Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
Many of these businesses were what First Round Capital called FNACs (features, not companies – this acronym has always stuck with me). How many people will you hire in the first 24 months and in which sequence. I won’t need to hire many engineers or customer support staff. portfolios. How much will you pay?
The Startup Magazine
MAY 26, 2020
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 19, 2015
As an industry we need to pay attention to those who are struggling as they build their startups and make sure we pay as much attention to the mental stresses of the job as we do to the business challenges like shipping product, hiring staff and raising money.
Babbling VC
JANUARY 7, 2011
Even if they enter with a low 2 or 3 million round, they are easily able to scale the business quickly with additional capital. This leads to founders being able to hire the best people, get subsidiaries in place in the US or elsewhere and grow far faster than their competitors in the EU with far less money.
thestartuplawyer.com
FEBRUARY 24, 2010
Who must be a co founder and who can remain a hired principal? When I find, and hire on options, the three perfect CEs/directors must I consider them co founders and treat them accordingly? Who must be a co founder and who can remain a hired principal? He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 24, 2019
Local I feel strongly that you should consider hiring an independent that is local to you. That’s why hiring somebody with some startup experience can really help. This is important because when you have too many VCs on a board you only bring one kind of thinking to the board. Independents are critical to avoiding “VC group think.”
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