Genuine VC

MARCH 16, 2015

A couple weeks ago my colleague Dimitri Dadiomov published a post on NextView’s “View From Seed” blog which answered the question “Should we take Harvard MBAs Seriously as Startup Founders?” From the group, over 260 founders have launched around 90 startups, raising more than $2.5B in capital. Quite the contrary.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 20, 2012

But the one thing I find which also makes a subtle impression on me when I meet a founder of a startup is the convention of the company’s email address. jsmith@startup.com <– This convention conveys the importance of scalability in the organization, even from the founding stage… most likely stemming from a technical founder.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 20, 2012

But the one thing I find which also makes a subtle impression on me when I meet a founder of a startup is the convention of the company’s email address. jsmith@startup.com <– This convention conveys the importance of scalability in the organization, even from the founding stage… most likely stemming from a technical founder.

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