The Problem with “Standard” Term Sheets (including YC’s)
Whenever an influential organization publishes a “standard” financing document, important questions need to be asked about not just its specific ...
LA Tech Week in Review: 3/3/19-3/9/19
LA Tech news for the week ending 3/9 including the LA startup fundings, exits, and events including news for Brud, JetPack Aviation, ...
7 Facts Of Business Life People Learn From Experience
When I started mentoring entrepreneurs and startups a few years ago, I anticipated that I would get mostly tough technical ...
Why Everyone Who Sees The Crypto Light Sees Something Different
I’ve written extensively about my experience seeing the crypto light, and why others struggle to see it. This post is about why, ...
Beyond B2B and B2C: The Sales Channel Your Business is Overlooking
We call this third channel business-to-group or B2G. Here are a few example cases to better define this target market...
The 15 Largest Global Startup Funding Rounds of February 2019
Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest startup funding rounds globally during the month of February. I ...
The LA TechWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 3/8/19
The latest venture capital seed and angel deals for LA startups for 3/8/19 featuring funding details for StrongBlock.
I Love Selling: Here’s Why
I love sales. It’s in my DNA. It’s what I did as a kid. I was a salesman since I ...
4 Ways to Attract Prospects Who Aren’t Necessarily on the Job Market
Finding and retaining the best employees is one of the greatest challenges business leaders and human resources professionals face. Even with 73 million ...
Sharing is Caring: Why Startups Need to Look Inside
Building a team is usually the most important and costly step in building a business, but many founders overlook the ...