With the right investor, the odds are 25%. With the wrong investors, the odds are exactly 0%. Too many people in the startup community tell ...

Please please please keep all your investors in the loop after investment I’ve just invested $25K in your startup as part of your pre-seed ...

Posted on Wednesday, July 8, 2026 Iartists+ founder/CXO Danixa ...

What happened when Prometheus tried to obtain support for the most important invention in history Prometheus: Thank you, learned gentlemen, for ...

If you aren’t disrupting an entire industry, you need to find a distinct niche Back in my Apple fanboy days, when I needed a book on Apple ...

And what you should do instead The biggest mistakes I’ve made as a startup CEO, without a doubt, were signing exclusive agreements. Every ...

What to do when VCs demand a clean cap table but angels want to make small investments Tax day is long past, the end of year is nearly here, ...

If your startup isn’t suitable for VC investment, it’s not suitable for angels either There’s a prevalent myth that while venture capitalists ...

Equity grants of 0.25% — 1.0% are the standard rate for compensating startup advisors As a mentor at a number of accelerators, I’m sometimes ...

Too much argument and occasional abuse makes responding to pitches perilous Hanging out with early-stage founders in the middle of a raise, ...