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9 Women Can’t Make a Baby in a Month

Both Sides of the Table

Facebook, Google) to a large market opportunity then you had better have enough resources to compete. We made mistakes ourselves that proved to us that you can’t make markets move faster than they inherently want to just by throwing more resources at them. I had been part of large, multidisciplinary teams.

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Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions

SoCal CTO

Many of the founders of these companies are surprised to learn that I'm willing to review what they are doing (maybe an hour) and get on the phone for an hour with them and provide free advice. And I try my best to point them to resources that can help them longer term. Of course, I provide part-time CTO services.

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Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions

SoCal CTO

Many of the founders of these companies are surprised to learn that I'm willing to review what they are doing (maybe an hour) and get on the phone for an hour with them and provide free advice. And I try my best to point them to resources that can help them longer term. Of course, I provide part-time CTO services.

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ConTraps Part III – Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs

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A more complicated negotiating point involves IP that is created in the course of the parties’ collaboration. Guard against a preclusion that would deny you from utilizing the IP developed during the course of executing the agreement. This is generally a straightforward and uncontested provision.

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Startup Runway Length Depends on Your Burn Rate

Startup Professionals Musings

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. This will equate to 2 working founders (taking no salary), hiring a 5-person development team for a year. Of course, a projected burn rate can’t account for expensive mistakes and unusual challenges along the way.

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High Burn Rates Result in Short Startup Runways

Startup Professionals Musings

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. This will equate to 2 working founders (taking no salary), hiring a 5-person development team for a year. Of course, a projected burn rate can’t account for expensive mistakes and unusual challenges along the way.

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Don’t Get Burned By Your Startup Burn Rate

Startup Professionals Musings

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. This will equate to 2 working founders (taking no salary), hiring a 5-person development team for a year. Of course, a projected burn rate can’t account for expensive mistakes and unusual challenges along the way.

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