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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

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By Monday morning after their board meeting in NorCal I didn’t get a return phone call. In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. It’s when the people who are part of the decision making process who don’t support the decision seek ways to undermine you. we would support 6.0

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

By Monday morning after their board meeting in NorCal I didn’t get a return phone call. In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. It’s when the people who are part of the decision making process who don’t support the decision seek ways to undermine you. we would support 6.0

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How Open Should a Startup CEO be with Staff?

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They weren’t with you when you did the VC pitch where you looked them in the eyes 9 months ago and said, “I see only one outcome, we want to build something really big. I wasn’t in favor but when the CEO decides it’s the right thing to do you support him. They see the dollar signs and the victory.

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The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur – A Cautionary Tale

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Our existing investors supported us and a new lead came in. So I decided to run the London Marathon in April 2003, just 3 weeks before my son was born. April 29th, 2003 my first son was born. I started my second company while retaining a board seat at my first company. At least not externally.

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Embrace Losing

Both Sides of the Table

In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. It’s when the people who are part of the decision making process who don’t support the decision seek ways to undermine you. We had made the decision that we would no longer be supporting IE v 5.5 (we we would support 6.0