mar 19 2021
What I Got Wrong Last Year - In One ChartLast year I wrote an impassioned post meant for SpringTime Ventures portfolio companies, but really for startups everywhere.
jun 24 2020
Series A Super CrunchA few weeks ago, I was on the phone with a SpringTime portfolio company and shared my thoughts about the fundraising environment in the coming year.
mar 03 2020
Letting the Air out of the Bull Run BusCoronavirus is everywhere.
mar 13 2018
11,428 StartupsEveryone talks about the dollars of investment that goes to the Big Three markets (Bay Area, NYC, Boston).
feb 05 2016
Why your startup team should always be pitchingProduct. Team. Customers. Funding. The essential elements of a startup. But one more essential piece is missing: Pitch.
jan 27 2016
Sales Primer for Non-Sales Startup FoundersThe founder of one of the startups in our Global Entrepreneur Program reached out to me this week.
dec 09 2015
Startups should embrace both diversity and inclusionDuring the NewCo Boulder festival, web development agency Quick Left gave a talk about diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
oct 22 2015
The Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever SaidLast week, I attended the LAUNCH Scale conference and had the pleasure of attending the VIP dinner the night before the event began.
aug 25 2015
Free Resources for Your StartupBuilding and running a startup is both difficult and expensive.
apr 17 2015
A Grandmother’s Advice for Startups: You Never Know Unless You AskToday my grandmother turns 95. She's in amazing shape for someone who's nearly a century old.
mar 20 2015
Startups: Always Be HiringIn late 2014, I was at a Denver job fair promoting an event I was organizing, NewCo Boulder.
feb 25 2015
To Raise Capital You Need a Startup RoadshowIn the world of big finance, before a company IPOs, the CEO along with an investment banker(s) go on a global roadshow to pitch their business to potential…
dec 05 2014
Advice from the Catalyst Team: Pitching Like George LucasSoftLayer’s Catalyst team hears startup pitches constantly.
may 03 2013
5 Basic Rules for Startups at ExposLast week I happened to be in New York City while the second annual NY Tech Day was taking place.