Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Unfortunately, your personal assessment that you have traction probably won’t be convincing to potential investors and partners, so it’s important that you create and track your progress against some metrics. Assemble a credible inside advisory board and partners. Show validation data for business model key elements.
David Teten
JANUARY 23, 2021
I’ve been fortunate to be a Partner at two different VC firms over the past 9 years, and we’ve grown AUM 10X both times. Build the firm as much as possible before you solicit limited partners. . The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs.
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Austin Startup
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
For startup founders, it’s never too early to start thinking about putting together a target market advisory board. The target market advisory board should consist of 2–4 industry veterans who have connections to C-level execs and VPs in your target market. Never discount the power of a warm intro.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 3, 2012
Trusted partners quit, personal friends become enemies, and staff management becomes a huge burden. Add an advisory board or experienced mentor to reality-check your financial projections, timeframes, and milestones before you publish them. Build a learning organization that shares your vision and drive.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 20, 2011
Trusted partners quit, personal friends become enemies, and staff management becomes a huge burden. Add an advisory board or experienced mentor to reality-check your financial projections, timeframes, and milestones before you publish them. Build a learning organization that shares your vision and drive.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 11, 2016
We did three iterations of the product in less than 12 months, each one progressively going off of different consumer metrics that we found and then partner feedback. They still thought we were building what we had presented in a PowerPoint slide as the product, but that didn’t work out in our case. . Tune in Thursday, Oct.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 12, 2010
Trusted partners quit, personal friends become enemies, and staff management becomes a huge burden. Add an advisory board or experienced mentor to reality-check your financial projections, timeframes, and milestones before you publish them. Build a learning organization that shares your vision and drive.
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