The title stuck. I started working with a handful of companies at a time. I generally devote myself to each for a year, perhaps two. In that period we should be able to raise money, develop the product or service, identify the market, create a business model, prove out its basic tenets, and hire an operating team. With that team in place, I retreat to an advisory capacity and give more hands-on attention to the next startup. My specific work in each of the companies depends on the backgrounds of the founders and the particulars of the business. My work is improvisational. Though involved in
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