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What an early-stage CEO really does (and 10 tasks of the Shadow)

CEOs of early-stage companies rarely have enough bandwidth to handle what is expected of them. And they tend, correctly, to hire CxOs or VPs to handle technology, finance, marketing and sales, and to not hire a COO. This wise CEO is focused on two primary goals:...

Competing for Limited Angel and Venture Capital

Although the number of angel investments in New Hampshire only dropped 2.6% during 2008 (55,480 entrepreneurial ventures receiving funding—2.9 percent less than the 57,120 total ventures in 2007), the amount of funding dropped 26%, declining by nearly $7B to a total...