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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The decision around sequencing is equally (if not more) important, especially in the first 12-18 months of the business as you search for PMF and test out your initial go-to-market (GTM) strategy. With extremely limited resources and time, one wrong step could cost you 6-9 months of runway.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

I called the recruiter running the search and told him I was going to step down and hire a CEO. Rob,” he said, “no offense, but you aren’t going to get a world class, been-there-done-that CEO into a company with less than $1 million in revenue. His response changed the way I thought about the CEO role for the next five years.

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MARCH 22, 2016

Even if you’re in the pre-revenue, pre-seed or seed stage, there are still ways to get on a reporter’s radar. A business publication may care less about the technical nuances, but you can bet they’ll want to hear about your numbers and your strategy for raising revenue. This one is tricker in the pre-revenue stage.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

What we need to do, is we need to join every other advanced economy, and have a value added tax which would give the public a tiny slice of every Google search and Amazon transaction.

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