Founders Coop

AUGUST 9, 2018

As an investor, I care a lot – and I mean A LOT – about founders’ motivations for starting a company. Over the past couple of years, nearly every relevant Bay Area technology company has opened up an engineering office in Seattle and our hometown heroes Amazon and Microsoft are also attracting an unprecedented amount of technology talent to the region, many of whom are itching to start their own companies.

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energy culture networking technology 70

Berkonomics

AUGUST 9, 2018

Here is a phenomenon I discovered over time when dealing with many small start-ups in their early revenue period. A very predictable series of rotating crises seemed to befall most every one of these young companies. These became so predictable that I could accurately label them as occurring about every $3 million in gross profit (or revenue for service companies).

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health capital founder entrepreneurs 48

Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 9, 2018

Members of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) take part in regular Forums. These confidential meetings with seven to 10 peers are a highly rated benefit of membership. Moderator-trained EO members guide the sessions, which emphasize personal responsibility and lessons learned. Fellow Forum members don’t give advice; they speak from prior experience, letting you draw your own conclusions on how to best proceed.

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peer-to-peer communities energy sustainability 130