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Beware The Consultant

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Basing a consultant’s compensation on the incremental revenue they generate is a great example of a deal that is on The Fringe (for other creative approaches to partnering, see Agreements on The Fringe). At the early stages of your company’s life, you cannot rely on disinterested, hired guns to define your company’s key tasks.

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

David Teten

If the founder critically requires all of the things a venture studio offers, there’s potentially a strong selection bias against success… i.e. as an investor wouldn’t you always rather back the founder that overcomes early obstacles like recruiting cofounders based on a strong vision? I spoke with Thatcher Bell , Managing Partner, CoVenture.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

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John Greathouse is a partner at Rincon Venture Partners , a venture capital firm investing in early stage web-based businesses. DoubleClick’s Guerilla Marketing Legacy. |. Guerilla Marketing Fail – What I Learned From The Austin Police. |. Copyright © 2007-9 by J. Meredith Publishing. All rights reserved.

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What is the perfect startup team?

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Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Team Configuration 500 Startups Guerilla Marketing Organizations Entrepreneurship Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Startups Startup Incubators and Seed Programs Seedcamp Y Combinator TechStars Lean Startups What is the perfect startup team? There is no cookie-cutter formula.