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Founder Paradoxes- Challenges to Manage, Not Problems to Solve

One of many challenges involved with being a startup founder is holding two things of a weight at the same time. Some would call it a…

7 min readJan 29, 2024

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Founder Paradoxes- Challenges to Manage, Not Problems to Solve

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Soul of Startups

Necessary Narcissism? The Real Entrepreneur’s Dilemma

Sometimes, often even in the world of venture, founders are narcissists. In the beginning, it’s a survival trait — a healthy dose of…

3 min readJul 17, 2023

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Necessary Narcissism? The Real Entrepreneur’s Dilemma

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Julie Penner

7 Considerations for Founders Thinking About an Accelerator

After five years running the Techstars Boulder accelerator program and another four years running hyper-accerators at the Telluride Venture…

5 min readJul 12, 2023

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7 Considerations for Founders Thinking About an Accelerator

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Soul of Startups

Four Steps to Move Through Conflict at Work Skillfully

At the heart of most conflict, at least the ones that leave us with an unsettled feeling afterwards, there is something with an emotional…

5 min readJul 11, 2023

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Four Steps to Move Through Conflict at Work Skillfully

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Julie Penner

Words that Work: Rupture and Repair for Cofounders and Teams

We are all humans, and we inevitably do human things. Mistakes happens. We don’t use our best judgement. We leap before we look. We make…

3 min readAug 12, 2022

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Words that Work: Rupture and Repair for Cofounders and Teams

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Soul of Startups

Founders’ Heartbreak, A Weight Many Carry

Sadness.

4 min readAug 3, 2022

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Founders’ Heartbreak, A Weight Many Carry

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Julie Penner
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Soul of Startups

8 Steps for Bringing People Together (Team Formation & Creation)

This week, one CEO downsized the team and wants to re-energize and reset the group that’s left, another CEO is bringing a new person to the…

6 min readJun 8, 2022

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8 Steps for Bringing People Together (Team Formation & Creation)

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Julie Penner

5 Things VCs Over-Index on in a Startup Fundraise

Putting money into a company you don’t control, as many early-stage investors do, is an opaque process at its best- like seeing part of the…

6 min readJun 7, 2022

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5 Things VCs Over-Index on in a Startup Fundraise

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Soul of Startups

Startups, Uncertainty, Work You Love and Why Founders Start Fires

It’s a surprise to no one that startups deal with a high degree of uncertainty. What is less intuitive is how to break uncertainty apart in…

5 min readJun 6, 2022

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Startups, Uncertainty, Work You Love and Why Founders Start Fires

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10 Ideas to Make “Day One” Special When Your Team is Remote

I believe in a big day one. I call it Radical Welcoming and it’s something I’ve thought a lot about along with my colleagues Natty Zola and…

5 min readMay 26, 2022

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10 Ideas to Make “Day One” Special When Your Team is Remote

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Julie Penner

Julie Penner

Founder and author of Soul of Startups and #Ruleof5. Venture Partner at Frazier Group. EIR at Telluride Venture Network. Coach. Facilitator. Challenger.

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