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Founder’s Guide to Running a Successful All-Hands
In the earliest days of a startup, company communication is often an informal mix of ad-hoc discussions, brainstorming sessions, and the periodic over-the-shoulder announcement. Eventual
How To Find and Hire Your First Engineer: For Early-Stage Startups
Hiring your first engineer at a startup is incredibly hard. As a founder, you’re already stretched dangerously thin on time. There are bugs to fix, customers to close and any number of
How to Set Up Your Company to Hire and Retain New Parents
As a repeat founder and now a new parent of a 19-month-old toddler, I have learned a lot in the past few months about the ins and outs of juggling parenting while running an early stage
Building a Company Culture That Inspires Meaningful Work
Work-life balance is never a given in startups. Front CEO & co-founder Mathilde Collin shares how she uses commitments to health and family, hypnotherapy, daily journal sessions, and mo
Founder’s Guide to the Pre-IPO Secondary Market
The increase in activity in the pre-IPO secondary market means that founders, early employees, and investors are receiving liquidity much sooner in a company’s lifecycle than ever before.
Negotiating Techniques for Startup Fundraising
Even in today’s hot venture capital market, startup fundraising is a tall feat. After jumping through the hoops of creating a pitch deck, getting introduced to investors, pitching to VCs.
Investing in Sales and Marketing at Seed & Series A
Having been a part of building Growth teams for the last 7 years across two different startups, I’ve learned a good deal about how and when to invest in sales and marketing, from things.
Creating Your Startup’s Narrative and Pitch
Creating a pitch deck and meeting with investors are both elemental aspects of the fundraising process—but there is something critical that needs to happen before this in order to have.
The Founder’s Guide to Raising a Series A Venture Financing
The snide answer is that you are ready to raise an A when you can convince a VC to give you a term sheet. The more nuanced answer is when you have achieved compelling enough intermediat
Building a Sales Team From Zero to Ten
I recently shared a post on building a deal desk function which is a topic I’m often asked about when talking to sales leaders within the growth stage of their startups. While those fol.
Why Founders Should Start With a Website, Not a Mobile App
The pressure of bootstrapping helped us discover the power of the web. As we scrambled to get traction, we learned a lot about SEO, the affordability of cloud storage, advancements in w.
The Founder’s Guide to Emotions
Emotions aren’t good or bad—they just exist. You can’t control them or choose to not have them and, perhaps most importantly, they are often a signal that is telling you something impor.
Founder’s Guide to the Investor Communications Process
Any founder who has raised capital knows that fundraising is hectic and stressful. Maintaining the momentum you need to secure favorable terms means keeping track of where you are in th.
Founder’s Guide to the Y Combinator Interview
YC is a well-oiled machine. Over 1,900 companies have gone through YC, giving the partner team a generous sample size to identify positive and negative traits in early-stage companies.
How to Be a Balanced CEO: Passion, Self-Awareness, and Support
Leading a startup towards success is no easy feat. Leading a startup through success is even harder. But, that is the life founders sign up for. They are constantly pulled in different.
Founder’s Guide to Allocating Co-Founder Equity
The decisions made around allocating equity early on in a startup’s lifecycle will have major effects on its long-term financial well-being. It’s important to make strategic decisions n.
How to Find Investors and Get Email Intros
The key to finding and meeting VCs isn’t cold emails or playing a high-volume game. It’s all in the introductions. And anyone can get them.
The Founder’s Guide to Selling Your Startup Company
Similar to raising money, the best time to sell your startup is when you don’t need to or want to. Paradoxically, you are probably thinking about selling your startup as you are experiencing.
How to Raise a Seed Round
Seed rounds and Series A are both part of the path for a startup’s success. However, even though these two types of fundraising are different, I see a large amount of founder confusion.
Debugging Your Startup: What to Do When Things Aren’t Working
Every CEO goes through times when they say to themselves “things just aren’t working.” While this might very well be true, what is not true is the feeling that generally accompanies it.