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8 Tips On How To Get Mentored!

These tips will help you find and cultivate the mentor who will take you to the next level.

By Larry Chiang, September 05, 2007 —  1 Comment

Finding a mentor is one of the most important things a founder can do. It’s hard to overestimate the value of a confidant from whom you can seek feedback on your idea, advice on strategy, or a little support when that entrepreneurial energy wanes. But cultivating a mentor can be difficult – it takes finding the right person, and then a lot of investment. One of the benefits of living in the Bay Area is that we rub elbows with people nearly every day who have achieved things – created new products, built businesses – that we would also like to achieve... CONTINUE READING

Hire IQ: 7 hiring tips for startups

Good to great? Just start at great and go from there.

By Trevor Stafford, August 31, 2007 —  3 Comments

Editor’s Note: Trevor is the editor of Red Canary, a great online magazine/community just like Found|READ, but which is focused on “fast-growth Canadian companies,” rather than startups. Trevor’s July 2006 Red Canary post on “hiring tips for startups” is obviously ve… CONTINUE READING

McKinsey's new 'Exit Matrix'

A chart from the consulting firm offers tips for making the decision to let go easier.

By Carleen Hawn, August 29, 2007 —  0 Comments

Are founders ‘rational, calculating machines’? Can we make the decision to leave our startups in a clear-headed, dispassionate, way? Researchers at McKinsey & Company think so, and they’ve offered a new tool to help us do it. This month, the consulting firm has published a chart that attempts to make it easier for us to get over the psychological barriers that prevent us from leaving ailing businesses when we should... CONTINUE READING

Tips for Finding Your Cofounder

My long hunt for a cofounder taught me a few things -- and inspired a new startup.

By Steve Nielsen, August 23, 2007 —  1 Comment

As most founders know, or come to learn, finding the right business partner or co-founder is among the most important—and difficult—things we do as entrepreneurs. In 2003 I came up with a killer idea for a new RFIDCONTINUE READING