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How to Configure Your Startup Team

Both Sides of the Table

My rationale is simple: everything goes wrong and only great teams can respond to competitors, markets, funding environments, staff departures, PR disasters and the like. Quick summary: Be careful not to have too many co-founders. it’s the most expensive dilution you’ll ever face. figure out roles.

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Building a High-Tech Startup Team

Business Plan Blog

Furthermore, when faced with adversity only great teams can respond to competitors, markets, funding environments, staff departures, PR disasters and the like. This helps to better divide the work, make people accountable, and show investors just why each founder/hire is key to the organization. Don’t make everyone a founder.

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90 Things I've Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies

betashop.com

I firmly believe that in this age where the product development life-cycle is so short and user feedback comes so quickly, you will know within a year whether you are focusing on a worthwhile one thing. Have amazing co-founders who are better at what they do than you could ever be. I’m a deeply emotional person.