Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

Get customer input. People design their products in a box assuming that they’ll show customers later and get feedback. Interview customers to better articulate their problems. This is a BIG mistake many early stage companies make. Start building your team early. Founder vesting.

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venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS How to pick a co-founder by Naval Ravikant on November 12th, 2009 Update : Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. Picking a co-founder is your most important decision. Build in founder vesting (a.k.a.

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2010

The customary vesting model has founders vest their stock over 4-years , and when the founding CEO gets in over their head the VC’s bring in professional management. Every VC knows that the founding CEO is the individual you throw into the chaotic battle of a startup. Preparing For Chaos. That’s the source of the trouble.

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venturehacks.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. For the average startup, that would be an extraordinary bargain. It would improve the average startup’s prospects by more than 43% just to be able to say they were funded by Sequoia, even if they never actually got the money.” Ask the Attorney” – Founder Vesting.

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