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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

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In this period (less than 2 years) he has brought on incredibly talented senior execs is sales, marketing, product management, client services, finance, vp engineering and more. Trust me – that kind of encounter can mean the difference between securing a contract, protecting yourself from getting turfed or getting acquired one day.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

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They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. He was from South America but living in Switzerland and had launched a startup while holding down a day job at a consulting firm (McKinsey if memory serves). Great companies are comprised of great individual point people or functional leaders.

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Why is there such a large founder to early employee equity drop-off? - Quora

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They've got a handful of customers, maybe a few thousand users, and some initial traction. Some finance guy said "12k a month minimum" and someone replied "I must be living in abject poverty" and its true. They are not even investing with their own money, but with their LP's money.

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