Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2015

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary. due diligence employees investors startup'

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David Teten

MAY 7, 2019

We want to use our proprietary technology and network to tap the relevant players to take the relevant steps forward; and identify, document, and disseminate best practices. Q: Is this civic tech? You must have a strong product management pedigree. See Ready to Join a New Management Team? A nonprofit?

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David Teten

JULY 10, 2019

We want to use our proprietary technology and network to tap the relevant players to take the relevant steps forward; and identify, document, and disseminate best practices. Q: Is this civic tech? Our technology can also scale to other geographies. You must have a strong product management pedigree. A nonprofit?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 19, 2019

The stock market has historically been a long-term source of wealth creation, but due to a widening wealth gap, has become largely inaccessible to young people. Whether you have a friend who is an expert on technology trends, green energy or minerals, an investment club can help a portfolio cover its bases in investments.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 9, 2022

The landscape businesses operate in has been permanently altered after two years of remote working due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s certainly tested traditional management styles as managers continue to learn to trust people and ensure they are productive, meet deadlines and meet KPI’s with ease. 5: Team building.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2016

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary. How complex is the capitalization table?

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The key to successfully managing this type of schedule? Having excellent project management skills and being able to prioritize tasks effectively across all your clients’ projects. Effective project management skills are key in managing a flexible schedule. How much do fractional CMOs make?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Project your costs as diligently as your revenues. Be prepared to manage a crowd of inexperienced investors. On the other hand, if your solution is aimed at boomers or requires in-depth technical knowledge, crowdfunding may be futile. Keep all IP details close to the vest. Get funding sizing input from senior advisors.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 27, 2019

Finding a technical cofounder. It’s a common issue – you have an idea that will require some technical know-how (eg coding, engineering, science) but don’t have those skills yourself. Hence you need what they call in startup world a “technical” cofounder. Finding a non-technical cofounder.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 19, 2020

A conflict of interest exists when a board member, officer, staff member, or volunteer has a vested interest in money, status, relationships, or reputation that has the potential to compromise their actions, judgment, or decision-making. How the conflict was managed. A conflict occurs when you have a vested interest (i.e.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

I know that advertising is important to inform consumers of offers – the same reason many tech companies use SEM. In-Stream rewards the content producer, Contextual just the technology provider – The funny thing about contextual search like that in Google is that it benefits the tech company and NOT the content producer at all.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Up and Running

JULY 11, 2017

Often, executing a flank attack involves developing new technology. Whether you’re considering launching a new business or looking to develop a new product in an established company, you may have a vision of a new technology will that expose a vulnerable flank in an entire industry or against key competitors.

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Altgate

JUNE 25, 2012

Facebook’s situation is far from unique, even among recent tech IPOs. Other prominent examples of drop-out co-founders who held significant amounts of dead equity include those at car-sharing company Zipcar and at tech startup govWorks.com (made famous in the movie “Startup.com”). They fail to include vesting terms (i.e.,

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. For investors life is no different.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Only install applications from trusted application “stores” Apple, Google, and RIM (Blackberry) all have a vested interest in offering secure software to their device owners. Take a moment to review the requested permissions. Use of this feature will also reduce battery life. Delete unused applications.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

There are many ways to measure technical skills and check work histories and achievements, but assessment of team chemistry is a high art form. Set any vesting schedules and expiration dates on roughly similar terms, if for no other reason just so you can track all of them correctly. Are the logistics manageable?

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Up and Running

MAY 3, 2012

Entrepreneurship continues to be a sexy topic for governments, with every country worth its salt trying to create its own tech hub, mimicking Silicon Valley. We should be teaching them more about entrepreneurship including a strong emphasis on cash-flow management and financial literacy. We need a much more balanced narrative.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2019

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. In tech startups stock options were here almost from the beginning, first offered to the founders in 1957 at Fairchild Semiconductor , the first chip startup in Silicon Valley. Essentially the company sells them the stock at zero cost, and they reverse vest.

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The Next Web

JUNE 21, 2015

Suggested by: Brittany Berger , Content & PR Manager @ Mention. Suggested by: Brittany Berger , Content & PR Manager @ Mention. Suggested by: Brittany Berger , Content & PR Manager @ Mention. This book has been on my radar even since Buffer announced they were experimenting with having no managers.

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www.mattbartus.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

We will grant him/her X% fully diluted shares up front, and every time he/she makes an introduction, he/she will vest in 100 shares.” People tend to underestimate how much record keeping is involved with managing employees and consultants, and this just adds an unacceptable extra burden. Keep on rocking! link] Matt Bartus.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

  When this happens, (due in part to the need to keep fees low) things get both left out and included that later wisdom will suggest should've been included or left out.    That advice is often both technical and srtructural.    That advice is often both technical and srtructural. 

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

A version of this article is in the Harvard Business Review. Technology cycles have become a treadmill, and for startups to survive they need to be on a continuous innovation cycle. 20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering. Technology Cycles Measured in Years. This seems to be occurring more and more.

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Board Effect

AUGUST 4, 2022

Dottie Schindlinger, Executive Director of the Diligent Institute – the corporate governance research arm and think tank of Diligent – was a founding team member of BoardEffect. Using board management software to prepare and deliver timely board materials is a best practice. About the Author.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

First of all, the long-term woes of the stock market have been under-reported because there really isn’t anyone that has a vested interest in pointing it out. And even better, the same technological trends that have made public market investing so difficult in the last 10 years have made startup (i.e. And if so, what to do about it?

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Good investors use the valuation discussions to gauge the business savvy of the management team and to understand their ability to appreciate and deal with economic market forces that set values.   For individual angels and others investing their own money, this may be more fluid than for someone with responsibility for a managed fund.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 11, 2007

After doing some diligence, I found ClubPenguin , created my own penguin, and discovered that it is basically like second life for kids – a virtual world of penguins designed for kids to interact in a safe manner. Being a technology VC, I would be a complete hypocrite if I did not let my children try these services.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. You need to have passionate tech entrepreneurs who want to build businesses locally. The ingredients are all here.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

You’ve got a great idea and domain expertise, but limited money and insufficient technology resources. They’re well aware of the conventional VC bias against funding companies which externally develop their technology, but they do have relevant skills. I spoke with Thatcher Bell , Managing Partner, CoVenture.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We Running comparative calculations, Arsenault figures that “two senior engineers plus a product manager/marketer for 40 hours per month, times 6 months, would be 720 hours to get to our MVP.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Challenge the Status Quo - StubHub entered an industry dominated by a couple of large players who had a vested interest to block the legality of their business of providing a marketplace for the sale of tickets in the secondary market. How Much Diligence is Due. Why I Hate Convertible Debt.Let Me Count the Way. ► 2010. (7).

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Beware The Consultant John Greathouse – Posted in: Cash Flow Management , Launching Venture , Strategic Planning. I’ve done tech marketing and PR consulting for 20+ years – many clients with multi-year and (entrepreneurial) multi-business relationships. Thanks for visiting! Consultant.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. And if trouble withinvestors is one of the biggest threats to a startup, managing themis one of the most important skills founders need to learn.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We Running comparative calculations, Arsenault figures that “two senior engineers plus a product manager/marketer for 40 hours per month, times 6 months, would be 720 hours to get to our MVP.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2010

Engineering is pissed off because they need to do some technical infrastructure improvements and the sales team is always pushing them to deliver too many features. &# Sell what we have!!&# And you want us to work yet another weekend while you’re playing golf with clients and getting fat bonuses?

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 16, 2012

In February, I got contacted by a former management consultant who was now working in an operations role for a high profile startup. I wasn't hiring, but I agreed to meet him due to his generous offer. He's a smart product manager that I introduced to Joel. We met up and I was super impressed. That was actually slow.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

Always have a vesting schedule. Pick new ideas because they’ve been made possible by other social or technological change. Get on the train as early as possible, but make sure the technology is there to make the product be enough better that it matters. Split the stock between the founding team evenly. Beware of long rewrites.

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