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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

I’ve seen a range of options for supporting entrepreneurs, which I can rank from least to most involvement in companies by investors: financier VCs, e.g., Correlation Ventures. portfolio operator VCs, e.g., Andreessen Horowitz, ff Venture Capital, First Round Capital, Google Ventures. mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs.

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Closure

Steve Blank

Cray called two years ago and bought it back for parts for an unnamed customer still running one. You just can’t change this mainstream customer with a direct approach. Any guerilla sales tactics somebody may know for situation like this?