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Diversity
10 min read

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: A Spotlight on 7 Impactful Entrepreneurs in the Hispanic and Latine Community

We're excited to showcase leaders that are paving the way to provide better access to opportunity for aspiring Hispanic and Latine leaders.

Ayzia Vizcocho, Content Specialist at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
11 min read

What is Seed Funding and Why Do You Need It?

What is seed funding? Read our guide to learn more about seed funding for startups, types of seed investors, and how to raise a seed round.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
11 min read

What is Pre-Seed Funding?

What is pre-seed funding? Learn more about pre-seed funding for startups, types of investors, and how to get pre-seed capital.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
7 min read

Are VCs Indirectly Impacting Women Working in Tech?

Although the responsibility falls on founders to create a diverse workplace, Caribou co-founder Christine Simone analyzes how VCs could indirectly be playing a role in tech's gender diversity issue.

By Christine Simone, co-founder of Caribou

Startups
5 min read

5 Customer Retention Strategies to Win Back Lost Sales

Let’s take a look at five customer retention strategies you can use to win back lost sales and keep loyal customers for years to come.

By Kiara Taylor, Finance and Technology Expert

Female Founders
10 min read

Female Founded + Funded: A Conversation with M12 and Webee

The Crunchbase “Female Founder Series” is comprised of stories, Q&As and thought-leadership pieces from glass-ceiling-smashers who overcame the odds and are now leading successful companies, or investing in them. M12...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
5 min read

How One Self-funded Tech CEO is Using Data and Analytics to Drive Passion

Nancy Smith, president and CEO of Analytic Partners, shares more about her passion for turning data into expertise to deliver growth and advice for other entrepreneurs trying to scale their companies.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
7 min read

Pumpspotting Founder On Community, Relationships And The Power Of Rejection

Amy VanHaren is the founder and CEO of pumpspotting, a community-driven breastfeeding support platform.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
9 min read

Alice Nguyen, VP At McCarthy, On Leadership And Inspiring New Careers In Construction

In this Q&A, Alice Nguyen shares why she chose to pursue a career in construction and how she approaches leadership in a male-dominated field.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
7 min read

Darja Gutnick On Overcoming Bias And Building The Future Of Leadership

As a psychologist-gone-rogue, Darja Gutnick quit working toward her Ph.D. to start her first company, and she’s now a third-time founder.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
5 min read

How To Conduct A Security Risk Analysis When Raising Capital For Your Business

A thorough security risk analysis is necessary to prove to your business’ investors that you have the appropriate plans to safeguard your financial assets, funds and proprietary sets of data.

Kiara Taylor, Finance and Technology Expert

Entrepreneurs
6 min read

Femtech, Officially Not Niche By $1T

This article is part of the Crunchbase Community Contributor Series. The authors are experts in their field and Crunchbase users. We are honored to feature and promote their contribution on...

Brittany Barreto, Ph.D., General Partner at Coyote Ventures, Executive Director of FemTech Focus & Jessica Karr, General Partner at Coyote Ventures

Female Leaders
8 min read

MATRIXX Software CEO Glo Gordon On Taking A Company From Startup To Scale

In this Q&A, Gordon shares her journey to becoming CEO, and how she evolved MATRIXX Software from an R&D startup into a scalable, go-to-market business.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Female Founders
9 min read

Wheel Founder And CEO Michelle Davey On Improving Patient Access By Empowering Clinicians

In this Q&A, Wheel founder and CEO Michelle Davey shares her experience scaling a digital health company during the pandemic and guidance for founders on picking the right investors.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
5 min read

3 Tips To Sharpen Your Elevator Pitch

Patientco CEO, Bird Blitch, shares three tips and observations to keep in mind as you develop your elevator pitch.

By Bird Blitch, CEO of Patientco

Entrepreneurs
9 min read

Attracting An Audience Versus Building A Community (And Why Community Is Worth Every Penny)

In 2020, community became the hottest “buzzword” in tech. Communities popped up left and right as companies sought new ways to reach customers.

By Katie Ray, Community Manager at Sales Hacker

Entrepreneurs
5 min read

How Technology and Data Leaders Can Redefine Financial Inclusion

The World Bank has defined financial inclusion as the share of households and firms that use financial services. Understanding how this metric contributes to the overall success of a community, country, and the world is paramount.

By Amir Hemmat, Co-Founder and CEO of Welcome Tech

Entrepreneurs
6 min read

Early-stage Growth: Why Shifting the Founder Mindset is Critical to Acquiring Your First 10 Customers

As an inherent part of the job, early-stage founders spend the first days of their company’s existence facing inward.

By Sudheesh Nair, CEO, ThoughtSpot

Female Founders
5 min read

How Leila Kashani Disrupted the Beauty Industry with an Anti-Beauty, Beauty Brand

The Crunchbase “Female Founder Series,” is a series of stories, Q&As, and thought-leadership pieces from glass-ceiling-smashers who overcame the odds and are now leading successful companies. Leila Kashani is the...

Ayzia Vizcocho, Content Specialist at Crunchbase

Female Founders
5 min read

How Fabi Hubschmid is Connecting Small Businesses Around the World

Fabi Hubschmid is COO and co-founder of Markaaz, the world’s first global platform to verify and connect every small business on the planet and the network of partners that support them.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase