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I recently read Brad Feld’s thought provoking piece encouraging founders to sit on the board of another startup company. I found it thought provoking because I’ve always believed startup founders need extreme focus on only their company to succeed. Ryan Carson made me promise not to do it.

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Becoming a successful entrepreneur isn't. about your skills or your abilities or your DNA, it's about what you refuse to give up on - what you will keep doing until you succeed.”. As an early executive at MySQL, he helped build the company into the world's most used open source database. Image: Bob Wood, courtesy UCTV.

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I’ve just completed an investment in Ryan Carson’s new company, TreeHouse. But Ryan’s vision is much broader, which is what perked up my ears. No, not all of these people will get jobs at hot starts like Facebook, Google or Twitter. It meets everyone of my criteria so I thought I’d elaborate.

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