Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

In 2017 we began inserting an “Inclusion Clause” into our term sheets because we believe that the culture one establishes at the earliest stages of one’s business will set out the course of how it will grow and develop. We believe that diverse teams produce diversity of thought and that this leads to better decisions and outcomes.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

She served as the first woman president of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, (2003/2004), one of the largest Rotary Club in the world. McGee Award and was the 2003 Journal Record Woman of the Year. What advice would you give to entrepreneurs pursuing a startup in Oklahoma? Get started! Oklahoma is very friendly to entrepreneurs.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

It’s 2003 and VCs aren’t exactly lining up to fund startup businesses. It is because when you share too much of this information with staff you develop an “options culture” the I find unhealthy. Startup Advice' Would now be a good time to buy a house? I’d need a letter from you to help with my loan.”

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AUGUST 29, 2012

33:15 Have you noticed a change from 2003 to now in the “serendipity factor” of Santa Monica? 36:00 Nate: The culture in LA is by far the most entrepreneurial culture in the country. And I suspect that, at Myspace, he got a lot of experience on how to run a product at scale.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2022

Entrepreneur and keynote speaker, Ramon Ray , founder of SmartHsutle.com, recently interviewed Borches to tap into her extensive advice and expertise as a leader in her industry. Borches joined the company in 2003 and has been leading CMA since 2011. This interview is focused around culture fit questions.

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MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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