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OCTOBER 5, 2009

The culture and work ethic of Convergent had earned it the title “the Marine Corps of Silicon Valley”. As the conversation began to get down to how much stock and salary we could offer van Dam, we left the barber to finish his work and went to a payphone to call our CEO to confirm the deal. Wasn’t he a CTO or something? (He

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

The conversation that day would become one of my professional watermarks. We know Ben W was the CTO. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. I’m going to go get a coffee now, and you can have your meeting with those at our company you respect enough to not insult. Order Here. Now In Print!

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MARCH 7, 2018

janryan (@janryan) | Twitter Kerry Rupp Kerry is a Capital Factory Mentor and founding partner of True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in women-led companies in the sustainable consumer and consumer health verticals. As the third U.S.

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