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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

Both Sides of the Table

By definition, you read blogs. But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? People often ask me why I started blogging. I often get the question from people, “I’d like to blog, but I don’t really know what to talk about?&# Absofuckinglutely.

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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them & entrepreneurs that run them. Investment and startups problem : we all want disruptive and game-changing businesses. Subscribe by email. Invested Interests. Who Makes the Money on an Inevitable Shoe Dropping? And what interests me is who makes the money on timing these trends. .

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Copycats can drown  

TechCrunch

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. Second, you have to believe that you can package that content in a compelling way, consistently. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Enter the latest.

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“If I never again have to read a bunch of entitled tech bros mansplaining on twitter about their way of working is the only way, I will die a happy man.” Canadian Investor Chris Neumann on Venture Vibes, Who Helped Him Along the Way, and the Qualities of a Founder Who Could Fail But He’d Back Again

Hunter Walk

Chris Neumann (of Canada’s Panache Ventures ) checks these boxes so I asked him to come on my blog (currently less consistent, hopefully still the other two) for Five Questions. Chris Neumann: I’ve been lucky to have been a part of 5 startups going back to the late-90s, including two that were VC-backed (DataHero and Aster Data).

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Should You Consider Replacing Yourself as CEO?

Both Sides of the Table

My internal compass has always steered me strongly toward the belief that founders who can scale with their startup companies are better to back that founders who eventually need to hire a CEO. Very few founder CEOs go into the job ever expecting to give up their seat. It becomes an extension of self rather than a job.

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If Your Customers Can Be Everywhere, Why Can’t Your Talent?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

If you’re like many global entrepreneurs and CEOs, you might be facing the greatest business challenge of them all: Great companies need great talent. 45 days for a typical startup to hire a technology engineer. 44 percent of startups fail within the fourth year of their existence. Written for EO by Vikram Ahuja.

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Could You Step Away From Running Your Company? Here’s How I Did.

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Raj Thakkar, founder and CEO, Charter School Business Management Inc. Because my second-in-command and I had recently acquired the tools and professional development to handle it. How to groom your second-in-command. That’s the quandary I faced in July 2019. How did I know?

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