View from Seed

APRIL 6, 2021

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You know the ecosystem and have a network that is additive to the rest of the team. You have a deep desire to learn the venture capital business and are ready to hustle to meet the next great founder. You are hungry.

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View from Seed

JULY 6, 2020

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You know the ecosystem and have a network that is additive to the rest of the team. . You have a deep desire to learn the venture capital business and are ready to hustle to meet the next great founder. . You are hungry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. It just means that the cofounders trust one of their own and are willing to follow. The industry veteran. The financial suit.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 28, 2012

But when it comes to core technical skills, more and more entrepreneurs are opting to partner with technical co-founders rather than hiring someone for an in-house position. You Need To Know Tech Basics I really believe that what’s most important for a founder is the ability to have a vision for the company, make sales and hire well.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2019

by Saumya Bhatnagar, CTO and Co-founder of InvolveSoft. It is necessary to involve the rest of the family members and distribute this workload amongst them, at the end of the day, even superwoman can use some help. Over the years, the rapid growth of startup networks is seen in almost every sector.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2023

Cash isn’t always the scarcest resource startups have to invest – more often it’s the leadership capital of under-experienced and over-stretched entrepreneurs and co-founders. Most new startup founders start out by assuming they need to spread their leadership efforts evenly across all team members.

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View from Seed

MAY 24, 2021

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You know the ecosystem and have a network that is additive to the rest of the team. You have a deep desire to learn the venture capital business and are ready to hustle to meet the next great founder. You are hungry.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Stephanie is someone that we have known for almost a decade and have respected deeply as a co-investor and collaborator at Uncork. Through all of this, what has been obvious is her hunger to serve founders and desire to work with entrepreneurs to bring about the kind of world changing impact we seek to be a part of at NextView.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

You probably already understand this dimension, which includes how well your team members observe healthy living habits, including nutrition, exercise, and rest, both at work and outside. Every person requires some level of positive human interaction with co-workers and others to be satisfied and productive. Emotional stability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

In fact, I would broaden the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Look impartially from all angles and do the follow-up on all relevant previous roles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

A while back I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “ For a Startup, Two Heads are Always Better Than One.” In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.”

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2020

Cash isn’t always the scarcest resource startups have to invest – more often it’s the leadership capital of under-experienced and over-stretched entrepreneurs and co-founders. Most new startup founders start out by assuming they need to spread their leadership efforts evenly across all team members.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You have 5-10 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, and/or investor. You have a deep desire to hone your skills as a venture capitalist and are ready to hustle to meet the next great founder. You have a strong network in the NYC startup ecosystem that is additive to our team. You are hungry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

A while back I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “ For a Startup, Two Heads are Always Better Than One ”. In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. It just means that the cofounders trust one of their own and are willing to follow. The industry veteran. The financial suit.

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View from Seed

MARCH 1, 2016

Generating excitement in others solely rests on you and the power of your story. I find it intriguing that species not only evolve against their environment, but their environment co-evolves simultaneously against them. Co-evolution in an ecosystem is a beautiful and a relatively stable thing. The Kudzu and Disruption.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 26, 2023

The rest of the competition in the generative AI search space is focused on enterprise search. We’re moving away from the 10 blue links (and sometimes 10 blue ads) and moving into something different. where rather than sift through noise to find an answer, users will generate a specific result to match their needs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

Thus I was happy to see a new book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. It just means that the cofounders trust one of their own and are willing to follow. A sales fanatic on the founder team helps to contain that risk.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2018

by Felix Winstone, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Talkative. As a startup co-founder with a growing team, here are the recruiting tips I’ve learnt over the last couple of years. Robert Metcalfe, co-founder and CEO of 3Com, says you need to think about it as “recruiting, not hiring”. Be Specific.

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Software By Rob

MAY 24, 2010

Late Stage Co-Founder Wanted – [Filled] I’ve been contacted by a colleague who has been working on a SaaS application in a fairly large market. No obligation; the current founder will not know who you are unless you decide to contact him. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Check out my book Like this post?

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

I touched on this in my post “ Founder Investor Fit “ Passing the initial filtering process. Most of these can sound like common sense, but you’d be surprised how many founders skip this initial research. What would make an investor more interested in your pitch deck. What should be in your pre-seed pitch deck.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

JANUARY 14, 2011

” The current top rated answer is from Siqi Chen , one of the co-founders of Serious Business. founders mistakes' There is a great thread over on Quora answering “ what are the most common mistakes first time entrepreneurs make ?” We funded Siqi and Alex Le at Serious Business.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

Having spent close on a decade working in and reporting on our small but burgeoning startup ecosystem, and a decade before that “building my chops” in other various entrepreneurial endeavours, I am familiar with the toll that entrepreneurship can exact on founder mental health. If your business is a success you are a success.

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New Zealand Founder Technical Cofounder Kenya 109

The Next Web

AUGUST 20, 2017

Many entrepreneurs think that once they’ve found the right person to partner with, the rest of the relationship will be smooth sailing.

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Cofounder Founder Developer Restful 129

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Thus I was happy to see a recent book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. It just means that the cofounders trust one of their own and are willing to follow. The industry veteran. The financial suit.

Technical Cofounder 120

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Advisory Board Stock Options 120

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 19, 2019

I decided that I needed to know more and so attended a program at Singularity University, which Ray co-founded. Therefore it takes courage to be the first to jump and lead the way for the rest of the colony. For the past 20 years, Oestergaard has consulted for both established businesses and startups around the world.

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Cofounder Denmark Founder Artificial Inteligence 113

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

by Matt Martin, Co-Founder and CEO of Clockwise. Making the time off mandatory and companywide removes any pressure or incentive to work anyway and gives people some much needed rest while also sending a signal that long-term employee well-being is more important than short-term objectives. Morale has dipped during COVID-19.

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Management Cofounder Software Review Employee 232

Gust

APRIL 13, 2014

A while back I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “ For a Startup, Two Heads are Always Better Than One ”. In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” Photo of Chairman of Google Eric Schmidt with Sergey Brin and Larry Page via Wikipedia.

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Partner Software Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO 179

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 24, 2011

In this exclusive Caplinked interview with Peter Thiel – co-founder of PayPal and managing partner of Founders Fund – discusses why he invested in Facebook, the differences between Wall Street and Silicon Valley, and why he would not start PayPal today knowing what he now knows. Read the rest of the article here.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. The rest have been companies with some early market validation. Belief #1: The best time to invest is early.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

A while back I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “ Ten Steps in Choosing the Right Startup Partner ”. In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.”

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Partner Software Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO 240

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

You can read the rest of the posts in the series by clicking here *. *This post is part of our “pitch deck” series where we dissect the seed stage pitch deck and discuss the ideal flow for a pitch. So you’ve covered the “who”, “what”, “why”, & “when”. Now it’s time to discuss the “where”.

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Austin Startup

MAY 24, 2021

For the bigger firms it is hard to separate how they’re doing in this space from the rest of their b business, but Appian and Pega offer a closer view to the progress in Intelligent Process Automation because it represents a bigger portion of their business. growing from $10B in 2021 to $13B in 2023. There are big incumbents in this space?—?IBM,

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Up and Running

AUGUST 18, 2014

In comparison to traditional business ventures, startups are expected to grow rapidly, at a rate of between 5% and 7% per week in their initial stage – Paul Graham, co-founder of Y Combinator. As the cofounder of Y-Combinator – an American seed fund accelerator – he’s a great source of information.

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Small Business Exit Strategy Cofounder Angel Investor 154

View from Seed

MAY 14, 2019

A number of blog posts recently have mentioned this, but we seem to be experiencing a rise in repeat founders starting new businesses and raising seed capital. We’re also seeing a wave of folks who were not founders, but were star players among the first 25 folks at a unicorn company also starting new companies.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 26, 2024

The Silent Power of Entrepreneurial Self-Exploration written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Rob Dubé, a seasoned entrepreneur and co-founder of Image One. This is John Jantsch.

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