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Taylor: Founders should seek impartial mentors, not board members
“Not using sort of your board as anyone on your board as a mentor, using somebody that can take a very impartial view and an honest truth, and you can sort of deep dive into your own psychology.”
Taylor: Industry leaders will reply to short, specific cold emails
“And as long as they're short, succinct, and to the point, and you're asking a real valid question, then most of the time these guys love giving advice.”
Taylor: Recruiting domain experts who take pay cuts de-risks startups
“Was the finder able to pull in some high profile domain experts? So again, I started up a medical startup. Was I able to bring in somebody that is insanely smart in that field and get them to take a pay cut for equity? All of those things are sort of signs tha…”