“Investors want you to hire a rock star CEO to make (your startup) magically successful. There is no magic, it is just a lot of hard work.”
That’s Paula Long, current founder of DataGravity, an early-stage enterprise data management company, on one of the basic lessons she learned about startups during her career. A veteran entrepreneur who started and sold EqualLogic to Dell in 2008 for $1.4 billion, Long adds, “If you are passionate about the company and the product, you can learn the rest if you have a good team around you.”
To read the original article: How To Score Investments In Your Enterprise Startup | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
