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Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Steve Blank

Three types of organizations – Incubators, Accelerators and Venture Studios – have emerged to reduce the risk of early-stage startup failure by helping teams find product/market fit and raise initial capital. They do the most to de-risk the early stages of a startup. I pointed out that there were.

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Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles?

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? Im part of a CTO group that meets once a month to discuss various topics. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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Announcing Multicoin Capital

Austin Startup

But we got serious in early 2016 when we developed deep conviction around the immense technical vision of Ethereum. We invest in protocols that meet our quantitative and qualitative metrics. PPPS, we’re also hiring a blockchain engineer. But we never lost the finance bug. We’ve been investing in cryptoassets since 2013.

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ZURBsoapbox is a hidden gem event

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

The funny part is that I didn’t realize Eventbrite had male cofounders since Women 2.0 always spotlighted Julie Hartz, cofounder and wife of Kevin. ConnectGroup – developed relationship with a Hilton general mgr in the south bay, then he became an advisor for Connect, got them into a few other hotels.

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The What & Why of Hiring a Great Startup COO

View from Seed

Many startup CEOs hire COOs or launch companies with a co-founder carrying the title. When should founders hire one? For most of my career, I’ve served startups and early-stage companies as an operating executive or advisor. This is why I encourage almost every startup founder to find a partner or a cofounder.

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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

For early stage companies, it’s important to show that you’re on path, that you have prospects, and that you can get to your vision. And show that you’re focused on the metrics that matter: revenue numbers, engagement traction, etc. Put another way, the ideal financing partner is a financing cofounder.

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Episode 3: Smart Bear Live!

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

How cofounders can collaborate without going crazy. Bob: I’ve come around to the opinion that the metric of how many people join X service is pretty worthless when it comes to monetization. Discrimination on race when you’re hiring is bad, discriminating on price based upon behavior of customers is very appropriate.

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