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Should You Really Sit on Other Boards When You’re a Startup Founder?

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I recently read Brad Feld’s thought provoking piece encouraging founders to sit on the board of another startup company. I found it thought provoking because I’ve always believed startup founders need extreme focus on only their company to succeed. So I’m going to follow Brad’s advice.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: SBA startup loans, quarterly board decks, bootstrappers’ delight

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Priyanka Srinivas, co-founder and CEO of food tech startup Live Green Co., ” 5 tips for scaling your green startup during a funding drought. US startups seeking funds shouldn’t overlook financing from the government. ” US startups seeking funds shouldn’t overlook financing from the government.

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Some Career Advice for Aspiring Tech CEOs

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For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.” But I also have advice for the 15% that really do want to be a startup CEO. ” The punch line from this post was “angel yourself.”

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What’s the board’s role in an early-stage startup?

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What’s the board’s role in an early-stage startup? Startup founders frequently ask me about the role of a board of directors. A board can be a crucial asset in an early-stage startup. What is a board of directors, anyway? What is a board of directors, anyway?

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Not all money is created equal: A VC’s advice for founders

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Lak Ananth is founding CEO and managing partner of the global venture capital firm Next47 and serves on the board of several companies that he has helped to grow beyond $1 billion valuations. So, where does this put you — the startup founder, entrepreneur or company executive? It’s a great time to be a founder.

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Revisiting Paul Graham’s “High Resolution” Financing

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When I first read Paul Graham’s blog post on “High Resolution&# Financing I read it as a treatise arguing that convertible notes are better than equity. if you need advice on how to find / work with startup lawyers cheaply click that link). Photo credit: D. Blanchard/O’Reilly Media. rings true to me.

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What the MasterClass effect means for edtech

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Amanda DoAmaral , the founder of Fiveable, a learning platform for high school students: Masterclass is important for showing us why educational content should be treated more like entertainment. All of our bars for content quality is much higher now than it ever was before and I’m excited to see how that affects learning across the board.