SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

And I try my best to point them to resources that can help them longer term. Of course, I provide part-time CTO services. I'm looking for free (equity only) development, should I contact you? See Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers for more on this. Do I have to write up the overview?

CTO Hire 264

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

And I try my best to point them to resources that can help them longer term. Of course, I provide part-time CTO services. I'm looking for free (equity only) development, should I contact you? See Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers for more on this. Do I have to write up the overview?

CTO Hire 259

CTO Hire Startup Technical Review Development Team Review 259

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family.

Organization 93

Organization Startup Incubator Ideas 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2013

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Funding Incubator Startup 102

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

Moving a VC from an A to a B doesn’t mean they aren’t still your top pick, it just means your chances are less likely and your extremely limited resources should be allocated elsewhere. Of course there’s no exact number of VCs you should meet?—? In my post “ Measure twice, cut once ” I’ve outlined how to plan before you start raising.

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Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Defy teaches them personal finance like how to keep a checking account, the difference between debt and equity, what cashflow is and so forth. Of course the contrasts are stark and the questions get more personal and much harder to hide from the privilege our side of the so obviously enjoys. How many of you were raised with 2 parents?

Writing 150

Writing Startup Design Training 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2011

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family.

Startup 92

Startup Organization Incubator Ideas 92

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

But of course all of these things are intertwined. Obviously you need to be mentally flexible enough to spot if your instincts were wrong and a change of course is necessary. As a leader you live in a world with limited resources. You don’t have unlimited equity to dole out. Know what you believe is important.

Startup 150

Startup Coach Course Invest 150

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

We spent a lot of time talking about what type of company we wanted to create, how many employees we’d eventually have, whether we would take funding, our lifestyle, and a dozen other things that had nothing to do with writing software. I think in the end it’s helped us build a better product because we are resource-constrained.

Venture Capital 115

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

Instead of following a proscribed course which may lead nowhere, entrepreneurial leaders such a Thiel are sparking a change in the way we think about success. An inflated sense of financial well-being can result in sloppy budgeting and accounting as you write checks here and there without pause. Businesses can be built on sweat equity.

Startup 92

Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

When an entrepreneur takes on investors who take equity (i.e. The board is where large equity investors get their representation. Of course great VCs play this role and many founders rely on VCs for input to hard decisions. I really like it when independent directors write a check into the company.

Startup 187

Startup Writing Venture Capital Oracle 187

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Some great free resources listed this month that I thought were interesting. Why You Should Write.

Startup 191

Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Of course I have. I don’t write about LA but I write from LA. I prefer not to do any angel investments because I focus on my VC funds but it was gratifying to write some small checks to support local teams. And of course you need a mature venture capital industry. This article originally ran on TechCrunch.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Brad was openly writing about this and it felt like he was giving the VC playbook away for free! We write about $40 million of first-checks into new deals / year and about $40 million of follow-on investments. ” Of course life is more complicated. Of course a group of 10 seed funds can’t fix the prices of a market.

Startup 150

Startup Company Companies Venture Capital 150

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Content, of course, is the same!]. In the media NYC is “hot” right now yet having just spent 6 days in NY I heard many similar stories as I get in LA: not enough VC and hard to get great tech resources. We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

One of the first tough decisions that startup founders have to make is how to allocate or split the equity among co-founders. Another common “failure to start” situation I see is one where the “idea person” insists that the idea is 90% of the value (and 90% of the equity). Domain expertise and connections.

Equity 91

Equity Startup CTO Hire CTO Coach 91

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2012

One of the first tough decisions that startup founders have to make is how to allocate or split the equity among co-founders. Another common “failure to start” situation I see is one where the “idea person” insists that the idea is 90% of the value (and 90% of the equity). Domain expertise and connections.

Startup 101

Startup Entrepreneur Equity CTO Hire 101