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Finding a Technical Cofounder

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

One of my favorite events last year was attending Startup Grind where I got to interview Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma. And of course we talked about many of my views of building startups. I got a job at a bank, and I worked in their corporate finance group. You didn’t join startups then.

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

Research from BCG, Harvard Business Review, First Round Capital, the Kauffman Foundation, and Illuminate Ventures shows that investors in diverse teams get better returns: Paul Graham , cofounder of Y Combinator (2015): “Many suspect that venture capital firms are biased against female founders.

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13 Critical Small Business Legal Requirements to Start a Business

Up and Running

Innovation can be a product, design, or a process of doing things to solve a technical problem. Geographical Indication – Sign used on products with a unique geographical origin, qualities, and reputation. A founders’ agreement is a legal contract defining and governing the relationship between cofounders.

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Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women & underrepresented founders?

David Teten

Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use. Lighter Capital reports that they’ve funded companies in 30 states, including well established startup hubs and less mature ecosystems. . Concentration in consumer/branded products startups.

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

reidhoffman.org

It has many stylistic errors — and a few substantive ones, too — that I would now change having learned more, but I realized that it still provides useful insights for entrepreneurs and startup participants outside of the Greylock network, particularly across three areas of interest: how entrepreneurs should approach the pitch process.

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Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010

SoCal CTO

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. This continues my series of posts: Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March There was some really great content in June. I’ll have to relocate.

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