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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at the Founder Showcase at the request of Adeo Ressi. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. And for many of these they were (over) funded 7-10 years ago and don’t necessarily all represent great returns for investors or founders. some founders lose their life savings.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

Altgate

But did you know that founder Markus Frind has just 3 employees for his $10MM+ revenue business? When you outsource…at least in the early days…it matters little wheter you pick a local bank or a global one. PR/Marketing. For startups, PR firms are a waste of money. He basically outsources everything.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #13: To be stealthy or not?

Austin Startup

I’ve given advice in this area to many entrepreneurs, and I pose this lesson to you as food for thought (the right answer very much depends on the unique nature of the startup and its co-founders). But remember that this was 2005?—?and How did my co-founders and I apply this lesson at data.world? when we had strength.

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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council. I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs what fledging tech startups should be looking for in a CTO hire to ensure founders get the right person for the job. startupcto

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VC Evolution: Physician, Scale Thyself.

500hats.com

but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either). A few years before all this scandalous VC behavior occurred, in 2005 Paul Graham ) started Y Combinator. And in addition to helping each other, they also started funding each other , and even helped YC select future batches of founders. and no, we didn’t.

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How Open Should a Startup CEO be with Staff?

Both Sides of the Table

For starters let me use “CEO” as a proxy to include her “inner circle” which might mean co-founders or might just mean senior execs of the business. The Mind of the Founder. We funded one in 2005 and lost a lot of money. A $1 trillion global market. The startup CEO was not the original founder.

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Cracking The Code: Popular Media: the key to viral marketing

Cracking the Code

Geoffrey Arone , the founder of FLock, who is now an Entrepreneur-In-Residence in our Menlo Park office, mentioned this company to me and I thought it was worth writting a post about it. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Global Warning! Friday, March 23, 2007.