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Re: "Ναι" ή "όχι" και στο μπάτζετ της ΚΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός - Πράσινα νέα - Ενημέρωση, παρασκήνιο και άποψη για τον Παναθηναϊκό

George Tziralis — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 05:30:41 -0000

Έλεος ρε Τράκη, δλδ εκβιάζεις την ψήφο μας για και καλά μεταγραφές; Μετα τον Τσίπρα σπιτι σου κι εσύ!

Re: My Number One Advice for Startups or VCs: Conviction > Consensus

George Tziralis — Tue, 12 May 2015 08:13:53 -0000

Conviction > Consensus also suggests a fundamental flaw of the VC model, whereas decisions are usually taken on a consensus basis. Mark, what's your take on that?

Re: Edito 515

George Tziralis — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 02:19:04 -0000

Κι εγώ νιώθω περήφανος για την AV, συγχαρητήρια για τη συνέπεια στις απόψεις σας κ την απαρέγκλιτη έκφρασή τους.

Re: Οι ελληνικές startup το 2015

George Tziralis — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 02:36:04 -0000

Δεν έχουν, ακόμα, εξ' ου και in the making.

Re: Οι ελληνικές startup το 2015

George Tziralis — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 03:45:23 -0000

Υπάρχουν αρκετές. Περισσότερες είναι in the making.

Re: Money for noting: 15 European investor blogs you should read

George Tziralis — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 12:15:04 -0000

Definitely far from the top-15 list, yet you may find of interest some posts I occassionaly write in my personal blog - gtziralis.com; keen to receive your comments.

Re: Goodbye, Niko, and thanks!

George Tziralis — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 14:52:47 -0000

Niko, thank you for everything!

Re: How To Automate The Hiring Process In 3 Steps – With Jack Smith, Co-Founder of Vungle and Shyp

George Tziralis — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 04:19:38 -0000

great post - alternatively, you may just use a tool like workable.com

Re: On Advisors & Equity

George Tziralis — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 10:32:39 -0000

Chris, thank you for your comment. Of course, vesting should be in place for non-investors. That said, I'm not sure it changes the picture anyway. The principle remains the same and, no matter the number of shares one is been granted, my view is that the above mentioned issues remain.

Re: On Advisors & Equity

George Tziralis — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 03:04:11 -0000

For example, yes. I believe that one can figure out the details if the structure is right in principle.

Re: On Advisors & Equity

George Tziralis — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 02:32:17 -0000

Thank you Kenny.

Re: On Advisors & Equity

George Tziralis — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 02:31:31 -0000

Paul, thank you for your comment, I understand your point. In the fitness app example, you suggest that the startup will pay with equity an external consultant it cannot afford. On my behalf, I'd recommend that you'd compensate the expert with a symbolic monetary amount and a promise for a much higher one if things work out down the road (otherwise, equity also won't pay off anyway).

Re: On Advisors & Equity

George Tziralis — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 02:24:18 -0000

Ali, thank you for your comment. I see where you stand and how this can work. Personally, however, I'd prefer not to give away any amount of equity before, for example, the senior engineer will join the company as CTO. I think that –in principle– the promise of recruiting as a technical lead should be sufficient enough for one to work a couple of hours every couple of weeks, say for a couple of months, before both parties become comfortable that working together will work both ways. A long cliff period in her vesting will probably mean the same, yet I prefer more straightforward solutions.

Re: Αγαπημένα μου γόνατα

George Tziralis — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 05:04:34 -0000

Hot topic - keep them coming! Also, any quality references may help.

Re: Raising a Seed Round – The Spreadsheet

George Tziralis — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 06:48:07 -0000

Irene, you may add revenues under the "Cash In" row in the "Targets" sheet (in the example I've assumed revenues growing at a 20% rate month over month).

Re: Raising a Seed Round – The Spreadsheet

George Tziralis — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 04:13:59 -0000

And it's a very useful one Nikos that takes this discussion further, thanks for sharing.

Re: Songza

George Tziralis — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 04:53:40 -0000

Fred, thanks for sharing this background story, online music startups seem to be really tough and every single success story is a great stimulus to those who are now starting. On a side note, I'd appreciate your take on Tape.ly, built to be a proper canvas for experiencing music on the web (you may start from here - http://tape.ly/explore/feat... ; also, disclaimer: we are investors, and it's still early days for the service). Thank you.

Re: VC Fund Economics

George Tziralis — Tue, 13 May 2014 12:21:35 -0000

Thank you for sharing these Fred. We operate a similarly small fund from an exotic location called Greece. Here's an attempt to broke down its economics from the perspective of the size of opportunities each VC is required to go after – http://gtziralis.com/primer...

Re: - Thisisgoingtobebig.com - The Economics of a Small VC Fund

George Tziralis — Tue, 13 May 2014 07:33:25 -0000

Fantastic post, much more transparent than my own version - http://gtziralis.com/primer... ;)

Re: Some Notes on How to Present Your Startup

George Tziralis — Tue, 06 May 2014 13:26:42 -0000

Thank you, dear photographer ;)

Re: Self Publishing My Thesis

George Tziralis — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 06:43:13 -0000

Following a similar trajectory (yet at an entirely different scale and level), I published my PhD thesis in my blog as well - http://gtziralis.com/phd/ Thank you for being an inspiration.

Re: On Conviction

George Tziralis — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:50:27 -0000

I have and I did, even if it was a few years ago ;) Thanks Pano.

Re: On Conviction

George Tziralis — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 06:02:12 -0000

Thanks Alex

Re: On Conviction

George Tziralis — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 05:58:42 -0000

Yanni, thank you for your comment. The difference may be subtle, but to me conviction is much stronger than instinct; the latter often signals a lack of interest in arguments and reasoning, while the first serves as the precursor of them.

Re: "Γήπεδο μόνο στη Λεωφόρο" - Πράσινα νέα - Ενημέρωση, παρασκήνιο και άποψη για τον Παναθηναϊκό

George Tziralis — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 03:47:58 -0000

Οι παιδικές αναμνήσεις, ωστόσο, πολλές φορές παγιδεύουν...