Cofounder Employee Non-Compete Product Development 
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
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?
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
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. With fewer than 10 employees but almost $2-billion dollars in the bank, they plan on jumping right in. After the crash, venture capital was scarce to non-existent.
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Hearpreneur
JANUARY 7, 2022
This eventually creates animosity and is the worst type of employee to have. I never desired to be that employee, and hence chose to implement my own ideas and do things my own. I saw an opportunity to create a firm that would be significantly more prepared to compete in the LED lighting industry. 2- Saw an opportunity.
Hearpreneur
JULY 19, 2021
Not all employees get to make the decision about turning the wrong sort of work away. As a CEO and founder, I work with employees, contract individuals, and other business owners who are genuinely stellar, and I love being part of the small business dream. Through my non-profit Women Of Integrity Inc.,
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 30, 2018
While doing research for his extraordinary new book, Great at Work , Morten Hansen studied more than 5,000 managers and employees in corporate America to identify the key practices that explain why some perform better than others. I recently spoke with a founder of an online education marketplace. His project got the support it needed.
The Startup Toolkit
JANUARY 10, 2017
The most common (and emotional) screwing you’ll get in a startup is via your cofounders. First, some examples: A buddy of mine had done the hard work of finding two excellent tech cofounders. It’s not just cofounders. Employees can blackmail or extort you. A solution at the end. Suppliers can fail to deliver.
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
It should be even more important to the founders themselves, because it demonstrates that their business hypothesis is grounded in reality. Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. In fact, this company hasn’t shipped any new products in months.
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