Ryan Howard

The Founder Advisor

Entrepreneur Leadership Network® Contributor

Ryan Howard is is the founder of 100Plus and Practice Fusion. He partners with founders and lectures at UCSF and UC Berkeley on founder realities, fundraising, venture capital, maintaining control of their companies, hiring, firing and gaining liquidity.

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What You Need to Know About Being a Founder Before Becoming One

Beyond the glamour of being a startup founder, the reality is that starting a company is a long and isolating road with huge sacrifices and personal costs. Here's what you need to know before you take the plunge.

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How to Prevent Your Company from Being Used for Evil From a Founder Who’s Been There

In creating something of meaning and scale, founders have an obligation to ensure their life's work is not misused to inflict harm.

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Sound legal advice is essential, especially when you're just starting out.

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How to Create a Cohesive Company Culture

It should start even before the company does and, done right, it creates something that survives even the departure of the founders.

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We Gave Our Employees Fridays Off Paid and Now We Have an Amazing Team

The best employees want to focus on the job and enjoy the life they are living outside the office. They aren't interested in perks that try to make work like recess.

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3 Ways to Detect Dysfunctional People Before You Hire Them

What references say about somebody is more important than what they say on their resume.

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To Endure as an Entrepreneur Prepare to Exceed Your Pain Threshold

Everyone dreams of success when they launch a business and everyone eventually wakes up to the harsh realities.

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What athletes need to endure the brutal winnowing process on their way to the pros is just what it takes to launch and grow a business.

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What You Need to Know About Being a Founder Before Becoming One

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4 Answers You Need Before Hiring Corporate Counsel for Your Company

How to Create a Cohesive Company Culture

We Gave Our Employees Fridays Off Paid and Now We Have an Amazing Team

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