Why Great Startups Founders Learn to Throw Great Parties

“Party planner” is one of the lesser-publicized skills of successful startup founders, but it’s also one of the most important

Aaron Dinin, PhD
Entrepreneurship Handbook
5 min readOct 12, 2023

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Photo by Matty Adame on Unsplash

I was chatting with a venture capitalist at a holiday party. It was being hosted by an early-stage, venture-backed startup I occasionally consult with. After…

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I teach entrepreneurship at Duke. Software Engineer. PhD in English. I write about the mistakes entrepreneurs make since I’ve made plenty. More @ aarondinin.com