Focus on 1 opportunity instead of trying to do 10 things As an early-stage investor, I’m often pitched by startups offering platform ...

SPVs aggregate many small investors into a single investment to simplify startup cap tables You’re raising a million dollar pre-seed round and ...

A lot longer than you expect. And probably longer than can afford. A truism of the startup world is that there are no startup failures, only ...

Every year at Cartoon Movie, producers, investors, broadcasters, and distributors gather in Bordeaux, France, at the heart of the animation-friendly ...

Venture investors require preferred stock instead of common shares Imagine you raised $2M in your startup at a $20M valuation. Investors ...

Audrey Vandagriff was all over the base paths. ...

When it comes to marketing, it's hard to know which tactics to invest in. If you want to reach a wider audience, improve your search engine ...

Until you reach $1M in revenues, everything remains an experiment Last week, I had the honor of judging pitches from pre-seed, pre-pre-seed, ...

Personalize your outreach if you want a response As soon as I added “angel investor” to my LinkedIn profile, I was suddenly blessed with an ...

Less is more to hook investors in learning about your startup Told they have 30 seconds for an elevator pitch to investors, most founders speak ...