Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2023

Any startup coach or business advisor will tell you that, on your way to being a great chef, you don't start your journey by inventing the ultimate entre. Finally you create and document your recipe (business plan). All the investment money in the world won’t make your company succeed, if you have the wrong team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Any startup coach or business advisor will tell you that, on your way to being a great chef, you don't start your journey by inventing the ultimate entre. Finally you create and document your recipe (business plan). All the investment money in the world won’t make your company succeed, if you have the wrong team.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

Or if you’re a VC raising from LPs you have to list all of your deals, your investment value, your carrying value, your multiples, your IRRs, TVPIs, DPIs, etc along with net cashflows plus your previous LPAs. These collective sets of documents form the basis of what somebody looking at investing would call “financial due diligence.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2018

Any startup coach or business advisor will tell you that, on your way to being a great chef, you don't start your journey by inventing the ultimate entre. Finally you create and document your recipe (business plan). All the investment money in the world won’t make your company succeed, if you have the wrong team.

Startup 81

Startup Coach Metrics Marketing 81

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Any startup coach or business advisor will tell you that, on your way to being a great chef, you don't start your journey by inventing the ultimate entre. Finally you create and document your recipe (business plan). All the investment money in the world won’t make your company succeed, if you have the wrong team.

Entrepreneur 93

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Document plans and progress, with checkpoints. Setting your own metrics, and measuring yourself , will facilitate accountability. Be available for mentoring and coaching to others. It also means investing in relationship and trust building so they support you in a time of your need.

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