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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . As a next step, we recommend that you register at the major expert network websites, as well as LinkedIn and job boards, if you haven’t already.

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

Make them widely available inside the company and share your most important goals with your board. I ran my first marathon in London this way in 2003 raising $3,000 for Parkinson’s disease (and finishing in under 4 hours – my publicly stated goal). At the highest level (and with a board) these are great metrics to keep focused on.

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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. And they are normal, down-to-earth people as well. I knew what this meant. Good news always comes quickly, bad news takes time to simmer. We talked with lawyers.

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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. And they are normal, down-to-earth people as well. I knew what this meant. Good news always comes quickly, bad news takes time to simmer. We talked with lawyers.

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How Venture Funding For Early-Stage Startups Will Change During the COVID-19 Crisis

Dream It

Martino outlined essentially two types of outcomes for this financial crisis from a historical perspective: “In 2001-2003, there was a depression in Silicon Valley. I think you’ll start seeing pushback on complete board control by the founding team,” stated Martino. “I I think this is the area that will fall first during this crisis.”

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

Both Sides of the Table

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. I planned a half marathon, which I crushed in a personal best 1:42. But the story doesn’t end there.

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How Open Should a Startup CEO be with Staff?

Both Sides of the Table

It’s 2003 and VCs aren’t exactly lining up to fund startup businesses. There are merger discussions, board debates, product miscues, revenue misses and a litany of delicate topics. Would now be a good time to buy a house? I’d need a letter from you to help with my loan.” ” “Buy a house?

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