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Can I Fund a Startup With My Credit Card?

It goes without saying that, for startups, getting business operations up and running can have some major financial hurdles. Before starting your company you must consider how to fund business...

Susan French

Entrepreneurs
5 min read

Does Your Startup Actually Need Office Space?

Is your current office distracting you from doing your actual work? Have you found yourself doing higher quality work when you’re not at the office? You are not alone. Find...

Danny Forest

Entrepreneurs
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Make Sure You Don’t Follow These 3 Pieces of Bad Startup Advice

For those entering the startup world, statistics can look bleak. According to 2017 research, the startup failure rate by industry was between 42% in the financial sector to 63% in...

Susan French

Entrepreneurs
5 min read

Think You Have What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur? Ask Yourself These 3 Questions First

Only 10% of startups survive their first year. That’s a scary statistic, but if you plan to start your own company, you have to know the odds are stacked against...

Courtney Reum, Co-founder of M13

Entrepreneurs
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Why Founders Should Constantly Evaluate Their Team—And Themselves

Startups, inevitably, evolve. This is to be expected, but it means that you as the founder or CEO of your startup must be positioned to adapt and evolve, too––especially when...

Alex Paley, Head of Studio at Glu Mobile

Entrepreneurs
4 min read

What The History Of Art Investment Reveals About Its Future

Art investment has traditionally been a way to showcase an individual’s wealth and prestige. In the past, the great art academies turned out nearly every artist capable of selling their...

Jacqueline O'Neill, Founder & CEO of Blockchain Art Collective

Entrepreneurs
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What Startups Need to Know About Content Marketing in 2019

Globally, we watch one billion hours of YouTube a day. That’s equivalent to spending just over 114,000 years of our collective time watching cats get scared by cucumbers. We also...

George Chilton, Creative Director of Hubbub Labs

Entrepreneurs
5 min read

5 Things You Need to Remember as Cofounders

There’s something romantic about starting a company: you feel inspired to chase your big idea, build something altogether different, and change the world, frequently with cofounders. But then, reality sets...

Sam Rusani, CRO of ShipChain

Entrepreneurs
4 min read

The 2 Traits All Successful Entrepreneurs Have in Common

A principle that has guided much of my entrepreneurial journey is learning through observation. I’m what you might call an expert by observing others. Find your next investor and upgrade...

Ron Gibori, Managing Partner at Idea Booth

Entrepreneurs
9 min read

Guide to Public Relations for Startups: How To Hit a PR Home Run

As a PR agency, one of the most common things we hear from early-stage startups is “we want to get on TechCrunch.” pro tip 4 startups: focus on customer reaction...

Craig Corbett, Senior writer at Publicize

Entrepreneurs
3 min read

CAC Doesn’t Have to Rise as You Grow

One of the most important metrics for B2C companies is customer acquisition cost also known as, CAC. One debate is whether the cost rises or falls over time. The argument...

Sammy Abdullah, Co-founder of Blossom Street Ventures

Entrepreneurs
3 min read

How to Measure Customer Health in SaaS: A Case Study Featuring Zuora

In software, there are a few ways to measure the health of the customer base and stickiness of the product. Zuora does a nice job of showing four measures of...

Sammy Abdullah, Co-founder of Blossom Street Ventureses

Entrepreneurs
4 min read

7 Big Lessons on How to Sell a Patent

In 2017, we had a death in the portfolio. Once all the employees left, the only remaining assets were some patents, servers, domains, and a lot of code. Recently, we...

Sammy Abdullah, Co-founder of Blossom Street Ventures

Entrepreneurs
5 min read

5 Common Mistakes CEOs Make

As the CEO, you’re responsible for everything. A CEO serves as the public face of your company, liaise between the board of directors and employees, and make sure your team...

John Monarch, CEO of ShipChain

Entrepreneurs
8 min read

The First 5 Priorities For Every Startup Founder

So, you’ve decided you want to become an “entrepreneur.” Maybe the idea came to you during a coffee meeting with a friend. Maybe you were watching TV, suffering through another...

Nicolas Cole, founder of Digital Press

Entrepreneurs
5 min read

Why Every Person You Hire Should Feel Like An Owner Of Your Company

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...

Glen Allison, COO of Honey

Entrepreneurs
9 min read

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...

Dennis Zdonov, Head of Studio at Glu Mobile

Entrepreneurs
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Creativity and Automation: Why Both Are Needed for a Viable Future

There are millions of young people around the world who’ve never navigated without the help of a GPS. I’m not one to judge. I use Google Maps every time I...

Jacqueline O'Neill, Founder & CEO of Blockchain Art Collective

Entrepreneurs
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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...

Brian Evans, Founder and CEO of BDE Ventures

Entrepreneurs
6 min read

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....

Alex Paley, Head of Studio at Glu Mobile

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