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Is American Entrepreneurship In Crisis?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Craig Hall, the writer of Boom: Bridging the Opportunity Gap to Reignite Startups , shares his view on the current state of entrepreneurship in the U.S. . In 2011, I heard a speech by Mark Zandi [chief economist of Moody’s Analytics] revealing that entrepreneurship in the U.S. What prompted you to write Boom ? was in trouble.

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The Journey from Startup Founders to VC’s

Jason Malki

They are also startup consultants, helping startups scale and become more investable. Most notably, they were the Co-Founders of Qutie LGBTQ+ Social App. Can you share your personal journeys from being a startup founder to becoming a venture capitalist? We also discovered the pitfalls to avoid when pitching.

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Why Great Startups Founders Learn to Throw Great Parties

Entrepreneur's Handbook

“Party planner” is one of the lesser-publicized skills of successful startup founders, but it’s also one of the most important Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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“Just Ship It” All the Entrepreneurship Gurus Say

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Why we take that with a grain of salt at our consumer startup Photo credit: Derek Liston You hear it constantly in the startup community — “just ship it!” Am I being duped by Twitter-speak and startup mentor nonsense spouted by people with no skin in my game? Clearly that’s the antithesis to the startup mentality.

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Startup Founder Salary Guide: How Much To Pay Yourself?

Feedough

As a startup founder, you must realize that entrepreneurship is. Read more.

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The Myth of the Young Startup Founder

Ian Hathaway

Researchers have known for a while that peak age for general entrepreneurship occurs around mid-career (mid-30s to mid-40s), but an influential academic study published last year shows just how misguided the popular narrative is that twenty-something tech billionaires are the norm even for high-growth, high-tech entrepreneurship.

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As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works

TechCrunch

Before you raise money as a cash-strapped fledgling startup, it can feel like every problem you are experiencing would go away if you just had some money in the bank. At TechCrunch, it often seems as if every other startup story is about yet another fun company raising satchels full of venture capital. I have two day jobs.