Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 14, 2022
Many pundits will point to great entrepreneurs, including Steve Jobs at Apple, and Larry Ellison at Oracle, as examples of opinionated and egotistical leaders who succeeded without consideration for relationships. Don’t wait for the right people in business to find you – developers, investors, partners, or key customers.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 16, 2020
Many pundits will point to great entrepreneurs, including Steve Jobs at Apple, and Larry Ellison at Oracle, as examples of opinionated and egotistical leaders who succeeded without consideration for relationships. Don’t wait for the right people in business to find you – developers, investors, partners, or key customers.
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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 22, 2009
He’s joining you because your company offers him/her the hope of the big equity package but likely the step forward in his career that he’s been looking for. Shouldn’t you just hire the most senior guy you can out of Oracle, Salesforce.com, Microsoft, EA or whatever your relevant industry is? Not so fast. WTF!! ?? !!
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 24, 2019
When an entrepreneur takes on investors who take equity (i.e. The board is where large equity investors get their representation. They therefore often play the role of the “voice of the customer” and bring important relationships. not debt where they have to be paid back) they are actually co-owners in the business you created.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 22, 2016
Many pundits will point to great entrepreneurs, including Steve Jobs at Apple, and Larry Ellison at Oracle, as examples of opinionated and egotistical leaders who succeeded without consideration for relationships. Don’t wait for the right people in business to find you – developers, investors, partners, or key customers.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 5, 2011
He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. A key deal not only helps you raise venture capital but it can help attract employees, garner press attention, help with product focus & importantly drive customer adoption and/or revenue.
Frank Addante
OCTOBER 31, 2006
It results in a lack of focus and diluted brand equity. As a result, we ended up doing a lot of one-off custom work for clients and never really gained traction in any particular area. You want to pick the #1 problem that you solve and be the absolute best at solving it. So, what we became best at was changing our business plan.
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