Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Today we’re announcing that my partner Kara Nortman is becoming Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to welcome her to her new role. and of course a relentless pursuit of helping founders succeed. So mostly we just had to listen to customer feedback from founders, VCs and LPs.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Funding challenges and other issues founders face in the early days of starting up were the focus of interviews with the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). Will Zell , co-founder and CEO of Nikola Labs wireless power company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Here are some key signals, outlined by Malone and Fiske, which I believe every startup founder and business leader should evaluate in their own business to see if their brand is positive: The loyalty test. We are apt to forgive when we feel empathy for an offending partner. Leaders need to come out from behind their curtain.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The billion-dollar behemoth that Marvel is today rose from a comics company that failed a couple of times, rose from the ashes, went bankrupt in the 1990s, and then arose like the superhuman characters that its lead cartoonist Stan Lee helped create. This included health insurance and making them domestic partners. 3- Sam Walton.

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Gust

DECEMBER 15, 2011

I prefer a hybrid approach because founders come from all kinds of backgrounds, and while some may have a strong point of view on every question in the startup questionnaire, others want or need more guidance in answering the questions that call for decisions to be made. AMR as holding company for American Airlines).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2019

Here are some key signals, outlined by Malone and Fiske, which I believe every startup founder and business leader should evaluate in their own business to see if their brand is positive: The loyalty test. We are apt to forgive when we feel empathy for an offending partner. Leaders need to come out from behind their curtain.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2017

Here are some key signals, outlined by Malone and Fiske, which I believe every startup founder and business leader should evaluate in their own business to see if their brand is positive: The loyalty test. We are apt to forgive when we feel empathy for an offending partner. Leaders need to come out from behind their curtain.

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