Both Sides of the Table
MAY 27, 2013
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. In his spare time he raised nearly $30 million. But by doing quick calls you feel more connected. More information comes out. Always seek input.
Up and Running
JULY 2, 2014
We had personally invested $70,000 of our own money at this point, and we were hoping to raise at least another $250,000 to help us hire a team, launch our company, and begin to build our product. Have they worked with companies who have raised multiple rounds of financing to start or grow? The deal we made with him was he’d get 33.3%
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Very few people turn up with a strong sense of “what we should be doing” or ready to lean into a productive conversation The financials were prepared by the VP of Finance / CFO. The law firm has done its job of preparing the stock option requests, board meeting minutes, 409a valuations. There are too many pages.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
MARCH 11, 2014
You have your general management meeting and in your general management meeting you talk about product development, about marketing and about finance. So again, none of this is me trying to say what you should do for product development, in fact, or what you should write in code in fact. Edwin: I know.
Seeing Both Sides
JANUARY 13, 2015
People: founder-run and trying to recruit amazing technical talent (the product development team is a huge priority at this stage) and integrate a few senior managers to help prepare the company for scale - which leads to cultural clashes and communication challenges. Financing: holy crap - we are running out of money in 6 months!
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