In the startup world, who you hire and how can have important implications for your company culture. As our company, Honey, started to scale, many in the investment community told...
9 Ways Non-Tech Companies Can Prevent Death In The Digital Age
Pizza Hut is deploying robotic waiters in its restaurants in Asia. Johnson & Johnson is using AI to help parents customize their child’s sleepcare. Unilever is trying to use blockchain...
The 3 Lessons Missing Out on Bitcoin Taught Me About Trusting Myself
Back in 2010, my roommate in Boston was mining Bitcoin. This was early on, right when the cryptocurrency came out, and I had all but dismissed it already. Here I...
How To Onboard People Into Your Product—The Right Way to do User Onboarding
Do you remember all the dating sites before Tinder came along? Match.com, eHarmony, OkCupid—the list goes on. What did they all have in common? The worst user onboarding experience imaginable....
The Best of 2018: Relive this Year in Tech
From supergiant rounds to a shift in industry trends, to the biggest funding round to who’s gone public, to the most searched on Crunchbase – these are the biggest moments...
International Fundraising 101: What I’ve Learned From Raising Millions For Emerging Market Startups
When you’re raising venture capital for your startup, there are so many critical things you need to do right. I should know: I founded Adventure Capital, a venture capital firm...
Most Companies Suck At Onboarding. Don’t Be One Of Them.
So imagine this: You’ve been recruited by this company for months. You’ve finished their entire interview process, been wooed over dinner or drinks, and are super excited to join the...
Here’s How Blockchain Can Save Game Developers
The past decade has been a ride for the gaming industry. 25 years ago, people would have never believed you could play deep, engrossing games on mobile phones, let alone...
An Overview of the Startup Ecosystem in Switzerland
While many know the Swiss for our beautiful country or are lucky enough to have a business relationship with our banks, Switzerland also occupies a leading position on various global...
The Benchmark Report on EU Startup Ecosystems from EU Startup Monitor 2018
The European Startup Ecosystem is maturing. The EU Commission initiated “EU Startup Monitor” presents comparable data for startup ecosystems in Europe, which due to the lack of a common startup...
How to Follow Up With Sales Prospects Effectively
Looking at your fourth-quarter sales forecast and strategizing how to reach your quota can require an all-out blitz. The first installation of our sales crunchtime blog series looked at how...
Crunchtime: Hitting Your End of Year Sales Quota and Prioritize Sales Leads – Part 2
In part one of the sales crunch-time blog series, we looked into end-of-quarter time management strategies and efficient prospecting. In part two, we’ll look more deeply into prioritizing your prospects...
How to Pitch to a Public Company
Timing is everything in sales. And perhaps one of the most important times for salespeople to pitch a product or service is immediately after a company makes an initial public...
What’s an IPO?
For new entrepreneurs, the terms initial public offering (IPO) and public vs. private can cause a world of confusion and anxiety. In its most basic form, an IPO is when...
Augmented Reality is Changing the Face of Online Retail
Technology is at the heart of the eCommerce industry. As an industry that depends on technology and innovation, eCommerce companies have to be on the lookout for the latest advances,...
The 5 Most Important Lessons We’ve Learned About Scaling Culture
I joined Honey as COO two and a half years ago. At the time, we were a company of 20 people. Yet even then, we were looking ahead to our...
3 Funding Tips To Raise Millions During Your Series B Round
I recently experienced what it’s like to raise $80 million during a Series B round. During this process, I learned the major difference between each financing round comes down to...
Leadership and Technology: Two Key Factors for Successful Real Estate Startups
A conservative estimate suggests more than 100 real estate startups raised money in 2017, offering new, technologically-sound ways for homebuyers to pair up with their dream house. But what springs...
San Diego Tech Companies Series: The MP3.com Mafia Part 4
There’s no argument that MP3.com built a culture and model that would ultimately impact generations of music lovers. The pioneering company brought online music to the masses by gathering the...
San Diego Tech Companies Series: The MP3.com Mafia Part 3
Tom Walpole got swept into the MP3.com mania the first week of August 1999, just after the digital music pioneer’s highly successful IPO. The environment at MP3.com was electric and...