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Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, crowdfunding still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return.
SoCal CTO
JANUARY 26, 2010
What worries me a bit is how often I read that startups should hire a developer / hands-on lead developer. But often the result of a Founder hiring a developer or lead developer or even a VP engineering is a gap created between the founders and the developers. Gap closed, right? Probably not. Accounting?
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Frank Addante
MAY 12, 2007
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Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 20, 2020
Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, it still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 21, 2015
Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, it still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
Others hire consultants, or outsource much of the real work. Don’t be afraid to share your view and ask for help. If a team member has a plan that is too ambitious and likely to set them up for failure, he or she needs your direct mentoring to dial it back. There is no substitute for diving into the key details of a new startup.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 5, 2012
Others hire consultants, or outsource much of the real work. Don’t be afraid to share your view and ask for help. If a team member has a plan that is too ambitious and likely to set them up for failure, he or she needs your direct mentoring to dial it back. There is no substitute for diving into the key details of a new startup.
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