you can get.