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

Both Sides of the Table

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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Some Career Advice for Aspiring Tech CEOs

Both Sides of the Table

But not everybody has the right skills to build a highly successful and valuable startup from scratch. 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.” Of course you could start your own company.

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500 Founders: Luke Campbell, Marta Meszaros, Andy Bowie & Abbe Hyde

NZ Entrepreneur

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. ” Abbe Hyde – Founder. Luke Campbell – Cofounder. My Auto Shop.

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“Putting adVenture back into Venture Capital!”- Jeshua Soh’s Unique Approach to Investing

AsiaTechDaily

Delve into his story as it unfolds with lessons from filmmaking, startup ventures, and the fascinating world of technology innovations and investing. His passion for filmmaking led to the creation of J Rental Centre, a peer-to-peer rental platform born out of a desire to maximize the utility of accumulated camera equipment.

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For tech firms, the risk of not preparing for leadership changes is huge

TechCrunch

Yet we found that tech execs appear just as unprepared for C-suite transitions as their peers in other sectors. The findings may not be troubling if these respondents were millennial startup founders, years from leaving their companies. Jason Dressel. Contributor. Share on Twitter. They’re far from it.

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Founder Rewind

Entrepreneur's Handbook

What advice would you give your past self? It took years before my startup Anchor began to gain real traction. Most founders I speak to agree that the startup journey is generally discouraging, overrun with unsolvable challenges and many many mistakes. I recently caught up with a friend who’d founded a company.

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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Tracy DiNunzio isn’t your typical Silicon Valley startup founder. She did her first tech startup after the age of 30. Tracy was an artist throughout her 20′s but she watched her then husband found a tech startup. She’s a painter and a self-proclaimed Bohemian. She hasn’t raised any venture capital.