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Why Great Startups Founders Learn to Throw Great Parties

Entrepreneur's Handbook

“Party planner” is one of the lesser-publicized skills of successful startup founders, but it’s also one of the most important Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ยป

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A New Generation of Startup Founders

Entrepreneur's Handbook

My conversation with 15-year-old founder Eric Zhu Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ยป

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Is American Entrepreneurship In Crisis?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Craig Hall, the writer of Boom: Bridging the Opportunity Gap to Reignite Startups , shares his view on the current state of entrepreneurship in the U.S. . In 2011, I heard a speech by Mark Zandi [chief economist of Moodyโ€™s Analytics] revealing that entrepreneurship in the U.S. The post Is American Entrepreneurship In Crisis?

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The Myth of the Young Startup Founder

Ian Hathaway

Researchers have known for a while that peak age for general entrepreneurship occurs around mid-career (mid-30s to mid-40s), but an influential academic study published last year shows just how misguided the popular narrative is that twenty-something tech billionaires are the norm even for high-growth, high-tech entrepreneurship.

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Startup Founder Salary Guide: How Much To Pay Yourself?

Feedough

As a startup founder, you must realize that entrepreneurship is. Read more.

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โ€œJust Ship Itโ€ All the Entrepreneurship Gurus Say

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Am I being duped by Twitter-speak and startup mentor nonsense spouted by people with no skin in my game? Itโ€™s well intentioned on the part of the second or third time founder turned angel, VC, or accelerator mentor. Yet, itโ€™s almost universally not helpful to tell a startup founder to just ship it. Easy for you to say.

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As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works

TechCrunch

A lot of the pitch decks I see, however, make me wonder if the founders have really thought through what they are doing. The corollary of that is that I suspect a lot of founders don’t really know how venture capital works. That’s a problem for a number of reasons. So let’s take a look at how it all hangs together!