Advisory Board Cofounder Metrics Technical Review 
David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Our categorization is not a technical one. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Of the Inc.
Startup Lessons Learned
JULY 29, 2009
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Embrace technical debt Financial debt plays an important and positive role in our economy under normal conditions. Technical debt works the same way, and has the same perils. I won’t pretend that there aren’t teams that take on technical debt for bad reasons.
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The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 25, 2017
For acceptance at Endeavor Miami, scalable businesses don’t have to be technology companies. Examples in the Endeavor Miami group of 16 companies include restaurant, fashion, food, and education companies in addition to innovative technology companies. A key impact metric for Kairos is the number of faces processed. 75 Mentors.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 4, 2019
In this final post, I’ll review the foundational building blocks that all companies must continuously measure, refine and optimize if they are to avoid hitting the rocks where so many other startups meet their ruin. We advise founders and teams to build systems and processes with the right foundation early. Product Architecture.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 24, 2019
In this final post, I’ll review the foundational building blocks that all companies must continuously measure, refine and optimize if they are to avoid hitting the rocks where so many other startups meet their ruin. We advise founders and teams to build systems and processes with the right foundation early. Product Architecture.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 6, 2021
New entrepreneurs, especially technical ones, are excited by early adopters, and tend to focus on their feedback, which will always suggest more product features and options. It’s important to define your growth strategy, document it, communicate it to your team, and align metrics and employee rewards to target goals.
David Teten
JANUARY 23, 2021
The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs. Yohei Nakajima, Founder of Untapped.vc , said, “Before pitching LPs and building my firm, I talked with over 50 people I knew to get feedback.” . For more on this, see An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack.
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