Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. With fewer than 10 employees but almost $2-billion dollars in the bank, they plan on jumping right in. ” Fire, Ready, Aim. He just hired Meg Whitman. And it may work.

Lean 335

Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Theres a power struggle underway in Silicon Valley. Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. Stock Quotes. more in Tech. link] [link] --> By JOANN S.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2014

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos calls it the “Two-Pizza Rule” — a team should be no larger than can be fed by two pizzas. Its unconventional strategy was to ask Judy Estrin, a young Silicon Valley technologist, to join its board. Consider the approach taken by Mike Sinyard, founder of Specialized Bicycles. Is this fair?

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Cofounder Lean 164

BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. To that point, we are most excited when our founders are able to go from slide deck to product-market fit and Series A and beyond. Google also unveiled plans to double its NYC employee base to 14k.

Stealth 79

Stealth Advisory Board Cloud Virginia 79

Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

That option involved trying to get a job at a young Silicon Valley company that had just gone public and would, in a few short years, crash and burn, lay off everyone, and quickly fade into oblivion. In January 1995, it had around 100 employees. A few months later, it had 200 employees. Yes, I passed up all that.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Internet Networking Salary 69

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 24, 2021

Startups Should Work To Make Their Employees Wealthy Not Just Their Founders And Investors. You see, it was for work I’d performed from 2001–2003 at a startup called Linden Lab, the company behind virtual world Second Life. And I achieved ‘ Silicon Valley Middle Class ’ wealth status.

Silicon Valley 83

Silicon Valley Equity Vesting Cofounder 83

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

If a company has reached a level of success, has been around for a few years and you believe the company has potential to break out into a much bigger company then you should let the founders take money off of the table. Founders however are asked to take low salaries and never really get back the time they worked for free.

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Founder Liquidation Preference Term Sheet Participating Preferred 329