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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

Parker became President, and got 50% of the company’s equity for a $20,000 investment (equal to $315K today) and guaranteed a $200,000 line of credit (equal to $3M today). Norris became the VP of Engineering, Engstrom the VP of Research, and Meader VP of Manufacturing. How Did ERA Grow So Quickly?

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Building a High-Tech Startup Team

Business Plan Blog

Aligning the Startup Team Strategy with the Capitalization Strategy. The single most important factor to raising capital for any tech startup is the management team. Furthermore, a startup works differently than a large corporation. Be sure to leave plenty of equity for investors. Don’t make everyone a founder.

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Reincubate: Blog: Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate)

www.reincubate.com

Share this: chief technical officer chief technology officer cto interim cto job description start-up startup cto web cto Weve been swapping some thoughts with Daniel Kehoe , a consulting CTO acquaintance of ours from across the pond. Tactical Draw-up and control complete IT operational and capital expenditure budgets for IT.