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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series called “ Start-up Lessons.&#. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I paid up for the diploma but can’t say that I saw better results. So back to MBAs.
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FEBRUARY 20, 2012
Tracy DiNunzio isn’t your typical Silicon Valley startup founder. She did her first tech startup after the age of 30. And she didn’t start her company in Northern California. She leveraged herself and even sold many of her possessions to get started. She actually IS the prototypical entrepreneur.
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OCTOBER 22, 2009
Only Hire A+ People Who Punch Above Their Weight Class. This is part of my ongoing posts on Startup Advice. There are people who tell startups that they should hire the most senior people that they can find. Weight Class : Let’s take sales. So what if you’re already a mid-stage startup.
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OCTOBER 3, 2011
I’m often asked the question about why there aren’t more women who are entrepreneurs. I would love to see Tara follow up with blog posts on: why she believes this is the case & what we can do about it. My inspiration to become an entrepreneur came from my mom, not my dad. ” [it's short, you should read it].
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NOVEMBER 5, 2012
I use George Bush vs. Al Gore as allegory and I’ve been using it with entrepreneurs for years to sink in a simple point about how to communicate with the market. Partisan rancor aside, we had just come off a boom decade – especially in tech – and many people at the start of the election thought Al Gore was a shoe in.
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AUGUST 30, 2014
Many startups now go through accelerators and have mentors passing through each day with advice – usually it’s conflicting. There are bootcamps, startup classes, video interviews – the sources are now endless. Because I’ve asked more than 100 VCs similar questions I start to notice patterns in thinking.
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MARCH 17, 2011
Your ability to keep up is dependent on having a great team of differing skills. We know that if you start with ho-hum founders you’re less likely to assemble a world-class team. Find people to “punch above their weight class”. So what do it mean to “punch above one’s weight class?” Is this philosophy exaggerated?
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