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What Does an Aspiring Founder Need to Know?

Harvard Business Review

In later-stage ventures, important skills include recruiting specialist employees, communicating vision to new employees, and managing company culture. Cofounders are crucial. One said, “Most technical founders don’t have a clue about how venture finance works, and as a result they can get screwed by VCs.”

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Why Some of the Most Groundbreaking Technologies Are a Bad Fit for the Silicon Valley Funding Model

Harvard Business Review

Corporate executives seek to inject “Silicon Valley DNA” into their cultures, and policy makers point to venture-funded entrepreneurship as a solution for all manner of problems. Soon after, she and her technical cofounder also received a grant from Cyclotron Road. This is a dangerous mindset.