Why Should I Avoid Paying People with Equity?
As Founders, we tend to spend equity like it's free — only to come to learn that equity is not ...
6 Founder Actions That Can Kill a Promising Business
In my experience as an advisor to entrepreneurs, business startup founders most often point to a shortage of funds as ...
CivDrone: Breaking Through The Hype By Staking Out A New Workflow Paradigm
Watching the news today is reminiscent of the sound of fingernails screeching down a chalkboard. Few reporters take the time to ...
The AlleyWatch August 2019 US Venture Capital Funding Report
Aggregate statistics for all US funding deals by stage of funding (Early, Series A, Series B, and Late) including mention ...
8 Indications of an Entrepreneur Sought by Investors
An entrepreneur is literally “one who creates a new business.” The best new businesses are ones that have never been ...
Where We Are Investing Now: Digital Brands
Both of our fund families focus on consumer products. Social Starts takes the angle of commerce and focuses on Digitally ...
New Entrepreneurs Are Rebuilding Our Business Engine
Large corporations and conglomerates, the engines of growth and vitality in the twentieth century, have lost their edge and their ...
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 9/2/19
The notable startup fundings for the week ending 9/7/19 featuring funding details for Loadsmart, OpenGov, VRChat, PerimeterX, and much much ...
The LA TechWatch August 2019 LA Venture Capital Funding Report
Today, I take a look at the state of venture capital and angel funding during the month of August in Los Angeles. Analyzing some ...
What’s the Cost of a Toxic Employee?
Nearly every startup deals with a "toxic employee." And every minute we wait to address the issue, we create an ...