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A Founder's Guide: Essential Management Advice for Startups

Tomasz Tunguz

After analyzing hundreds of posts on startup management, I’ve distilled the key pieces of advice that founders and leaders should keep in mind. Team Building Anatomy of a Reference Check : Then get out of their way. Cultivate growth mindset : View challenges as learning opportunities rather than fixed obstacles.

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Why it’s Critical That you Reference Check Your VC

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I was recently speaking with some founders about their fund raising process. So my first advice is not to rush in the fund raising process. How do you then reference check your VC to be sure that you’ve chosen a good firm and partner? Don’t take my advice, take Eric Clapton’s. Not so in venture capital.

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What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now?

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I had an enjoyable conversation this morning with a young team straight out of college this morning and they were calling to ask advice on how to approach fund raising (angels vs. VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) Nothing blows up great opportunities faster than founders who are constantly fighting. Startup Advice VC Industry'

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Steven Blank Kills It at Greycroft CEO Summit

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My favorite two quotes of the weekend were: “Never trade your cat for somebody else’s dog” (referring to selling your company for stock to another privately held company – quote was from Alan. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. I’m going to save that for a future blog post.

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Why Lawsuits Are On the Rise at Startups and What To Do About It

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I often speak about co-founder fighting and how this ends in lawsuits but this has become much more prevalent. I’d encourage you to watch this quick 3-minute video with some views on what I call “ The Co-Founder Mythology ” that is perpetuated in Silicon Valley. Lawsuits are particularly common amongst co-founders.

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Never Hire Job Hoppers. Never. They Make Terrible Employees

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This is part of my startup advice series. It’s still important advice for startup founders and something that I’m passionate about. You’re a startup founder. You start fighting with your co-founder whom you thought you understood. Or take this advice from Todd Defren at SHIFT communications.

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Asking Questions More Effectively

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doing a reference call on a prospective employee. I was interviewing the founder of a prominent company of which many of you would have heard. THE REFERENCE CALL: Reference calls are hard. We’ve obviously had a great experience interviewing him or we wouldn’t be doing reference calls. Conclusion.

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