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Finding a Technical Cofounder

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. Distribution costs have, too. Ynon & I first discussed Maker in early 2012. Another major hire was Ryan Lissack who joined as CTO.

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Shark Tank Season 4 week 4 breakdown

Lightspeed Venture Partners

At this point, the very pregnant cofounder was weeping. Daymond offered to be an advisor. The cofounder was charismatic and persuasive and asking for $85k for 12% of the company. He had been at it for 6 months and had no sales or distribution lined up yet. in 2012 sales and $2M in income. The company took the deal.

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Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors

siliconflorist.com

Search for: July 3rd, 2012. Last year around the time PIE was starting, David Cohen , cofounder of TechStars , shared the TechStars Mentor Manifesto. 3 Responses to “Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors” Darrin says: July 8, 2012 at 11:59 am. Nick Wade says: July 10, 2012 at 11:25 pm.