Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2012

Others hire consultants, or outsource much of the real work. An obvious reason is limited funds, but a more important reason is the need to know and intimately understand what is really going on in the business and the market. These executives won’t survive long in a startup environment. Check your ego at the door.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Taking other people’s money to fund your startup changes your life in ways you cannot predict. At the very least (or perhaps it’s the very best), they ask me how to get ready for funding. She is a true angel investor, and has helped package and secure funding for many high-tech startup companies in the area.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2016

Actively solicit mentoring from people with more experience. No one is entitled to a better job position or entrepreneur funding, no matter how passionate, educated, or articulate. In a startup, you can’t afford to outsource too many functions. Prove you can do the job before asking for the title.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc. What do we build in-house or outsource? Technologies you use, how much will it cost, future capabilities, scalability, in-house vs. outsourced all intersect.

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SoCal Delicious

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

I have met dozens of brilliant technologists with fantastic ideas, ideas requiring nurturing, mentoring and support. These weaknesses can be addressed in a variety of ways, ranging from engaging part-time, outsourced help to bringing on experienced advisors to help out early in the company's life. Seek advice from a mentor.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

They are: Fred Wilson: Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur. Often board members give entrepreneurs two bits of advice regarding scale: Get a mentor. I've funded some myself. The expanding pool of angel, seed, and super seed funds is another. twenty in your wallet? See me I’m stacking money.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

You can be an entrepreneur and at the same time you can be a mentor or an investor to someone else’s project. When I first talked with TZ, it was pretty much me just working on the platform and I had outsourced the development to a firm. In 2012, you were not considering outside funding. Personas in Miigle are very important.

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