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10 Steps To Finding The Right Startup Co-Founder

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet from my own years of experience in the startup community, here are 10 common steps that have worked for other entrepreneurs: Write a "job description" for that ideal partner. Take a hard look at your own business strengths and weaknesses, and write down what partner skills and experiences would best complement yours.

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5 Keys to Rebounding From a Failed Business Strong

Startup Professionals Musings

Write these down, and build a new plan which capitalizes on every insight. Now you know some key parameters of cash flow, marketing metrics and investor expectations. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/16/2015. New levels of business acumen for startups.

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5 Unpleasant Startup Surprises and How To Recover

Startup Professionals Musings

Smart entrepreneurs have metrics for assessing their progress against milestones and regularly communicate new insights to the team. Write every check personally, rather than relying on a bookkeeper or administrative help. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/23/2015. Update your plan at least once a month.

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The Peter Principle Can Paralyze Your Startup Team

Startup Professionals Musings

Everyone must know how to listen, talk and write. Set your own metrics and rewards to map to results. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 6/12/2015. Startups can’t afford two or more people for every task -- one to do work, and others to communicate results to all constituents.

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Report: The Bay Area Isn’t Bleeding Tech Workers After All

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In 2015, a worker in the San Francisco Bay Area earning $100,000 a year would need to put their entire post-tax salary into renting a three-bedroom apartment. Areas such as Oakland and San Francisco saw rent increases as high as 40 percent between 2015 and 2017. But, you’d be wrong, according to a new report out from LinkedIn.

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Interview with Clark Landry, Maple Media

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After I sold my last company, Shift, in May of 2015, I took some time off to look for the next thing to do. A lot of what we've been looking at are the metrics. Some of the deals that worked out best for me as an angel were those companies I was telling my cash guy one year that this will be a complete write off.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics. Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out. I admit that my writing style back then was a bit more carefree, provocative and opinionated.