Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 23, 2012
Every startup faces a myriad of challenges that are well beyond the scope of any founder, so you need a few guiding lights to illuminate the road ahead. I recommend that every early-stage startup find three Advisory Board members. Once your company is past the startup stage, you do need a board of directors.
Board Effect
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
There’s enough competition in the startup space that new companies need to pull out all the stops to be successful. Great ideas and passion will only take your startup so far. Your founders and board members won’t always have the necessary expertise you need in every area to be competitive and sustainable.
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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 5, 2011
Every startup faces a myriad of challenges that are well beyond the scope of any founder, so you need a few guiding lights to illuminate the road ahead. I recommend that every early-stage startup find three Advisory Board members. Once your company is past the startup stage, you do need a board of directors.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
In my experience as an angel investor for new startups, I’m always surprised by how many entrepreneurs are looking for funding without outside advisors. An experienced Board can give them credibility, as well as advice on the many pitfalls of starting a new company. Remember that people make a business, more often than a product.
Gust
JULY 15, 2012
Every startup faces a myriad of challenges that are well beyond the scope of any founder, so you need a few guiding lights to illuminate the road ahead. I recommend that every early-stage startup find three Advisory Board members. The Advisory Board’s objectives and focus. Let’s talk specifics.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 30, 2021
Most technical entrepreneurs focus hard on building an innovative product, but forget that an elegant solution doesn’t automatically translate into a successful business. Defining the right business model requires the same diligence as designing the right product, but the approach and skills required are different.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 11, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. Many startup companies hire advisory boards. So do advisory boards really add value? In my experience most advisory boards under deliver relative to expectations. So you set up advisory meetings. It’s very tempting.
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