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    Planning Time Horizons

    Jen Baird / February 22, 2025

    Especially essential when fundraising, startup leaders must be agile planners who can envision a whole array of plan options in progressive time horizons.

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    Running the Hurdles

    October 15, 2022

    Startup Financial Modeling: Things to Know

    May 27, 2023

    Qualifying Angel Investors

    April 3, 2021
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    The Power of Sales

    Jen Baird / February 15, 2025

    Founders and startup leaders, never lose sight of the power of commercial sales (a.k.a. revenue) to solve many of your problems. There are good reasons why investors are eager to jump on board a scaling commercial startup while moving cautiously on those still pre-revenue. Let’s explore why by unpacking the magic of sales.

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    Stock Option Grant Planning

    May 10, 2025

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    July 2, 2022
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    Focus Means Saying No

    September 19, 2020
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    Leaders Become Culture

    Jen Baird / February 8, 2025

    Corporate culture is the set of values, beliefs, and behaviors that guide a company’s team – and it is known to have a massive impact on the success of a company and its employees. Yet, in a startup, how to develop culture can feel mysterious as it cannot simply be declared. Culture flows from a startup’s founder and leader, reinforced…

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    The Quiet Questions I Ask Potential Founder-CEOs

    February 21, 2026
  • CEO Essentials,  Management,  Team Building

    Hire When It Hurts

    Jen Baird / February 1, 2025

    Capital efficiency is critical when relying on investor capital rather than operating income to build your company. In the early stages, hire carefully. In fact, in general, put off expanding your team prematurely by only hiring when it hurts.

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    The Illusion of Control

    April 27, 2024

    Advice to My Younger Self

    April 12, 2025

    Cap Table Housekeeping

    November 18, 2023

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