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Specialties Matter
Gathering a startup team is always a challenge. Yet, nearly all startups demand assembling a diverse range of skills that will cover your bases. This enables forward progress to the next milestone and the subsequent funding that allows you to further expand your team. Understanding the relevant specialties and sub-specialties and how to access them will often be critical to…
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Recruiting Hearts
One of the great rewards of joining a new and exciting startup is collaborating as a passionate team to achieve an inspiring vision and make a difference. It is the anthesis of the concept of “quiet quitting,” “just a job,” or “being a cog in the wheel.” The challenge for a startup leader is building a team culture like that,…
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Screening for a VC Match When Startup Fundraising
Fundraising for your startup always seems high stakes and stressful, especially for first-time entrepreneurs learning the ropes and rules of the game. One key concept is to realize that potential VC investors come in many varieties, and finding the right match is critical to success.
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Growing into the CEO Role
Every CEO that exists was once a first-time CEO, and no one offers a training class to prepare for being a startup CEO. At some level, everyone taking on the CEO mantle must learn and grow their way into fulfilling the demands of this role.
