Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 6, 2013
PM’s are underrated in Silicon Valley these days. It will pay huge dividends in avoiding the CEO tied up in admin and allow him / her to focus on bigger picture items. For the wrong reasons. PMs are a vital part of a tech startup. Engineering is critical but it is not everything.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. ” Put simply, if you care about building a successful tech community outside Silicon Valley you should read this book.
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YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 19, 2015
For example, it’s not unusual for tech talent in Silicon Valley to move from job to job fairly quickly, so don’t automatically hold job-hopping against those candidates. Informal networking can also yield dividends, such as talking to people you happen to meet within your industry who may know someone who is perfect for the job.
The Next Web
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. The process of raising money in Asia is very different from raising money in Silicon Valley and, frankly, it’s not nearly as easy. Set your expectations – VCs in Asia are different from the Valley.
Duct Tape Marketing
MARCH 6, 2024
And that is the kind of failure that the Silicon Valley talk, fail, fast, fail often is implicitly referring to, but often they're not explicit enough. So there's lots of things we can learn and those are really important dividends from any failure. It can mean very technical things that now we know to do this and it'll work.
Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend (1). liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend. liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend (1). liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend (1). liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend (1). Post-money valuation probably no higher than $12M (2).
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 25, 2011
There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. There is no shame in making a few million dollars in profit and paying yourself dividends while still owning a large percentage (if not all) of your business. This post originally appeared on TechCrunch.
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