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Finance Fridays

Feld Thoughts

Their suggestion was to write a series of posts that follows the development of an imaginary startup as the company navigates various events, focusing on how each event will impact not only the P&L, but also the Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement. The more the merrier.&#. Our first substantive post will be up next Friday.

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Why good people leave large tech companies

Steve Blank

They make hardware with a large part of their innovation in embedded software and services. The CFO asked me to stay as one of the engineering directors came in for a meeting. So, this was a meeting of last resort, as the engineering director was making one last appeal to the CFO to keep his team in town. I wish I hadn’t.

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I Love Backing ‘Mission-Driven’ Founders But Here’s Where They Can Struggle as Startup CEOs

Hunter Walker

We’ve sent hundreds of millions of dollars to startup bank accounts but none of those have gone to teams which don’t have at least one founder we consider to be ‘mission-driven.’ They’ve often been thinking about it deeply ahead of even understanding whether it could be a startup or would be an attractive, valuable issue to address.

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Entrepreneurs Turned Angel Investors: A Look At Some Of The Best

YoungUpstarts

Software engineer, entrepreneur and investor Mark Andreessen has a varied technical background that involved developing the world’s first ever web browser, Mosaic, and founding a number of software companies which he later sold for a large profit. Angel Investors Understand the Difficulties Startups Face. Mark Andreessen.

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Everything You Need To Know About R&D Tax Credits 

The Startup Magazine

The tax credit can be availed of by all kinds of businesses and varying sizes, so whether a startup or a thriving small to medium enterprise can qualify for the tax credit as long as they meet the four-part test used to identify R&D activities and expenses. Thus, this tax credit can benefit all kinds of businesses and even all sizes.

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Lessons Learned from a Software Developer’s First Attempt at Launching a Startup

Software By Rob

Karl is a software engineer with more than 10 years of experience who specializes in agile web development and web services integrations. He authors a software development blog at [link]. There comes a time in a software developer’s career where they reach a crossroads and ask themselves, “What next?

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Recruiting Should Be Your #1 Priority From Day 1

YoungUpstarts

As a startup co-founder with a growing team, here are the recruiting tips I’ve learnt over the last couple of years. You need to sell them on why your startup is the best. For example, if you run a tech startup , you will know how hard it is to find good software engineers. Hiring = Sales.

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