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10 Partner Qualities to Test Before Sharing Equity

Startup Professionals Musings

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. The passion has to be in the business context – meaning results oriented, customer oriented, and sensitive to competition. Partner decisions are more important than hiring decisions.

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

Spend time building investor relationship long before you raise money. . By spending more time educating your board on your business you get more valuable advice from them. In his spare time he raised nearly $30 million. You may know how much to pay in cash or equity for your new VP Engineering. Always seek input.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. equity debate. Every time I see my graduate students try to teach for the first time, it’s usually so painful I bite my lip.

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