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COVID-19 Toolkit for Founders

As the global situation with COVID-19 has evolved, we have been working closely with our founder community…

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Sunrise North Island

Auckland, New Zealand, October 25th 2019

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“How could you not give a sh1t about changing the education industry?”

Duncan Anderson AMA Summary — Co-founder of Edrolo

Blackbird Ventures host weekly AMAs over on The Sunrise. Tune in Thursdays from 1pm AEST to take…

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“ There is a lot of bad startup advice out there. Find a way to skip it.”

Manish Rai Jain AMA Summary — Founder of DGraph

Blackbird Ventures host weekly AMAs over on The Sunrise. Tune in Thursdays from 1pm AEST to take…

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“OneShift’s first 6 months we signed up 10,000 users. Skilld we got 92,000 users & 5,000 venues using it in 6 months

Gen George AMA Summary — Founder of OneShift and Skilld”

Joel Connolly in Blackbird

From Accounting to Acting and Now 400,000+ Members and $50M in Revenue

Joel Connolly in Blackbird

“We wouldn’t have started Shoes of Prey if we’d had shoe manufacturing experience. We needed to be naive and arrogant”

Jodie Fox AMA Summary — Shoes of Prey Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer

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“Within 12 months every major “dirt related” site could be using drones”

Rory San Miguel AMA Summary — Propeller Co-Founder and Co-CEO

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“It is much easier to climb a mountain than make a mountain. Entrepreneurs are makers not climbers.”

Martin Hosking AMA Summary — Redbubble Founder and CEO

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Thoughts on Founder Vesting

Much has been written about founder vesting by Brad Feld, Chris Dixon and others, but surprisingly few have touched on the topic of whether, and in what circumstances, it is reasonable to give the Company a buy-back right to a founder’s vested shares, and if so, at what price.