Browsing Tag Startup founders
8 Questions For Startup Founders
By Martin at November 3, 2012 | 9:30 am | 0 Comment
If you really want to impress a startup founder as a potential employee, or you want to be a smart investor, you need to know the right questions to ask. These are the questions that get past the hype of a founder “vision to change the world,” and into the realm of real business strengths, weaknesses, and current health. Some founders try to deflect these questions more...
Are startup founders who play poker statistically more likely to succeed in business?
By Guest Post at July 3, 2011 | 11:41 pm | 0 Comment
Are startup founders who play poker statistically more likely to succeed in business? Beats me. But I do know that there are many lessons that founders can learn from poker players. As we all know, poker used to be relegated to smoky casinos and the back rooms of seedy lounges. But, in recent years, poker has become a game for the masses. Kids who once idolized athletes more...
Startup founders need to communicate effectively to a potential investor
By Martin at June 29, 2011 | 10:09 am | 0 Comment
Startup founders need to communicate effectively to a potential investor. Presenting your startup vision as a founder to a potential investor, or presenting an idea as an employee to an executive, requires that you effectively communicate, or “translate”, the value proposition into terms that the receiver can fully understand and appreciate. If you fail, it’s more...
