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On the Perils of Taking Advice from Successful Business People

By Dave Kellogg on May 19, 2020

One of the hardest things about running startups is you’re never sure who to listen to. Your board members own big stakes in the company, but that doesn’t automatically align them with you.  Your late-stage investors want low multiples on big numbers.  Your early-stage investors want big multiples on small numbers.  And they have their […]

Posted in Startup Lessons | Tagged Advisors, advisory boards, Leadership, Management, startups, Uncategorized

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