Comments on: Advice Redux — CEOs Only https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/advice-redux/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=advice-redux 53 years and 204,000 miles of business, CEO, leadership, startup, political, military wisdom Wed, 08 Mar 2017 04:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.11 By: Donna Brewington White https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/advice-redux/#comment-3593 Wed, 08 Mar 2017 04:41:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=5485#comment-3593 The last advice you gave me was what I needed to live to fight another day. Would not have thought of this. Would not have expected it to work.

Still fighting. Thanks.

]]> By: JLM https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/advice-redux/#comment-3582 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:19:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=5485#comment-3582 .
Learn about CEOs and taking/receiving advice. All advisers are not created equal.

http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/advice-redux/

BRC
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]]> By: JLM https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/advice-redux/#comment-3581 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:18:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=5485#comment-3581 In reply to Ryan Kulp.

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Fair play to @Ryan Kulp:disqus but there is always a difference between “money in the bank” and promises of assistance.

One is fungible — which one?

BRC
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]]> By: Ryan Kulp https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/advice-redux/#comment-3580 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:15:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=5485#comment-3580 an alternative strategy to the runway challenge:

insist on ~6 months’ capital, with specific asks for help (ie: biz dev intro’s, PR, etc). this creates a short fuse for the investor, who now realizes:

1. the company does well, and they won’t let me in next round (if i didn’t perform)
2. the company doesn’t do well, because i didn’t help enough

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