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Why Female Founder Office Hours is So Important

Both Sides of the Table

In Dan Rather’s book he talks about Ruth Bader Ginsberg who was appointed the the Supreme Court in 1993. Since our industry has been so heavily dominated by male leadership in both tech and venture capital for so long, this “inclusion” is something that would benefit us all in making better decisions. 8% of VC partnerships, for example).

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MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TECHSTARS AUSTIN

Austin Startup

Early stage sales and product-market fit are topics that I love talking about,” said Schwartzfarb. I’ve spent my entire career helping to build early stage companies and I feel very fortunate to share my experience with founders everywhere.”

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The Trouble with Titles

David Cohen

As Techstars continues to scale towards a future with billions of dollars under management and funding thousands of startups around the world annually as the world’s most active early-stage investor, the CEO job becomes more specialized. We knew early on that we shared a work ethic and respect for each other’s skills and passions.

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Do More Faster in PE Hub

Feld Thoughts

We bootstrapped the business because we had to and by 1993, when we sold the company to a large public company, we’d built a nice, consistently profitable business. It’s also related to the idea that TechStars is a three-month program and doing more faster is a survival skill for both the program and for early stage entrepreneurs.

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Software Startup Myths Debunked

www.singlefounder.com

In the early stages of a company, this can be critical. In the very early stages of a technology company, one of the biggest unnecessary cash sinks is office space. Partners can not only feed off each other, but they will help bolster one another when the going gets tough.

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Elephants Can Dance – Reinventing HP « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

IBM had a near death experience in 1993, and moved from a product-centric hardware company to selling a complete set of solutions and services. Intel was founded in 1968 to make memory chips ( bipolar RAM ) but 17 years later they got out of the memory business and become the leading microprocessor company.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

California Milk Processor Board) – 1993. Coming up with a memorable tagline can present an even greater challenge. Make it unique. 0160; If I need $250,000 to get to 100 customers, or $1 million to get to X, and I can raise both amounts from either Angels or VCs, where do we turn?