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Your Circle of Mentors — Give 110%

Your Circle of Mentors — Give 110%

How were Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates able to hang on to the CEO job at their companies from inception through growth to…
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Timing: When to raise seed funding.

Timing: When to raise seed funding.

#startups #funding #angels #investors #strategy
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Love, love me do

Love, love me do

You know I love you
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The $400,000 Engineer

The $400,000 Engineer

The high end was a $550K salary, $100K in cash bonus and $200K in stocks, so about $850K per year. Senior software engineers at Google make…
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Continuing my Love Affair with Java

Continuing my Love Affair with Java

What about Javascript? Python?
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“It Must Be Compelling”

“It Must Be Compelling”

Someone asked me recently what gets the attention of investors for their startup among the sea of so many companies pitching. I told them…
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Failing Upward (excerpt from HTC)

Failing Upward (excerpt from HTC)

Below is another excerpt from my book Hacking The Core (HTC). It’s about failures in startup land. Failures in startup land have a…
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Furor Poeticus [Poetic Madness]

Furor Poeticus [Poetic Madness]

What is Inspiration?
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The “Venture” in Venture Capital

The “Venture” in Venture Capital

What Drives Startup Funding
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What It’s Like to be a [successful] Startup CEO

What It’s Like to be a [successful] Startup CEO

As a Startup CEO or mentor to over 20 companies over the past 20+ years, I’m often asked “What It’s Like to be a Startup CEO?” What they…
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