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6 Key Leaders Every Technical Startup Needs To Thrive

Startup Professionals Musings

In my years of advising startups and occasional investing, I’ve seen many great ideas start and fail, but the right team always seems to make good things happen, even without the ultimate idea. You need to have a technical genius on the team to get your startup product off the ground. Outsourcing your core competency does not work.

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The Top 5 Stock Exchanges According to a 2020 Study

The Startup Magazine

Stock exchanges is a growing industry where stock investors interact with various companies wishing to exchange the shares. For startups and entrepreneurs, awareness of the stock exchanges will help prepare you for a potential public financing of your company through an initial public offering, known as an IPO.

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7 Startup Costs That You Assume With Outside Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the myths I often hear as an advisor to many entrepreneurs is that their lifestyle would somehow be better if they could more easily find other people’s money to build their startup. Usually it pays to move a startup slower rather than risk relationships. Many times friends and family have been broken by failed investments.

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8 Keys To Maximizing Your New Venture Stock Net Worth

Startup Professionals Musings

When an entrepreneur first incorporates a business, they may find themselves the proud owner of 10 million shares of common stock, commonly called founder’s shares. Startup owners need to assume a three to five year wait for a liquidity event, such as acquisition or going public, before they can cash out. In the U.S.,

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What Stock Brokers Do and How to Engage their Services

The Startup Magazine

For many entrepreneurs and startups, investing in stocks is a good option for building more capital. So knowing more about stocks and trading is critical. A stock, which can also be referred to as a share or equity, is a proof of ownership of a fraction or part of a business entity. through a process of stockbroking.

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How to split startup equity between startup founders when starting a new business

The Startup Magazine

How you split founder startup equity can be even harder for a tech startup due to different roles and contributions from the founders. We’ll address the fundamental considerations to consider when distributing stock in a business, including the method of dividing equity among founders and typical traps to avoid, in this post.

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Like Their Customers, Tech Startups Will Weather the Storm

ReadWriteStart

Markets are always in flux, randomly walking between gains and losses, but sometimes macro factors conspire to create sustained volatility. Yet, we know tech startups will weather the storm. Any startup will be able to incorporate the latest large language models into their products using tools provided by Microsoft and Google.