Why Are VCs Biased Against Me?
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.
|25 Mar 2015
Category Archives: Business partners
The three roles of private company boards
In my last post, I wrote about some red flags when choosing board members for early stage companies.
|04 Feb 2014
Proceed with caution when choosing private company board members
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.
|29 Jan 2014
To Board or Not to Board: That is the question for early stage companies
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
|20 Jun 2013
The Importance of Business Partners
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.
|13 Dec 2012
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