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Gust
JUNE 19, 2012
If you’re doing investment pitches, you should read this book. If you’re doing a pitch I’m going to see, I want you to have read this book. And if you’re a startup CFO, finance lead, bean counter, or presentation slide deck preparer, then you should read this book. Subscribe to the Gust Blog.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
Board Meetings. How do VCs break out of group think when they are shuttling from one board meeting to the next, from one conference to the other and talking with all the same people? I learned about this behavior and how to channel it from my favorite book about ADHD, Delivered from Distraction. Conferences. go on, click it ).
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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 9, 2014
I have blogged about some of the downside consequences of the changes and the private information I have says the consequences are much worse than is reported in the press since few people publicly talk about. We led an investment round in a company a while ago in which we wrote a seven-figure check and have taken a board seat.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 17, 2019
I understand that Adam Grant is a fairly popular professor at Wharton and has a book that some people loved called “Originals” (for me it interesting but not mind blowing, and I have some first-hand knowledge of some of its inaccuracies). By the way, I don’t spell check my blog posts either. I still sleep at night.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 22, 2014
It’s not just about people like me who can (and do) turn up in nearly any city in the US and immediately book a ride. I was at an alumni dinner at UCSD (I am on the alumni board) and a group of people were talking about how their kids use UberX to get rides home from parties at night. They want us to store our documents.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
JANUARY 24, 2024
That’s more than enough to write a few chapters of a book. Visualize Your Goals: As part of an annual tradition, we started off January 1 in my family by making family vision boards. A vision board is a great way to document your goals for the year and keep those objectives front of mind.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 21, 2010
I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). When we invest they are often the company counsel so we see them at board meetings. Much of this is unfounded – some is not. Our lives are intertwined.
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