Do You Know Your CEO?

Apr 28 2008

Posted by Jay Dia in Forming the Business, Growing the Team, Startup Guide, Tales from the Front |

In consulting with investors, I am often witness to the postmortem examinations of failed startups. Many times, the focus invariably turns to the CEO to see his or her role in the demise.
In one case, the CEO’s role was quite clear. The CEO lied to customers about product development times in an [...]

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Love Thy Lawyer

Apr 15 2008

Posted by Jay Dia in Entrepreneur's View, Growing the Team, Startup Guide |

Well, maybe love is too strong of a word to use, but for a startup, you could do worse than cozying up to the right lawyer.
Many first-time entrepreneurs often make the mistake of picking the wrong legal counsel for their startup. Not that there’s anything wrong with using the lawyer your father uses his for [...]