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The Agony and Ecstasy of Selling My First Company

Feld Thoughts

I learned that they weren’t in New York, but were in Stamford, Connecticut, which I’d never been to. I don’t really remember the next few conversations with Dave and my Dad (who was an advisory and co-owner) but I do remember a lot of vacillation on my part.

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Empowering Women And People Of Color In The Workplace

Duct Tape Marketing

They feature Q and A sessions with successful business leaders, keynote presentations and conversations on sales, marketing, business, startups and entrepreneurship. He worked his way up from a male sort all the way to postmaster general in the state of Connecticut. I, I totally agree. Is there any way I can help you in your career?

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How Women Can Achieve Success In Male Dominated Professions

YoungUpstarts

However, once I got married, my career path changed, as my husband’s job was transferred back up to Connecticut (where I’m originally from). In Connecticut I chose to make the transition from working at a large public accounting firm, to a small privately owned company.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

"When youve bootstrapped a business where youre not drawing a salary and depleting whatever savings you have, thats one of the very difficult things to do," says Toby Stuart, a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Connecticut. Connecticut. Agriculture. Communications. California.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Options and future value are great ‘add ons’ but not for a welfare check salary until ‘this great idea makes it.’ if you have some thoughts on this you could add to the conversation and provide some advice. ’ Maybe this article is a little too simplistic, a fairy tale. it is always product first.

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Finding Your Co-Founders

techcrunch.com

In my case, I grew up in Connecticut and spent a fair amount of time in New York – all the while trying to start companies, relatively unsuccessfully. Keep salaries smaller, smaller smaller. Keep salaries smaller, smaller smaller. The ecosystem is just hard to beat. Find money anywhere in the world EXCEPT from VCs.