SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2019

by Saumya Bhatnagar, CTO and Co-founder of InvolveSoft. A study shows that female founders fear that they are less capable of running a business than men, and therefore, fear that they will lapse into chaos. According to an article published in Inc., Dealing With The Fear of Failure.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 26, 2022

This article previously appeared in TechCrunch. They offered desperate founders more cash but insisted on new terms, rewriting all the old stock agreements that previous investors and employees had. W hy would any founder agree to this? No founder is prepared to watch their company crumble beneath them. You Have a Choice.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 14, 2014

Last week, there was a Business Insider article measuring the percent of female founded companies that NYC seed funds invest in. I guarantee you that if you ask any of the firms listed in the Business Insider article, and ask them if their dealflow is 15-20% women and they''ll say no. Lerer Ventures was second, with just under 20%.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

Other founders, “as a privately held company we don’t disclose our valuation.&# Me, “dude, I’m not a journalist. I’m not sure I really even need to write this at length because Nivi absolutely nailed the topic in his article “ The Option Pool Shuffle.&#. Investors own 25%, the founders own 75%.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2023

The biggest complaint I hear from fellow investors is that startup founders often talk way too long, and neglect to cover the most relevant points. I outlined what investors expect to see in an old article “ Adding Slides Does Not Enhance Your Investor Pitch. The average length of a funding pitch to angel investors is ten minutes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. In any case, before the process starts on your startup, you should be doing your own reverse due diligence on the investor, as outlined in this article I published a while back.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

A few weeks ago I shared some important leadership lessons from Stewart Butterfield , including investing in your own growth to make sure that the founder scales as fast as the company. Growing with your start-up can be a very tough undertaking for a founder. There’s typically little choice for a founder CEO.

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

If a board member wanted to know how many board members are needed for a quorum, would you direct the board member to your nonprofit’s articles of incorporation or the bylaws? Before we get to that, it’s important to know that both the articles of incorporation and the bylaws are considered legal documents. The name of your nonprofit.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

Many are reporting that they’re seeing a more diverse pool of applicants than traditional equity VCs… even though virtually none have a particular focus on women or underrepresented founders. For more background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A new option for founders who care about control.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

[ Download MP3 | iTunes | Soundcloud | Stitcher | Spotify | Raw RSS ] In late 2019 on my LinkedIn news feed, an article popped up with the following title – Finder co-founder Fred Schebesta has debuted on the Young Rich List with a $193 million fortune I immediately thought — I know this guy! […].

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital, claims to be the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. RBI structures help to protect the equity of both founders and investors. However, according to Bryce Roberts, co-founder of Indie.VC, only 0.6% of founders raise VC; the other 99.4%

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2018

I’ve been thinking why the ethical boundaries of todays founder/VC interactions feel so different then they did when I was an entrepreneur. I’ve written about the root causes in an HBR article here and an expanded version here. Worth a read. If you can’t see the video click here.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2023

According to Gergo Vari, the founder of Lensa, if your startup is ready to ride the metaverse wave, staying informed and investing in the skills and expertise needed for this new era are crucial. In a world dominated by ongoing digital advancements and the technological revolution, staying informed and ready to adapt is essential.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 17, 2015

I recently chatted with Saurya about how he approaches hiring engineers at Google and what founders can learn. We also talked about how he’d want to be interviewed if approached by a non-technical startup founder. (I’ve How do you position yourself as the latter if you’re a seed-stage startup founder?

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 3, 2019

Feedback to investors about what helps and doesn’t help founders when fundraising. I originally asked this question to several founders with the intent of addressing angel investors but I’ve found it doesn’t exclude other institutional investors either. Quick No Now onwards to positive behavior that founders love!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2019

Partially due to the economy, but also due to longer, healthier lives and changes in job tenure, Boomers are now expected to stay in the labor force longer, and according to a USNews article, will likely dominate the labor market by 2024. Here are some indicative entrepreneurial facts from recent Kauffman studies and others. percent to 24.3

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Why should a founder entertain this idea? This article examines all the major business structures and highlights the significant benefits of each, and particularly LLCs. No founder wants to start a business that would only survive for one or two years. Many founders do like to retain significant control over their business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. In any case, before the process starts on your startup, you should be doing your own reverse due diligence on the investor, as outlined in this article I published a while back.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2011

One of the best part of my jobs as a technology journalist is getting to hear founders' stories. Sometimes these are stories that, in turn, end up in the articles I write. For his part Matthew Wise wondered what it would have been like to hear stories from founders like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates during their early years.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Posted on June 11, 2009 by steveblank When my students ask me about whether they should be a founder or cofounder of a startup I ask them to take a walk around the block and ask themselves: Are you comfortable with: Chaos – startups are disorganized Uncertainty – startups never go per plan Are you: Resilient – at times you will fail – badly.

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NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Founders’ Chat is a series where we share the entrepreneurial journey of founders from the GridAKL start-up hub. As a startup founder, your time and resources tend to be limited. Get entrepreneur articles by email once a month. Tell us about Choice. Interview by Laura Briggs at GRIDAKL. NZ Entrepreneur. NZ Sales Manager.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In this article, we unveil invaluable insights and strategies from experienced business leaders that can help guide you through any upcoming economic challenges. ” — Phil Norton, Founder of Leave Dates In today’s digital age, software subscriptions have become integral to business operations.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

It is often written that founders ‘struggle to scale’ with a business, and this change in the skills required to lead a business explains why. Anyone who has observed a lot of startups grow will have witnessed brilliant founders who were talented at the chaotic process of innovation struggle as the business scaled to 50 or 100 people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2020

The biggest complaint I hear from fellow investors is that startup founders often talk way too long, and neglect to cover the most relevant points. I outlined what investors expect to see in an old article “ Adding Slides Does Not Enhance Your Investor Pitch. The average length of a funding pitch to angel investors is ten minutes.

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The Next Web

MAY 8, 2013

Streaming live on The Next Web, Ciplex founder Ilya Pozin will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. He is the founder of Ciplex, a digital marketing agency, and a columnist for Inc., ET (12 p.m. PT) Thursday, May 9th. Ilya Pozin is an entrepreneur, writer and investor. Forbes and LinkedIn.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

It's nice to highlight awesome articles about startup that I didn't write! Scott Edward Walker is the founder and CEO of Walker Corporate Law Group, PLLC, a boutique corporate law firm specializing. Tags: External Articles. Besides shilling for them, I've been wanting to make these kinds of posts periodically. interintelli.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. Lean was designed to inform the founders’ vision while they operated frugally at speed.

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The Next Web

MAY 23, 2013

Kathryn Minshew is the CEO & Founder of The Muse , a career platform and job discovery tool serving more than 4 million professionals worldwide. Got a question for Kathryn? Use the chat feature above to get it answered live.

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The Next Web

MAY 9, 2013

He is the founder of Ciplex , a digital marketing agency, and a columnist for Inc., Got a question for Ilya? Use the chat feature above to get it answered live. Ilya Pozin is an entrepreneur, writer and investor. Forbes and LinkedIn. In 2012, Inc. Magazine recognized Ilya as a 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I recently heard a terrifying stat about founder suicides recently. And yesterday, the suicide article - The Downtown Project Suicides: Can the Pursuit of Happiness Kill You? Re/code’s article is harsh and questions the Happiness philosophy of Tony Hsieh and whether it is partly responsible for the suicides.

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OnlyOnce

JANUARY 25, 2023

I am fortunate in my current job to spend a lot of time talking to other founders and CEOs. The best founders are the ones who take time to watch, read, and learn. The best founders are the ones who take time to watch, read, and learn. They read blog posts, articles, and books. 1 – They are students of the game.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

I touched on this in my post “ Founder Investor Fit “ Passing the initial filtering process. Last year I published an article on Forbes on this topic – The 5 S’s of VC deal filtering. Most of these can sound like common sense, but you’d be surprised how many founders skip this initial research.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 28, 2019

This tricky-to-pronounce online publication is an award-winning business blog founded by entrepreneur, web publisher and CEO/founder of Previso Media, Ivan Widjaya. This section alone includes over 700 articles!). Marketing Profs is an educational marketing website featuring articles, online courses, webinars, and tutorials.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

” I was delighted to see two articles in the last day about others addressing this. First, Felicis Ventures is committing 1% on top of every check the firm writes in non-dilutive capital earmarked for “founder development” in coaching and mental health.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Why should a founder entertain this idea? This article examines all the major business structures and highlights the significant benefits of each, and particularly LLCs. No founder wants to start a business that would only survive for one or two years. Many founders do like to retain significant control over their business.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2022

In this article, we will analyse the top 5 technological challenges your startup will face in 2023. . Most of these questions are determined by the fact that purchasing separate desktop and laptop equipment for every startup founder and employee may be a costly endeavour. Remote Work. Perform regular cybersecurity audits.

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