Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 17, 2022
In fact, I would broaden the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 15, 2019
In fact, I would broaden the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.
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View from Seed
APRIL 14, 2020
This led to a number of repercussions that most VC’s have lamented during this time, including higher prices, larger rounds, shoddy due diligence, and many companies raising large sums of venture capital that probably aren’t suited to VC funding. VCs are always founder focused no matter the market environment.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 12, 2019
For example, I come from a software background, and back in the early PC days, it could easily cost half a million dollars for a team of professionals to produce a commercial product. Now, with powerful high-level tools and open source software, winning smartphone apps can be built by a good hacker for a few thousand dollars.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
by Tim Handorf, Co-Founder and President of G2 Crowd. Many of these tasks – accounting, billing/invoicing, marketing – can be streamlined and, in many cases, automated with the right software. We’re a small business ourselves, with about 20 employees, and our business is likely very different from yours.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 6, 2018
by Ben Hoffman, co-founder of CityHUNT. Do you pay attention to your employee retention rate and whether your top employees are happy? If your employees are unhappy and continue to hand in their resignation, it makes it challenging to keep the business moving forward. Do Your Due Diligence When Hiring.
ReadWriteStart
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Review Your Software Subscriptions “Reviewing your software subscriptions can be a quick way to reduce costs. ” — Phil Norton, Founder of Leave Dates In today’s digital age, software subscriptions have become integral to business operations. ” — Carl Jenson, Founder of Compare Bank.
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