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Finding Your Co-Founders

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The number one question you all asked after reading my last blog post about starting a business from scratch was “how do I find my co-founders?&# And therein lies the problem in finding co-founders for that startup you’re dying to launch. Having trouble meeting folks you think would be good co-founders?

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How To Start A Startup – For Busy People

YoungUpstarts

by Andrea Martins, co-founder of GreenSocks. He may have been named by Silicon Valley thought leader Paul Graham as one of the five most interesting startup founders since 1979, but Sam’s curious penchant for wearing t-shirts over long-sleeve shirts suggests that he’s definitely too young for me. Lecture 3: Before The Startup.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

7- To prioritizes employee and client retention. The three of us had the exact opposite mentality and created a company that prioritizes employee and client retention. We treat employees with respect, reward them for a job well done, provide them with new opportunities, and challenge them with exciting projects.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., At its peak, in 2010, Goodmail had roughly 40 employees. Both studies counted only incorporated companies with employees. Connecticut. Connecticut.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

This offers ample space for corporate partners to grow nearby with connectivity to NYC and many potential employees/interns from Yale. It would be ideal if Yale built a similar tool which allowed students to filter for companies with a) quality teams, b) >10 employees, c) backed by a credible VC, and d) (optional) a Yale cofounder.

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Why Having A BHAG Is Critical To Your Company’s Success

YoungUpstarts

BHAGs were established by management guru Jim Collins in his 1994 book “ Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Good to Great) “ , co-authored with Stanford professor Jerry Porras. As employees work together to achieve this grand goal, they’ll come up with innovative solutions and new ideas. What’s a BHAG?

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like.