Tag: Founders

Startups
A downturn is nothing new for diverse founders

A downturn is nothing new for diverse founders

Some investors say that the crackdown on tech companies isn’t impacting diverse ...

Startups
Black Founders Matter presses VCs to pledge commitment to diversity

Black Founders Matter presses VCs to pledge commitment ...

Black Founders Matter announced today the formation of the 25 by 25 Pledge, whic...

Startups
We think founders need a quick Heart to Heart about the market

We think founders need a quick Heart to Heart about the...

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, wher...

Startups
Why founders should start talking now to bankers and potential buyers

Why founders should start talking now to bankers and po...

Founders have gotten the memo that the ground is shifting under their feet right...

Startups
Daily Crunch: ‘Things don’t look good’: Y Combinator sends founders a 10-point survival strategy

Daily Crunch: ‘Things don’t look good’: Y Combinator se...

Thursday May 19, 2022, and it’s the last day of our in-person Mobility event. To...

Startups
Dear Sophie: What are the visa options for international founders?

Dear Sophie: What are the visa options for internationa...

I started a startup in Pakistan with a couple of co-founders a few years ago. On...

Startups
A founder’s guide to calculating CAC and LTV the right way

A founder’s guide to calculating CAC and LTV the right way

There’s one metric that companies must get right in order to demonstrate their p...

Startups
Meet Valia, an early-stage VC firm backed by Tiger that wants to back founders who are ‘breaking the mold’

Meet Valia, an early-stage VC firm backed by Tiger that...

Former investment banker Khaled Jalanbo was working with emerging artists when h...

Startups
What most startup founders get wrong about financial projections

What most startup founders get wrong about financial pr...

Financial projections are essential for any business, but in the case of tech st...

Startups
AppDynamics founder’s midas touch strikes again as Harness valuation hits $3.7B

AppDynamics founder’s midas touch strikes again as Harn...

Jyoti Bansal has a pretty good track record when it comes to launching startups....

Startups
Fintech Roundup: Founders reinventing, startups buying and round sizes growing

Fintech Roundup: Founders reinventing, startups buying ...

Welcome to my weekly fintech-focused column. I’ll be publishing this every Sunda...

Startups
Fintech Roundup: Founders reinventing, startups buying and pre-seed a’growing

Fintech Roundup: Founders reinventing, startups buying ...

Welcome to my weekly fintech-focused column. I’ll be publishing this every Sunda...

Startups
AWS launches new $30M accelerator program aimed at minority founders

AWS launches new $30M accelerator program aimed at mino...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today launched a new program, AWS Impact Accelerator, ...

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Eruditus founder’s family office invests $32 Mn in InnoVen

Eruditus founder’s family office invests $32 Mn in InnoVen

Ashwin Damera, Founder and CEO at Eruditus and Emeritus, has invested $32 Millio...

Startups
Conductive Ventures secures third fund to support non-traditional founders

Conductive Ventures secures third fund to support non-t...

From the beginning, the firm was out to let founders know that they didn’t fit t...

Startups
Cram downs are a character test for VCs and founders

Cram downs are a character test for VCs and founders

For common shareholders (employees, advisers and previous investors), a cram-dow...