Startup Success: People, Money and Opportunity (Part 2)

Date: 2007-06-11 | Tags: entrepreneur, funding, leadership, start-up

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I started off the first part of this article with the common question “What should come first, People or Money?” and I answered it with People. This is true, but it is also false because without Money, there is also nothing except your ideas.

Without funding a Startup is Just a Hobby.

Strategies for Successful Fund Raising

The Opportunity

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Startup Success: People, Money and Opportunity (Part 1)

Date: 2006-11-23 | Tags: entrepreneur, leadership, start-up

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At many of the venture forums and investor meetings that have I attended, one the most common questions is "What should come first, People or Money?" The answer of course can be either, depending on the context of the conversation and the situation at the company. But at an early stage, without the right people, the startup will not be able to raise the money it needs.. Without money... [ More ]

Change Management

Date: 2005-08-15 | Tags: leadership

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Rob Rutledge talks about 'Why Change Management is done so Poorly' in his blog. His conclusion is that the employees are not given enough time to actually make the required changes because they aren't part of the up-front process. The CEO comes up with a briliant idea that the company needs to change its culture as a result of a bad quarter, then tells his/her VPs, who then sit around and come up with some strategy, which eventually is told to the rest of the employees a week before they are all suppose to embrace the change.

Yuck.

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