“You should give us the authority to spend up to $1,000,” “Randy,” one of my co-founders, said to me at a staff meeting right after we received our initial funding. Then he continued, “And we should each have a company credit card.” [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.]…
My wife and I were going through old videos the other day, and we stumbled upon this video of Avery’s fourth birthday party at our house. I invited Nancy and her son Ethan to the party. Nancy used to work for me a couple years before that. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe…
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“What you did was incredible,” the associate at the venture capital firm, “Donald Ventures,” said to me. “I’ve never seen anyone handle ‘Raul’ like that.” We were walking out of a diligence meeting at DV’s office on Sand Hill Road. This meeting was the last meeting we would have with Raul’s fund before they gave…
“Change depends upon unreasonable people.” “Brutal honesty trumps hypocritical politeness.” “We help the daring build legendary companies.” “Partnering with ambitious early-stage founders building category-defining companies.” “We help entrepreneurs build market leaders.” Do you know what these phrases are? We’ll get back to that later. When I first saw these phrases, and others like them, I…
Does you experience really matter when you’re building a startup? After all, Mark Zuckerberg had no experience, and look at Facebook. So, you should be able to start a company without any experience and replicate Zuckerberg’s success, right? Well, the reality is it might not be that simple. I’ll explain why in this short video.…
The one thing that can absolutely, positively kill your startup is a lack of alignment between you and your investors. So, it’s kind of important to know what your investors want. In this short video, I’ll explain two key parts of what investors need if they will invest in your company: a minimum percentage ownership,…
“Tell me about your background,” I said to “Jim.” “John,” my co-founder who recommended Jim to me as our VP Engineering, and I were having lunch with Jim at Bucks. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.] Bucks, for those of you not living in the Silicon Valley, is…
Wouldn’t it be great if there was someone out there who could magically introduce you and your startup to every investor you want to meet? Wouldn’t that be great? And, yes indeed, there are people out there who will, for a fee of course, claim they will introduce you to investors. These people are called…
“Congratulations,” I said to “Ray,” I CEO I have been working with. “Getting funding in three weeks is quite an accomplishment.” “Thank you,” Ray responded. Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here. “Especially, after what you’d been through in your first two rounds of funding, you deserve a little…