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10 Rosh Hashanah Resolutions for Startup Founders

VC Cafe

ValuatIon should be a function of value, not ego. Kawasaki’s Law of Pre-Money Valuation: for every full-time engineer, add $500,000; for every full-time M.B.A., 2021 gave us plenty of examples for bad governance in both startups and venture capital. Our goals, their goals. subtract $250,000. Guy Kawasaki, author.

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How to Start a Startup

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You could sense them squirming on the hook, but you knew there would be no rest for them till theyd signed up. If you build the simple, inexpensive option, youll not onlyfind it easier to sell at first, but youll also be in the best position to conquer the rest of the market. Ididnt realize that when we were raising money.

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