danielk.org » Startups http://danielk.org/blog essays & articles Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:19:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 The Executive Summary http://danielk.org/blog/business/the-executive-summary/ http://danielk.org/blog/business/the-executive-summary/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 23:32:50 +0000 Daniel Kivatinos http://danielk.org/blog/?p=805 A great way to layout your Executive Summary, this is the format that the people over at AngelSoft use. It is a CLEAN format that gets all good points across:

Example Executive Summary

]]> http://danielk.org/blog/business/the-executive-summary/feed/ 0 Term Sheet http://danielk.org/blog/entrepreneurs/term-sheet/ http://danielk.org/blog/entrepreneurs/term-sheet/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:42:00 +0000 Daniel Kivatinos http://danielk.org/blog/?p=717 If you build a company, when negotiations happen an angel investor or a VC might want to write you a check for a percentage of your company.

Generally an investor will pass you a term sheet, this is something that is non binding but is a layout of how the company will change, what the investor expects and if it is a good term sheet will motivate the startup team to progress the company.

Some more intesting info on term sheets:

Some terms you should know about term sheets:

Types of investments an investor will make:

]]> http://danielk.org/blog/entrepreneurs/term-sheet/feed/ 0 Best places to get answers to your startup questions. http://danielk.org/blog/entrepreneurs/best-places-to-get-answers-to-your-startup-questions/ http://danielk.org/blog/entrepreneurs/best-places-to-get-answers-to-your-startup-questions/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:40:44 +0000 Daniel Kivatinos http://danielk.org/blog/?p=697 Below are some great active communities on asking and getting answers to startup questions.

]]> http://danielk.org/blog/entrepreneurs/best-places-to-get-answers-to-your-startup-questions/feed/ 0 Employment, Jobs Info & where to post your CV/resume http://danielk.org/blog/employment/employment-and-jobs-info/ http://danielk.org/blog/employment/employment-and-jobs-info/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:10:36 +0000 Daniel Kivatinos http://danielk.org/blog/?p=471 Below are great tips and on finding information on employment, feel free to contact me on LinkedIn if you want to add anything to this list.

Posting jobs at Schools

Must Follow on Twitter

Jobs Search Tools

Consulting Gigs

Job Market Information

Salary Information

Startup Jobs

Corporate Jobs, I listed a few. You can always look up more info on companies on LinkedIn.

Temp Jobs

Web Jobs, to name just a few…

Government Jobs

Job Fairs

Work Tips

Head Hunders … I highly recommend you work with a few head hunters when looking for you next job.

Interview Questions, do your research and read up on some interview questions.

Have job related questions? Check out careeroverflow.com

And of course there are jobs as well at drchrono.com.

Some hard programming tests from some of the best companies:
Greplin.com
Quora.com
Dropbox
Facebook Puzzles

If you are looking to find people, check this out as well talentbin

]]> http://danielk.org/blog/employment/employment-and-jobs-info/feed/ 0 Gary Vaynerchuk Talks About How to do What You Love http://danielk.org/blog/entrepreneurs/gary-vaynerchuk-talks-about-how-to-do-what-you-love/ http://danielk.org/blog/entrepreneurs/gary-vaynerchuk-talks-about-how-to-do-what-you-love/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:53:26 +0000 Daniel Kivatinos http://danielk.org/blog/?p=377

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people doing startups and looking to do startups. There were investors, workspace providers and people providing advice. The BootUpNYC is a must for anyone starting and running a business. Photos of the night:
bootupnyc_2009_collage Michael and I at the BootUp, me on the left and Michael on the right:
Danie and Michael David Rose, an investor whom we had the honor to chat with:
Tokumbo Shobowale, Chief Operating Officer of the New York City Economic Development Corporation:
Darren Herman, entrepreneur and digital media evangelist:
Sanford Dickert, a social-media consultant:
Bruce Niswander, an entrepreneur and consultant with over 20 years of experience:
Rachel Sterne, CEO of GroundReport.com:
]]> http://danielk.org/blog/drchrono/bootupnyc-2009/feed/ 0 DrChrono.com featured in an Inc.com article http://danielk.org/blog/drchrono/drchrono-com-featured-in-an-inc-com-article/ http://danielk.org/blog/drchrono/drchrono-com-featured-in-an-inc-com-article/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:51:33 +0000 Daniel Kivatinos http://danielk.org/blog/?p=350 DrChrono.com was featured in an online article for Inc. magazine. Read the full article on their website:
http://inc.com/news/articles/2009/03/layoff.html

]]> http://danielk.org/blog/drchrono/drchrono-com-featured-in-an-inc-com-article/feed/ 0 Recommended Entrepreneur Podcast Listening http://danielk.org/blog/entrepreneurs/recommended-entrepreneur-podcast-listening/ http://danielk.org/blog/entrepreneurs/recommended-entrepreneur-podcast-listening/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:45:52 +0000 Daniel Kivatinos http://danielk.org/blog/?p=318 There are tons of great resources out there for startups, podcasts being one, I highly recommend listening to the following:

The Startup Success Podcast, Sramana Mitra and Bootstrapping

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