Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

” Sean later went on to found the community GrowthHackers.com amongst other businesses. Just as documented in this awesome film “ Riding Giants ,” when Jeff Clark first discovered Mavericks (one of the most famous and dangerous surfing spots in the world) he surfed it for years without telling anybody.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Additional value outside of legal documents – Most lawyers who work with early stage startups secretly want to be entrepreneurs but they earn too much money to quit – the golden handcuffs I’ve found that the best of them think like entrepreneurs, though, and hang out at startup events.

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StartupNation

JULY 5, 2025

When presenting to investors, we created a dashboard that tracked both KPIs and what we called “KVPs” — Key Value Propositions — which highlighted how each ethical or community-driven choice directly fed into loyalty, brand equity, and ultimately, LTV (lifetime value). So my advice? Don’t treat impact as a side note.

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Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Serial entrepreneurs or those with close ties to the investment community would usually go straight to the big firm. It’s easier than ever to find example documents on the Internet, use a service to file your certificate of incorporation or trademark application, and so forth. In next week’s post, I will get into specific documents.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. LawCloud offers free legal documents through the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization.

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Y Combinator

JULY 20, 2022

Outside of the YC community, little has been documented on best practices to be an effective CEO. We’ve experimented a lot: strategy docs, all-hands, documenting our 5Ss (the five most important initiatives across the company), and OKRs. What's your advice to other founders on how to hire executives?

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

What advice the initiators have for other ecosystems looking to hire a professional ecosystem builder. Like many communities in this position, it has not been easy or straightforward. We have brilliant minds working together to leverage our opportunities and assets to move our community forward and so far, the plan is working.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Dell is trying to focus on being able to ensure they are there for the small business community during this difficult time. Advice on Pivoting in a Small Business. Erik gave us some advice on where to shift: Focus on yourself and your teams. Final Words of Advice. Microsoft Teams is truly about collaboration.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

According to her, other people working for The Family have asked several times to see documents that proved that investments went through. Instead, startups could apply and join the community of startups backed by The Family. The Family has also helped some of the startups in its community when it comes to fundraising.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

This is smart because amazing board members can be transformative with important advice and access and can also help attract other great board members (and team members). If the CEO is popular in the community no VC wants to face the backlash in the community for firing a CEO unless it really is seen as the last resort.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

But in recent years, corporate docs are being drawn up in English to facilitate communication both inside Switzerland’s various language regions and foreign capital, and investment documentation is modeled after the U.S. Fundraising platforms such as Investiere have boosted the angel community support of early funding rounds.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 14, 2018

Be involved in your community. Document and review numbers. Listen to their advice, and then determine how you’ll adjust your efforts and move forward. Cast the line early and often. . Feel the pulse of the market. Bottom line: You can’t catch a fish if you don’t cast the line. Track your progress. .

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Founder and CEO Matt Schulman has created one of the most comprehensive and thorough recruiting processes, which has made him one of the most successful recruiters in the YC community. We encourage the candidate to comment and add their thoughts to the document, including feedback for me and their thoughts on the interview process.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

I took the advice from someone in Silicon Valley who told me ‘You need a C Corp…that’s what we invest in,’” Requarth told TechCrunch. Bootstrapped until now, Latitud has been focused on execution and building community — which in LatAm, a region where people often value relationships as much as checks, goes a long way.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 21, 2022

You’ll receive the best practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. As you come across key documents, transfer these into the corresponding folders. Focus on creating a community first above all else?—?profits Welcome to another edition of our new newsletter! Let’s get to it. This is just best practice.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Amal has a unique journey, perspectives, and invaluable advice for both investors and early-stage founders. She highlighted the network’s role in establishing an international community that inspires action and celebrates the achievements of women in business.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Advice for non-technical founders for finding a serious CTO for your startup Finding a co-founder is hard work. Get involved with startup communities Most big cities have numerous startup communities. How not to find a technical co-founder My experience This advice closely mirrors my own experience.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Her perspectives offer advice for both investors and early-stage founders. She highlighted the network’s role in establishing an international community that inspires action and celebrates the achievements of women in business. Programs of countries that are part of a Union are always better than programs of individual countries.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

Ending the mental health stigma in the tech community. Our best-practice advice to CEOs is to cut deep enough that they are confident there will not be a second round in the next few months. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Nigel Morris is the co-founder and managing partner of QED Investors. More posts by this contributor.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 19, 2020

This time, I connected with 15 startup and SME leaders from my network to discover how they are tackling the current crisis, and what advice they had to offer to others in the same boat. I’ve had the opportunity to help business owners strategize their plans using PR as a tool to help navigate through difficult times with clarity.

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Hunter Walk

MAY 17, 2024

I was publishing quite a bit of original research about bias in workplace documents like performance reviews and job posts, a bunch of it went viral, and I got to know a lot of people who eventually became Textio customers. I love quantitative data based on real workplace documents because you don’t have to stretch to show what’s going on.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Note that this is a debt instrument, whereas the two documents below are equity instruments. Take SparkToro, for example, which raised an unusual round of financing and open-sourced all their documents. You can see their Folder with All the Documents , including the: LLC Agreement. Inflection Community. Conferences.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Edda reels in data from publicly-available sources including Crunchbase and Pitchbook, while it also packs a feature that automatically pulls in additional data from emails, documents, and files stored in cloud-based repositories such as Dropbox. And this highlights the core business community management facet of the Edda platform.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Erik Torenberg is no longer the co-CEO of On Deck, a tech company that is trying to productize the community in a way that helps founders secure capital and advice. Other changes at the well-known startup include the sunsetting of several communities and spinning off its career advanced arm into a new separate business entity.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

00:59] Microsoft’s approach to AI [5:55] The next Industrial Revolution [10:27] Developer productivity & flow state [15:26] Reprogramming the American Dream [19:48] Advice to builders Microsoft’s approach to AI Bob: Microsoft has played such a huge role in determining the future of AI.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MARCH 19, 2021

They went out and help these businesses and document them as they tell their stories. You fall in love with them and their family and their community.” . They give these businesses financial and marketing advice that will help them grow even further. . They also had to change the advice that they were giving the businesses. . “We

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

We are soon launching Founders’ Next Move , a selective, free community for founders researching their next move, which will be a key tool for working with outside talent. We discuss below all of the different ways you can work with the investment community. At Versatile VC , we’ve used all these models. CrunchBase (free).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2022

The company connects a client in need of support when conducting layoffs to a seasoned executive for anything from day-of support in sharing the news to high-level advice. This time, On Deck went deeper: It has sunsetted several communities and is spinning off its career advancement arm into a separate startup.

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American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 11, 2024

It provides a platform for observing industry trends and the competitive landscape, identifying sentiment and frequency of keyword mentions which reflects the community’s perception and interest in the various market competitors. offers collaboration and documentation support to streamline market research data handling.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

Given the chilly climate for late-stage fundraising and widespread economic uncertainty, “it’s time for the startup community to redefine what “founder-friendly” capital means and balance both the source and cost of that capital,” writes Blair Silverberg, co-founder and CEO of Hum Capital. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

The Exchange has been riffling through the document since it came out, and we’ve picked up on a few things to explore. As we saw in part 1 of this EC-1 , this led him to the revelation that it’s easier to figure things out for yourself than finding advice that applies to you. Platforms that help other investors access your fund.

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StartupNation

MAY 22, 2025

Respecting and respecting the way communication is drawn will help find such team members. These connections are crucial to provide both practical advice and emotional support in trying times. Parent-Entrepreneur Community : Look for other entrepreneurial parents with kids of similar ages.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 17, 2021

You can also join online niche communities as these channels can serve as an opportunity to reach out to people who are curious and informed about your industry. They can offer you advice on what to look out for when selling a business and later guide you through the negotiation process. Prepare Your Business’s Documentation.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

This is part of my ongoing posts on Startup Advice. We wanted to be the YouTube of document sharing so rather than requiring users to download documents we converted them into Flash so you could scroll through them online (I know this is common today, it wasn’t when we launched). Tags: Startup Advice.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . That Google document provides cut and pasteable text I can share with other investors, based on their stage, focus, and appetite. . The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm . This is harder than it sounds.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 15, 2021

Upon every payment, I documented and indicated the difference. Final advice on leadership: Always lead by example. Consider what small actions you can take during your day to promote integrity in your community. Within the last year, he consistently gave more than the agreed payment. Try to take the time to talk with your team.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 3, 2021

It’s time-consuming and complex, entailing setting up your quality system, documenting appropriately, and running studies according to tightly controlled protocols. If you’re an early-stage company who’s raised only a small seed round or less, seeking advice from a regulatory consultant is a good way to get started.

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