Steve Blank

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How to Keep Your Job As Your Company Grows

Steve Blank

I had joined MIPS Computers, my second semiconductor company , as the VP of marketing and also took on the role of the acting VP of Sales. and get the chip designed into companies building engineering workstations – powerful personal computers, all while trying to refine how to find the right markets, customers, and sales process.

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Startup Stock Options – Why A Good Deal Has Gone Bad

Steve Blank

There are four problems: First, as the company raises more money, the value of your initial stock option grant gets diluted by the new money in. A “secondary” usually (though not always) happens when the startup has achieved significant revenue or traction and is seen as a “leader” in their market space, on the way to an IPO or a major sale.