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    Appreciating Important Things in Life

    Jen Baird / November 25, 2023

    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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    Light

    December 23, 2023

    When Health Changes Everything

    November 15, 2025

    Midway through the Recovery Journey

    June 18, 2022
  • Budgeting & Finance,  CEO Essentials,  Fundraising

    Cap Table Housekeeping

    Jen Baird / November 18, 2023

    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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    Banking for Startups

    January 20, 2024

    Building a Financial Function

    January 13, 2024

    A Startup’s Chart of Accounts

    February 17, 2024
  • Ecosystem,  Relationships

    Generations

    Jen Baird / November 11, 2023

    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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    Finding a Startup CEO

    August 2, 2025
  • Fundraising

    The Complicated Logistics of A Close

    Jen Baird / November 4, 2023

    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!

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    Milestones

    September 16, 2023

    The Essential Fundraising Question: What is Your Plan?

    May 20, 2023

    Fundraising Help

    December 7, 2024

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