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Ten Questions Founder CEOs Should Always Be Able to Answer About Their Startups

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It’s not hard to sell government labs and commercial advanced research divisions one of pretty much anything. Some startups have relatively complete teams while others have only a CEO and CTO and a few functional directors. That takes a lot of hiring and on-boarding risk off the table. Completeness.

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Whose Company Is It Anyway? Differences between Founders and Hired CEOs

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However, as soon as a founder/CEO raises venture capital (VC) they have decided to take investing partners along on the journey. However, VC investors are material shareholders, typically negotiate the contractual right to sit on the board of directors, and have certain governance and fiduciary duties as a part of sitting on the board.