While layoffs aren’t trendy right now, they are a natural part of the entrepreneurial cycle. Will Herman – a very experienced entrepreneur / CEO / board member – has some outstanding advice in his post titled How to Manage a Layoff. While none of us look forward to having to do a layoff, not everything works the […]
Jason Haislmaier of HRO and I have gotten to know each other over the past few months due to the Boulder OpenCoffee Club. He’s a smart guy and spends a ton of time with open source issues. He’s started a blog called Thinking Open. I’d encourage every developer who is using open source in their […]
Every once in a while we get a question that isn’t in our specific realm of knowledge. Yesterday we got a question about a new restaurant concept. While VCs sometimes invest their personal money in restaurants, we don’t do these types of deals out of our funds. Being the “full service blog” that we are, […]
Q: I’m CEO of a venture backed startup. In addition to my VCs, I have about 20 angel investors from the Series A round. What is the appropriate way to handle information requests from smaller angel investors who want copies of my board presentations and monthly financials? These angels do not have information rights, but […]
Question: In your experience, how targeted should an IT Security software start up be in terms of focusing on vertical markets in specific geographies when first launching? Answer (Brad): There are three constraints to this question: Product (IT Security), Market (Specific Vertical), and Location (Geography.) There are two key questions to ask. 1. Market: Is your product […]
Question: When taking a new start up out to market, what is your advice in terms of critical items to consider in terms of marketing activities? Answer (Brad): Anyone that knows me has heard me say “I hate marketing” so I’m probably biased against this question. Of course, I have Regis McKenna’s legendary HBR article […]
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