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What are some of the keys to assembling a great board of directors at a company?

There is a saying in the not-for-profit world that your board members should all fall into one or more of three categories in which they can deliver: Wealth, Work or Wisdom. In my experience, those same qualities also apply to for-profit boards: Wealth, as in investors who can write checks and help with fundraising in […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
25 Sep 2014
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Are there any websites or blogs where I can find many different authors/enterpreneurs/CEOs/etc sharing their insightful business experience in one place?

There are several good answers here. Another multi-blogger site is the Gust.com/blog, which has lots of consolidated advice and experiences from some of your favorite Quora startup bloggers, including Tim Berry, Antone Johnson, Martin Zwilling, Bob Rice, Ilana Grossman and, of course, Yours Truly. And as long as you’re there (or if you don’t feel like reading :-), there are also many hundreds of short […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
21 Sep 2014
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Who is the most important person in a tech/web startup (visionary, programmer, etc.)?

Since Bill Hewlett joined with Dave Packard in 1939 to create what is today the world’s largest personal computer company, there has arisen an evergreen debate as to who is more important in starting a tech company: the techie or the business guy? Steve Jobs or Steve Wozniak? Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer? Jim Clark […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
18 Sep 2014
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Great Startups Are Where Soul and Technology Meet

MIT Chapel, Cambridge Mass via Wikipedia Some entrepreneurs forget that they can’t use people the same way they use technology to build a startup. Inventors, for example, are skilled in manipulating technology, but may have little interest or experience engaging people to make an effective team. Unfortunately, startups are not one-man shows, so entrepreneurs need […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
14 Sep 2014
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What are the advantages of stationing your startup in New York City opposed to Silicon Valley / SF?

The world’s fastest growing tech startup ecosystem A much more tightly knit startup community, compared to the larger but more diffuse West Coast community Access to many, many more world market centers (advertising, finance, fashion, media, food, etc.) A city that from the Mayor on down is devoted to helping the tech startup community expand exponentially The […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
14 Sep 2014
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