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- The responsibility of an entrepreneur: when to shut down early?
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Tag Archives: entrepreneurship
Repurchase agreements: what you should know before you sign
This is the second guest post from Dave Broadwin, head of the Emerging Enterpise Center at Foley Hoag LLP, in the area of founding agreements. Part one is on vesting and the other related posts are on improving the performance … Continue reading
Founder Agreements – Vesting, Vesting and more Vesting
Following my posts on improving the performance of founding teams, founder agreements and strategies for dealing with poorly performing co-founders, I continue to receive many emails at FastIgnite from entrepreneurs having difficulties with managing and formalizing the relationships with their … Continue reading
Posted in startups, VC, Venture Capital
Tagged Dave Broadwin, entrepreneurship, founder agreements, startups, VC, Venture Capital, vesting
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Picking the ideal market size for a startup
There may be some argument about this but I’ve read in a number of places that the fastest high-tech company to reach $1B in revenue was BEA Systems. How did they do it? They got big backers: a private equity … Continue reading
Posted in startups
Tagged customer development, entrepreneurship, lean startup, marketing, startups
1 Comment
Startup Founder Agreements
I have been thinking a lot recently about how to apply agile development principles to investing and key aspects of startup development such as team building. That’s also the thread connecting my two recent posts on VentureHacks. Both stem from … Continue reading
Posted in startups, VC, Venture Capital
Tagged agile, entrepreneurship, founder agreements, investing, lean startups, startups, VC, Venture Capital
26 Comments
The entrepreneur’s dilemma
“The entrepreneurs dilemma” is a term that @azeem came up with in reference to a post on how to raise money without lying to investors on VentureHacks. The point I wanted to make was that entrepreneurs often have to chose … Continue reading
Posted in startups, VC, Venture Capital
Tagged entrepreneurship, funding, fundraising, startups, VC, Venture Capital, Venture Hacks
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Competing for competition’s sake
I don’t agree with Vivek Wadhwa that losing a business plan competition is better than winning it. However, I do think that business plan competitions force many teams to aim for the wrong target. Here is the comment I left … Continue reading
Posted in startups
Tagged business plan competition, entrepreneurship, MIT 100K, startups, TechCrunch, Vivek Wadhwa
15 Comments
The Cultural Revolution in Boston
Scott Kirsner writes about the cultural revolution in Boston and the evolving ecosystem that supports emerging entrepreneurs. He mentioned a few key resources and contributors. Two more to mention are MITX‘s work in the digital media world and MTLC‘s entrepreneurship … Continue reading
For the MIT 100K Participants: Executive Summaries
I was invited to speak tonight at the MIT 100K Web/IT track mixer but, unfortunately, I’m sick (which wouldn’t have necessarily prevented me from going) and have lost my voice (which would have made going to the event pointless). So, … Continue reading
Posted in startups, VC, Venture Capital
Tagged entrepreneurship, MIT 100K, startups, VC, Venture Capital
11 Comments
Good Time to be in a Startup
My co-founder & CEO of Plinky, Jason Shellen and Plinky advisor Vanessa Fox of Jane and Robot have been on and off the home page of CNN.com for a third day now. The article, with the slightly cheesy title “They … Continue reading
Embracing Students in High-Tech
Scott Kirsner looked at how trade associations in the Boston deal with student membership/participation in a recent post. I’m on the board of The Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange (MITX), which he gives a B-. While I’m sure I agree … Continue reading
