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Appreciating Important Things in Life
The holiday season is upon us – and I always find that this time of the year induces stepping back and reflecting on life’s bigger picture – seeing the trends and threads weaving together into the hills, mountains, and deep valleys that our life journeys consist of.
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Cap Table Housekeeping
Good housekeeping of a corporate capitalization (cap) table is an essential demonstration of a startup leader’s competence, yet it is full of potentially painful pitfalls when moving along the learning curve.
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Generations
I have spent decades in the startup ecosystem. Enough time to have evolved from being a beginning first-time founder to now surveying the landscape as a veteran startup CEO, board member, occasional angel investor and VC limited partner. Now, as I look around, I see distinct generations — generational waves of great people networked across the ecosystem – and that…
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The Complicated Logistics of A Close
Fundraising for a startup is hard work. But you have finally reached the moment when you have a term sheet and enough commitments to close. Now, time to spin the many plates and get that fundraising round across the finish line!
