Posts Tagged ‘advice’

Unexpected Startup Lesson #1: Quitting the day job

10, May 2010

This post is the first of a series on  “unexpected lessons” learned through my experience as co-founder and CEO of Snapvine, a venture-backed mobile social networking service founded in 2005 and acquired by WhitePages in June of 2008.
In the years just prior to starting Snapvine, I racked up 2 years of debt attending the MIT [...]

5 Tips for Conducting Successful Board Meetings

8, Mar 2010

I’m heading up to Vancouver tomorrow for the inaugural board meeting of a startup I recently invested in. It will be the entrepreneur’s first ever board meeting.   It made me think about what I’ve learned about conducting good board meetings.
1) Bring an informed point of view
Startups can be thought of as [...]


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