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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

A good mentor is someone who has been part of the startup community themselves – someone who has a realistic understanding of some of the basic dos and don’ts of starting up. For both companies, the initial traction enabled raising seed money to get them to a traditional VC investment.) You don’t need many – one or two to begin.

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To Follow On or Not to Follow On

This is going to be BIG.

I think I'm terrific at helping early stage teams by rolling up my sleeves and doing what's necessary--getting them hires, PR, product strategy help to find that market fit. Some of this thinking is also driven by folks who aren't well connected to the rest of the later stage venture community.