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A year ago, few knew the brand Bolt, a checkout technology company that was founded in 2014, nor its founder, Ryan Breslow, a seemingly archetypal Silicon Valley type: smart, strong-willed…

I normally try to bring some pep to my little intros in this missive. But today I am going to avoid astruturning my own mood to simply say, hey, what’s…

Record public exit activity is good news for founders and investors, but what about the employees who were granted stock options in those companies?

Don’t wait until it’s too late to build your early-stage marketing team — but don’t hire too hastily, either.

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For Silicon Valley’s potential startup millionaires, compensation packages staked on future promises of wealth are where the action is. But what happens when these employees get laid off or have…