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Dear SaaStr: What Are The Chances of a Startup CEO Getting Fired?

SaaStr

But once you raise venture capital especially, it something to at least understand better. So, if you don’t raise money and bring on any outside Directors, there is usually no one who can fire the CEO , unless the other cofounders get together, vote themselves the majority of the board, and then fire the CEO. Fairly low.

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Influence Meets Innovation: How Founders and Cultural Leaders Can Work Together

Andreessen Horowitz

For Founders Make It Make Sense Venture capital is where innovation meets investment. Cultural leaders—athletes, entertainers, and executives—have evolved beyond mere financial backers to highly-engaged strategic partners and advisors for a company’s growth. Assessing your risk tolerance is key before making an investment.

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Career Decisions: What To Look For In a Software Startup

Kellblog

In venture capital (VC) land, you should view investors as long-term partners in value creation. While the sales-and-marketing types will emphasize “its proven-ness” you will want to know how much technical debt there is associated with this old architecture. You might well be doing so. Strong investors.

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What does Peloton's IPO mean for startups?

ProfitWell

our good pal Hiten Shah, a master in the startup community—who shaped FYI, Crazy Egg , and Kissmetrics into the successes they've become, not to mention an advisor to 120 additional startup endeavors. But how misaligned are venture capitalists in the private market and stock traders in the public? Pagely drops a podcast episode feat.

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Join 400+ VCs NEXT WEEK at SaaStr’s FREE New New in Venture NEXT WEDNESDAY

SaaStr

SC Ventures. Venture Fellow. DigitalDX Ventures. Techstart Ventures. Path Capital Advisors. Verstra Ventures. Provence Capital. Market One Capital. Viking Venture. Ardent Venture Partners. JourneyOne Ventures. Lunar Ventures. Managing Director & Cofounder.

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Join us for Tomorrow’s SaaS Product Power Breakfast with Skilljar Co-founder and CEO, Sandi Lin

Kellblog

Please join us tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM Pacific for the (final in this form — see below) SaaS Product Power Breakfast with Skilljar cofounder and CEO, Sandi Lin , discussing why product managers make great founders and the potential pitfalls they should look out for along the way. We’d like to try something else.