Showing posts with label networks. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Ashwin Navin on Founding Teams

From Stanford's Entrepreneurship Corner:

Ashwin Navin, Co-founder and President of Bit Torrent, talks about founding teams--where they come from and how to form them. Navin suggests that founding teams emerge from relationships developed in school or work and that founding teams work best when the team members have complimentary skills. In addition, Navin emphasizes the quality of students and colleagues in Silicon Valley and suggests that students take the opportunity to experiment with new business opportunities. [2 minutes, 7 seconds]

Using Agents to Help Raise Money

From Stanford's Entrepreneurship Corner:

Jason Green, Founding Partner at Emergence Capital, suggests that agents are generally not used to help raise funds in an early stage company although they may be helpful in a late-stage private equity deal. Instead, as Tom Friel, Chairman of Heidrick and Struggles, emphasizes early stage entrepreneurs are connected to VCs through informal networks of advisors who make an introduction for the entrepreneur. [2 minutes, 40 seconds]