Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

This has led VC & entrepreneur bloggers alike to similar conclusions: start raising capital early and be careful about having too high of a burn rate because that lessens the amount of runway you have until you need more cash. ” and if anybody gives you a specific number I would be a bit skeptical because there is no universal answer.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2020

The other nice thing about that, is as things are happening on the same computer, there is no server code to write. It's really simple to write an application, compared to the complexity of an application that is multi-user. If you have a bunch of bouncing balls, they all bounce identically, and you don't have to exchange information.

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Platform Startup Examples Web 168

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. You might write a piece now and then that catches fire but there is nothing repeatable that would be useful for a business. Simply write a great book? How do people drive SEO growth?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Let’s set up a framework. In a world where the economy only heads in one direction (read: 2009-2014) most investors & entrepreneurs forget to pay attention to gross burn. A Framework to Guide You: So putting it all together, you should always be mindful of your personal circumstances and market conditions.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well. My goal is to lay out a basic framework for anybody unsure whom to listen to as a way of helping you think about a way to orient your own views.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

They often are very good at getting information out of people, helping create a framework for making decisions and pushing for support amongst the organization from those that back the decision and those that do not. I’ll write that post one day – it is a very interesting story. Leaders are intelligent, for sure.

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CTO Hire Technical Review Startup Demand 363

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I talked about this in the TWiVC video but I didn’t do a good enough job of writing it up in the summary notes in the post. In reading the comments on Bijan’s blog and having discussed this so many times, I know some entrepreneurs only want to talk with VCs that think that Powerpoint causes leprosy.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. I told people privately my perfect spec: computer science undergrad from MIT (or any other great school), 2-years at McKinsey but no more than that (I love the analytical framework that the top strategy consulting firms provide. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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