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How to Create a Healthy Local Startup and Tech Community

This is going to be BIG.

That prediction obviously turned out pretty wrong, but it did drum up a whole lot of chatter about the right ingredients for building a startup community—about New York vs Boston on the East Coast and whether cities like Austin and Seattle would ever break through. Startup founders always need help. New Yorkers help each other out.

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How to Manage a Startup Through Troubling Times

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Like the downturns in 2008 and 2001, this has been a very trying time for entrepreneurs running startups. While some level of stress is inevitable if you are running a startup, times like this can ramp up the stress factor considerably. Here is advice I collected for dealing with the stress of running a startup: 1.

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How to Objectively Measure the "Fundability" of Your Startup

This is going to be BIG.

Below, I’ve listed a bunch of attributes a startup might have and how they push the decision-making needle one way or the other. doesn’t really buy you many points with an investor—but coming off like a startup n00b really tanks your chances. If I’m known to invest in mobility startups, I review a ton of different business models.

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5 More Things VCs Wish Startup Founders Knew

Dream It

We did a previous dose on 5 things investors wish startups knew. Managing Partner, Steve Barsh , sat down to give us 5 MORE things investors wish startups knew. Keep reading for some more of the most common mistakes startups make when pitching and for Steve’s tips on how to fix them. Go here if you missed it.

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How Top Tech CFOs Solve Annual Planning’s Biggest Challenges

Learn from senior executives at high-growth tech startups as they outline financial planning strategies, align CEO and board goals, and coordinate budgets across departments. Discover real-world solutions and best practices shared by top CFOs, drawn directly from discussions within OG’s vibrant online community.

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Startups Galore

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

.” And yet the thing that makes me think this could be the new normal and not the late stages of a bubble is the dramatic increase in the number of people who are choosing to work in or form new startups. It has never been easier to start a company, build a team, and build a product. And many people are choosing to do just that.

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Lean and Mean: How to Boost Startup Growth on a Shoestring Budget

Entrepreneurs' Organization

By embracing strategic thinking and the lean startup philosophy, you can overcome entrepreneurial challenges and bring your vision to life. Embrace Lean Startup Methodology Traditionally, starting a business meant undertaking thorough planning, seeking significant funding, and developing a product in isolation from its future users.

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The Startup Funding Gap

This resource discusses the gap between early funding from friends/family and the more substantial rounds from angel groups and VCs. Why does this gap exist and what can be done about it?

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State of MENA Startups 2019, Report

MAGNiTT and 500 Startups jointly launch first 'State of MENA Startups 2019" report. Survey findings reveal insights on trends in fundraising exercise, exit opportunities, hiring, and growth optimization.

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Your Fractional Finance and Accounting Team

With our comprehensive bookkeeping and precise accounting expertise with decades of experience across diverse financial roles, our team offers tailor-made services ranging from essential bookkeeping to strategic fractional CFO support, catered specifically to the unique challenges of technology companies, startups, and SMEs.

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100 Pipeline Plays: The Modern Sales Playbook

For the first time, we’re sharing the winning plays that took us from scrappy startup to a publicly traded company. Hit your number with 100 Pipeline Plays. Use our proven data-driven plays to grow your pipeline and crush your revenue targets. Close more deals with these winning plays!

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way.