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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2013
I have long advised startup companies that if you don’t control your messaging somebody else will and your potential customers will form impressions of you shaped by somebody else or by nobody at all. I was 23 and had been programming computers, designing computer networks and selling software for 10 years. ” F**k.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
” It was meant both as a call to those writing angel checks into other people’s companies that they ought to think about putting that capital toward themselves either by becoming a startup founder or (and this was my real point) by taking an under-market salary in a company where they can learn the right skills to do it in the future.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 27, 2011
Most people totally advise against stealth. Also be careful about VCs. But once a VC has heard your idea he can’t “un-think&# it. I worked with an entrepreneur who was to appear at a startup networking event where he was to talk about his company’s plans. Be careful about this advice. You don’t.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 17, 2009
If you live somewhere where this is the case you’re better off discussing with your employer that you may from time-to-time work on private projects outside of work hours and you want their clearance in writing that this is OK. If not, at least find someone really technical that you trust to help act as an adviser to you.
Frank Addante
JUNE 4, 2006
► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. . Venture Capital Funding 7. So, I put him in charge of our data centers and technical operations.
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