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AUGUST 21, 2023
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Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 30, 2011
It’s the whole basis of my investment philosophy, which I call “ The Entrepreneur Thesis.&#. I had my sales teams telling me we needed certain features to be competitive. I had my dev team asking for us to work through new architectural components to improve performance. This benefits you, the entrepreneur.
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SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
Once you build it, they will now ask you about the key metrics that they need proven in order to see if you really are a good investment. Even with these, you will have paper-tested your MVP, but the reality is that customers will not be able to assess the value to them until they actually use it. Review the code being built.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 13, 2012
Kevin Hell: Yes, we have a selection committee, comprised of folks who are venture capitalists and also have been in the investment arm of large companies. They get to meet the team, we do some due diligence, and have them talk to functional experts. Once they pass that, they get into the incubator.
SoCal CTO
NOVEMBER 1, 2010
Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? Did they have a Weak Development Team ? So before you ask someone to even spend an hour of their time writing code or reviewing specs make sure you can pay them in some form (coffee, dinner, laptop, etc.),
SoCal CTO
MARCH 22, 2007
We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point Map of VC Investments Open Source Business Model Entreprenuer Network ► February (10) Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading. in Computer Science.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 21, 2012
That refueling is when you will need more investment, or when you will break even and begin that steep profitable growth curve. As a rule of thumb, investors expect each investment round you get to last at least a year to 18 months. As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day.
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