Business Incubator Series: John Richards, BoomStartup, Provo, Utah (Part 9)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold John: My favorite situation is when I have a founder who is strong in technology, but also has enough business acumen to be the CEO. That is when we have the strongest team, where you’ve got a tech person who’s essentially the CEO/CTO. The first 12 to

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Business Incubator Series: John Richards, BoomStartup, Provo, Utah (Part 7)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What are your metrics for success? John: Traction in the form of investment, revenue, profit and exits. We always have the companies report at every meeting (a) validated customers, (b) users, (c) true customers, and (d) revenue.

Business Incubator Series: John Richards, BoomStartup, Provo, Utah (Part 6)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold John: So, both years, one team in 2010 and one team in 2011, turned us down after we gave them the invitation. Irina: Why do you think they turned you down?

Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Dave McClure, Founder, 500 Startups (Part 5)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you hold any events for entrepreneurs? Dave: Actually, I put on a decent-sized 300- to 500-person conference on a quarterly basis. I also run a lot of user groups and events, meetings, and dinners. We’re running one called Warm Gun, a conference about design and

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