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27 Founding team Resources
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Boards That Are Not Bored
eventuring.kauffman.org— — “Given this, should a startup or small entrepreneurial company have a board of directors? I say, emphatically, YES!”
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Working With an Advisory Board
edwardlowe.org— — “Advisers with special knowledge and expertise can help you resolve specific problems or develop aspects of your business that can open up new avenues for growth.”
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Avoiding the Perils of Partnership
eclips.cornell.edu— — “At first glance, launching a startup with a business partner seems pretty appealing – after all, it spreads the work and the risk over two people instead of one.”
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Small Group Networking Among Entrepreneurial Peers
eventuring.kauffman.org— — “In 1996, seven years after founding a small junk-removal business in Vancouver, I set a goal to rapidly grow my business. As a young entrepreneur, my biggest challenge was learning how to achieve this.”
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Making Work/Life Balance Work in Your Entrepreneurial Company
eventuring.kauffman.org— — “Entrepreneurs are notorious for their commitment to working long hours to build their businesses. In 1989, when I turned my attention from corporate work to my own company, OFS, I was no exception.”
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Leadership Scorecard
eventuring.kauffman.org— — “To champion change and guide your organization to new levels of growth, management team members and employees must be willing to follow your lead. The Leadership Scorecard allows for reflection and feedback on how you lead your team.”
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Going Solo or Partnering
gsb.stanford.edu— — “Some entrepreneurs choose to start a company alone while others want to start up with a partner.”
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Recruiting and Building a High Performance Team
gsb.stanford.edu— — “How do you think about assembling a team for an early-stage venture? How do you persuade the right people to join your company, and once they’ve joined how do you ensure your team works well together”
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Work/Life Balance: Women Entrepreneur Roundtable
feedroom.businessweek.com— — “Three high-profile women entrepreneurs, all who had successful careers in Corporate America before going out on their own, talk about the challenges of work/life balance at a high-growth startup, and what they learned at big companies that helps them achieve it”
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7 Things to Ask a Potential Partner
andrewhargadon.typepad.com— — “In starting a business, one of the first and most important decisions you can make is choosing the right partners.”
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Schmoozing for Business
businessweek.com— — “It’s often said that small business is “all about relationships.” So just how do entrepreneurs forge positive relationships with customers, vendors, and employees? Ty Freyvogel, business consultant, author, and angel investor, has some tips”
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Why a Team Is Better Than an Individual
youtube.com— — “Betsy Flanagan of Startup Studio interviews venture capitalist David Hornik of August Capital and the creator of VentureBlog about building a team.”
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Do You Have What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur?
gsb.stanford.edu— — The panelists share their insights on what it takes to launch and build a sustainable company and tackle such questions as: how much experience is required, what are the necessary personality traits, and when is the right time…
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Recruiting a Team
gsb.stanford.edu— — “How can an entrepreneur bring together the ‘right’ founding team to guide a fledgling company”
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Roundtable Discussion about Partnerships
venturevoice.com— — “In this podcast, Venture Voice facilitates a discussion about partnering and building the right team. Industry experts discuss everything from hiring, to compensation, to company location, and more”
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Bouncing Back
gsb.stanford.edu— — “This panel focuses on how to recover from a business failure and how to leverage that failure into experience. We hear from entrepreneurs whose previous ventures did not turn out as planned, but then bounced back better than ever.”
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A Garage and an Idea: What More Does an Entrepreneur Need?
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“There exists a common belief that entrepreneurs commonly start businesses in garages (or basements or dorm rooms or kitchens). The garage entrepreneur is a highly popular contemporary legend, but not quite accurate.”
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Entrepreneurs Share a Universal Hunger to Build Things
gsb.stanford.edu— — “Successful entrepreneurs share a need to build things. Speakers including Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Pat House of Seibel Systems, and Donna Dubinsky of Handspring agree, the good ones stay focused and don’t listen to the naysayers.”
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Generalists vs. Specialists: Do Small Firms Produce Better Entrepreneurs?
chicagogsb.edu— — “Prior research has shown that individuals working at small firms are more likely to become entrepreneurs, but do the skills acquired at a small firm also lead to more successful entrepreneurs.”
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Building the Management Team
gsb.stanford.edu— — “This a panel full of colorful opinions and useful insights on recruiting and growing a team. The discussion centers around the difference between technology and marketing skill sets, how both are essential”