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Founding Teams

By Ping Li Ashwin Navin - Stanford
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Lecture Description

Ashwin Navin, Co-founder and President of Bit Torrent, talks about founding teams--where they come from and how to form them. Navin suggests that founding teams emerge from relationships developed in school or work and that founding teams work best when the team members have complimentary skills. In addition, Navin emphasizes the quality of students and colleagues in Silicon Valley and suggests that students take the opportunity to experiment with new business opportunities.

Course Index

  1. Founding Teams
  2. Stages of a Startup
  3. Why Investors Invest: Bit Torrent as an Example
  4. The Value of an Open Source Model