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Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 30, 2019
In my experience as a business advisor, one of the best ways to get all of these, is to publish a book on the technology, the journey, or some relevant lessons learned. Your book need not be a best-seller, and it probably won’t make you any money directly, but it’s the best business card you could ever imagine.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. If you’re going to play in the big leagues you need to be writing checks from a $700 million?—?$1 Are we in a bubble?” By definition?—?I’m of the fund.
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Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 12, 2014
It’s building a product that is substantially differentiated, and, as Bill Gross, one of the most prolific tech entrepreneurs of our era says, “ It needs to be 10x better than the competition ” (because if you shoot for that then in competitive markets you might achieve 3x. Rebelling is simply a form of snobbery.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 22, 2014
So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. Most VCs are book smart. It’s insanely competitive to get into our industry so most have degrees from institutions like Stanford, Harvard, Wharton and University of Chicago (blatant plug ;-). FourSquare. Everywhere.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 31, 2012
If you haven’t read Adam Lashinsky’s awesome new book about Apple , you should. That student is Erin McCann who formerly worked in sales at Google, so she has some ground to stand on in her assertions. The idea that the course asks students to write public blog posts is a testament to its more modern teaching style.
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 2, 2014
Now, you’re handling payroll and doing writing as well. You may even discover that you enjoy writing more than crunching numbers. Piaw Na, who spent over six years at Google, writes on Quora that she recommends fresh grads to join a startup instead of big companies. Startups are hiring.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 29, 2009
Google’s AdSense) or some other form of ad. I then remember when Amazon started selling books on the web. As John Battelle chronicles in his brilliant (and must read) book, The Search , Google thought this idea stunk. But many people naturally revert back to the question if they should just show ads.
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