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JULY 13, 2022
RH: What’s your favorite thing about being an early-stage founder? CN: I generally enjoy all parts of being an early-stage founder, you’re all kinds of free and perhaps really naive, which is just a really great mindset for innovation. We were working on CNB’s new mobile banking app. And your least?
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APRIL 7, 2015
Dirty Secret #1: An early-stage startup’s design actually does matter. It probably shouldn’t be the case, but the look and feel and polish of your materials makes a big difference for early-stage investors. But at the early stages, it’s surprisingly impactful.
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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
For most of my career, I’ve served startups and early-stage companies as an operating executive or advisor. At a startup, especially in the early stages, there’s always something to optimize, something to fix, and something to change and improve upon. When should founders hire one? Based on what criteria?
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JANUARY 24, 2018
Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft. As VP of Product at Artsy, Fatma oversees the product organization responsible for product strategy, design, and development of its web and mobile platforms. Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft. Go-to-Market Guild.
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MARCH 22, 2016
This is for the early-stage companies — the entrepreneurs with great ideas and tireless work ethics who feel like they’ve emailed half of the country’s news outlets with nothing but the rare “thanks, but not interested” reply to show for it. The irony hurts. And don’t pitch a Boston newspaper on your San Francisco startup. Pitch late.
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AUGUST 26, 2015
So, if you’ve been a successful internet founder or have launched great web/mobile products, most founders would love to have you in a round even if your check size is small. There is no sub-prime market in early-stage investing. Preferably both. Don’t be cheap. Two meetings should be enough. Be decisive and straightforward.
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AUGUST 26, 2015
So, if you’ve been a successful internet founder or have launched great web/mobile products, most founders would love to have you in a round even if your check size is small. There is no sub-prime market in early-stage investing. Preferably both. Don’t be cheap. Two meetings should be enough. Be decisive and straightforward.
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