Category Archives: Business partners

In my 20-year career as a CEO, I have had more than 100 venture capital meetings but have been successful raising money exactly once.

In my last post, I wrote about some red flags when choosing board members for early stage companies.

I have had some interesting conversations over the last few weeks that made me realize many people view the role of private company boards far differently than I do.

Steve Blank: Don’t Give Away Your Board Seats

Brad Feld: Start Building Your Board Early

This week in The Wall Street Journal blog “The Accelerators,” Brad Feld and Steve Blank wrote articles taking opposing sides about when early stage found

The struggles many companies are facing today reminded me of this story. Like most Americans I distinctly remember where I was on September 11, 2001.