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7 Startup Costs That You Assume With Outside Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, Bill Gates founded and grew Microsoft, and Michael Dell built a great technology company, both with no outside funding until they went successful enough to go public years later and sell shares to common stockholders. Very few entrepreneurs I know have the patience and time to communicate to the satisfaction of all investors.

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7 Startup Risks That Come With Other People’s Money

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, Bill Gates founded and grew Microsoft, and Michael Dell built a great technology company, both with no outside funding until they went successful enough to go public years later and sell shares to common stockholders. Very few entrepreneurs I know have the patience and time to communicate to the satisfaction of all investors.

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Should You Consider Replacing Yourself as CEO?

Both Sides of the Table

I have never felt prouder of the team & product at awe.sm ( please visit to check out our latest & be ready for our next big product announcement due out in next month or so) and yet we just brought in a new CEO to the company, Fred McIntyre. I know because I marked the occasion with a blog post on how to have a great VC meeting.

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A Startup Advisory Board Dream Team is Priceless

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, if your startup is building a high-tech software product, a dream team of advisors would be a former CEO or high-level exec in another software company, a former software marketing executive, and a former financial executive.

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Don’t Let Outside Funding Kill Your Startup Passion

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, Bill Gates founded and grew Microsoft, and Michael Dell built a great technology company, both with no outside funding until they went successful enough to go public years later and sell shares to common stockholders. Very few entrepreneurs I know have the patience and time to communicate to the satisfaction of all investors.

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The Right Startup Advisory Board Has A Big Payback

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, if your startup is building a high-tech software product, a dream team of advisors would be a former CEO or high-level exec in another software company, a former software marketing executive, and a former financial executive.

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An Advisory Board is a Startup’s Best Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, if your startup is building a high-tech software product, a dream team of advisors would be a former CEO or high-level exec in another software company, a former software marketing executive, and a former financial executive.

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