Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 29, 2014
I will speak with people earning good money at a larger company or even well-financed startup who are mulling over the choice of whether or not to quit. Sometimes the discussion veers over into whether or not he or she should get an MBA before trying a startup. It doesn’t always have an immediate financial reward.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 15, 2012
I recently read Brad Feld’s thought provoking piece encouraging founders to sit on the board of another startup company. I found it thought provoking because I’ve always believed startup founders need extreme focus on only their company to succeed. But for now, the summary is: You’ll extend your network. .
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 25, 2010
When I first read Paul Graham’s blog post on “High Resolution&# Financing I read it as a treatise arguing that convertible notes are better than equity. “A startup could also give better deals to investors they expected to help them most&# – That is a quote from Paul on the “high resolution financing&# post.
Gust
JULY 8, 2012
In the last year, there has been a resurgence of interest, some say a bubble, by both angels and VCs, in a pre-Series A kicker to identify promising startups with seed funding, before major equity has been given away. Early-stage startup. Every startup is early-stage to someone.
500
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Startup founders often have ambitions not just to make money, but to change the world. So, how do we help these founders accomplish these goals? Enter ImpactAIM Indonesia, a program forged from a partnership between 500 Startups and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
StartupNation
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
Work in finance. The post 5 Mistakes Derailing Startup Founders appeared first on StartupNation. I often tell prospective entrepreneurs: If you have the ability to do anything else – I mean anything – you should do it. Being an entrepreneur can be the hardest, most thankless job you will ever have.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Personal finance is hard – and that’s a tale as old, and difficult to disrupt, as time. And while Nagpal agrees that there’s no “north star” company that has shown how to tackle finance literacy at scale, he’s hoping that Ocho’s 10-person team may just have a not-so-boring wedge that changes that. Image Credits: Ocho.
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