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Essential Tips for Starting & Scaling Ventures from Serial Entrepreneur Lara O’Connor Hodgson

NOW Corp’s Lara O’Connor Hodgson reviews essentials for starting and scaling a business, including choosing a co-founder, assigning value to contributions as your venture grows, dividing founder equity, navigating change, building your team, and managing your board.

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Co-Founder Equity Splits—Ways to Approach Allocations

How you divide equity reflects your values, directly impacts your co-founder relationship, and influences how your team and investors perceive your startup. Read more to learn methods for dividing equity that align with your values and can minimize conflict between founders.

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Insights for Scaling Startups from Serial Entrepreneur Lara O’Connor Hodgson

Lara Hodgson, Co-Founder and CEO of NOW Corp, shares practical lessons she learned while scaling 2 startups, including how to build a powerful and passionate founding team, get the most from your board, and maintain balance as you scale.