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Arif Bhalwani, CEO of Third Eye Capital, on the ‘Golden Age’ of the Private Credit Market

The Startup Magazine

Arif Bhalwani is the co-founder and CEO of Third Eye Capital (TEC) in Toronto, Canada. Strategic capital was invested in rationalizing and updating the product line and tapping into new sales channels that aligned with emerging industry trends. The firm has made more than $4.5

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Why Uber is The Revenge of the Founders

Steve Blank

Why do these founders get to stay around? Because the balance of power has dramatically shifted from investors to founders. VCs competing for unicorn investments have given founders control of the board. A pre-IPO board usually had two founders, two VCs and one “independent” member. Technology Cycles Measured in Years.

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How to Launch Your Own Startup Part 4 (money, culture and becoming a manager)

The Next Web

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. But never give away shares without vesting. 60-70% for founders. As a founder you need to develop this skill very quickly. Most good founders somehow are crazy, in a good way. 10-20% for employees.

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Why Startups Fail - 20 Top Reasons Gleaned from 32 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

www.chubbybrain.com

After a thorough analysis of those 32 start-up post-mortems, we have determined the common reasons founders gave to compile this list of the top 20 ways to have your startup fail. Work life balance is not something that startup founders often get and so the risk of burning out is high. 13 – Disharmony with Investors/Co-founders.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . A tool like Quuu identifies relevant, shareable content to keep your social media channels active. . Russell Rothstein, Founder and CEO, IT Central Station , a product review site, said, “We see VCs on our site very often.

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Entrepreneurs Are Everywhere Show No. 1: Richard Witten and Kathryn Minshew

Steve Blank

Resilience – the ability to bounce back from adversity – is one of the key attributes of entrepreneurs and was the focus of my first weekly radio show, Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , on Sirius XM Radio Channel 111. What we couldn’t (agree to) was how to split founder equity. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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12 “it” social and content careers to watch for in 2014

The Next Web

Founders, executives and decision makers don’t have time to consistently create quality content and then properly distribute it. We’ve already seen an increased demand in leaders needing services to build their credibility through content and social channels. John Hall , Influence & Co. . Andrew Vest , Preferling. .