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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 2

Steve Blank

I also work closely with all members of the executive team, the Board of Directors, and Advisory Board. Boards : The term “board” can mean two very different things in the commercial world – an Advisory Board versus a Board of Directors. An Advisory Board provides advice.

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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

I’ve recruited an Advisory Board including officials from the CIA and the State Department; leaders from major family offices; and a former major party Presidential candidate. . This work is unpaid, as with any other startup at the pre-seed stage. Q: What have you built so far? We’re off to the races! Sounds great!

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boldstart 2018 recap and what’s hot in enterprise 2019

BeyondVC

We are purpose-built to not only invest pre-product but also to help accelerate your path to product-market fit with our decades of entrepreneurial and investing experience along with our active CXO advisory board. There is so much money out there at the seed stage and specializing, focusing, and concentrating paves a path to success.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Disclosures: Blue Future Partners is a member of the Advisory Board of ff Venture Capital , where David Teten was formerly a Partner.

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The Paradox of VC Value-Add

Feld Thoughts

Scott and I were both on the Microsoft VC Advisory Board that Dan’l Lewin organized and ran. We deeply believe that the way companies are created and funded, especially at the seed stage, is radically changing on a permanent basis. The next person on the list of supporters is Scott Maxwell at OpenView Venture Partners.

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Advice for VCs from a serial founder

Austin Startup

The bottom line is that being a seed stage founder is mostly a very thankless job. Most of the time we are being told no by somebody whether it’s prospects, investors, or hires who aren’t willing to take the risk at a startup. Value add carries with it a suggestion that you have something special you’re going to do.

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Homebrew’s Second Annual LP Meeting: Why We Do Them

Hunter Walker

Comparing Notes About Market Trends: Although Homebrew is still young we’ve definitely seen some changes in the seed stage ecosystem since we started in early 2013. The in smaller discussion of our advisory board, got their feedback about what we were overemphasizing or underestimating as impacting our model.

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