Entrepreneurs

Investors
5 min read

What You Need To Know About Negotiating A Venture Term Sheet

For any founder, whether a first-timer or a serial entrepreneur, it’s an exciting moment when you receive a term sheet from a venture capital fund for your company’s first preferred stock financing round.

Tim Poydenis, Partner in Goodwin’s Technology Companies Group

Entrepreneurs
5 min read

Perseverance, Empathy And A Sense of (Dry) Humor: Asoka Dissanayake Shares Valuable Career Lessons

In this Q&A, Asoka Dissanayake shares her less-than-linear career path and how perseverance, empathy, and a sense of (dry) humor have contributed to her success.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
6 min read

How Cleo’s Dr. Chitra Akileswaran Is Building Better Workplaces For Parents

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. Dr. Chitra Akileswaran, MBA,...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
5 min read

Women in VC: How Diane Yoo is Leveling the Playing Field for Diverse Woman-Owned Startups

As an accredited investor, Yoo has invested in 30-plus companies with a focus on pushing the needle for women and diversity.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
5 min read

3 Lessons Learned By An Accidental Entrepreneur

Seven years and $55 million in venture capital later, and here I am, an ‘accidental entrepreneur.’ In the process, I’ve learned a lot about building a company: How to invest in employees, how to make tough decisions with imperfect information, and how to keep pace with changing rules as we grow.

Christine Spang, CTO and Co-founder of Nylas

Entrepreneurs
7 min read

Plenty’s Shireen Santosham on her Eclectic Career & Passion for Mission-Driven Companies

Shireen Santosham is head of strategic initiatives at Plenty, an indoor vertical farming company that delivers fresh, flavorful, and pesticide-free produce.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Female Founders
6 min read

Transforming the Nursing Industry: Iman Abuzeid’s Mission to Reduce the Nursing Shortage

Dr. Iman Abuzeid is the co-founder and CEO of Incredible Health, a career marketplace with custom matching technology that offers hospitals the fastest, most effective way to hire qualified permanent nurses.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
9 min read

SPACs 101 FAQ: A Primer On Today’s Hottest Exit Strategy

SPACs, shorthand for special purpose acquisition companies, have become this year’s most popular alternative option.

Nicolas Dumont, David Michaels, James Evans and Scott Behar

Entrepreneurs
6 min read

Carefully Curated: How Bilyana Freye is Building Better Connections in the Business Community

Bilyana Apostolova Freye, Co-Founder & CEO of Orbiit, is helping communities realize their full potential through connection.

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Womxn

Diversity
5 min read

AI Can Advance Companies’ Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Goals—But Not Alone

As a tech entrepreneur, I instinctively look at common challenges organizations encounter. This year, however, a chronic issue has resurfaced that technology alone can’t fix: a deficiency of diversity, equity...

Mahe Bayireddi, CEO of Phenom

Entrepreneurs
6 min read

Why 2020 Hasn’t Followed The Same Funding Patterns As 2008

As the global health crisis of 2020 continues to play out, there have been many comparisons with the economic events of 2008. When the first wave of the pandemic hit...

Pini Raviv, Software Engineer & Data Scientist

Entrepreneurs
4 min read

Human-Centered Leadership: Lessons From Transitioning from CFO to CEO

Whether you're a manager for the first time, or taking over at the helm of the company, these principles will help you navigate the journey.

Katy Wigdahl, CEO, Speechmatics

Entrepreneurs
7 min read

We Need To Do More To Support The Rise Of Microentrepreneurs. Here’s Why.

Each year, millions of Americans go into business for themselves for the first time. Many do so because: They want to start a business; they love to hustle; they believe they’ve innovated something that could help millions of people; or because they just want to share what they make with the world.

Nicole Jarbo, Founder of Goodbets Group

Entrepreneurs
4 min read

Business Lessons from a ‘Border Town Kid’ Turned Established Academic and CEO

Growing up as a border town kid was really formative in the early stages of my career. However, I wanted to more formally build on those skills to become a better academic and business leader.

Irene Ng, CEO, Dataswift

Entrepreneurs
8 min read

Does Fintech Actually Contribute to Financial Inclusion?

Accessibility and discrimination have been key themes in the formal financial system since its inception. Recent progressions in technology have allowed fintech to emerge as a way to break down these barriers and positively impact the world through financial inclusion.

Kiara Taylor, Finance and Technology Expert

Entrepreneurs
6 min read

How To Hire For The Jobs Of The Future In Your Startup

What entrepreneurs can learn from the moving parts of now to prepare to hire for the jobs of the future.

Dina Bayasanova, CEO and Co-founder, PitchMe

Entrepreneurs
10 min read

Daring Greatness Resonates: Know Your Fruit’s Jacqueline Alexander on Community, Culture and Commitment

Jacqueline (Jackie) Alexander has a proven track record in business. A lawyer by trade, she purchased a pear orchard and, after realizing how much fruit goes to waste due to falling off the tree, discovered an opportunity to create freeze-dried fruit for snacking.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
9 min read

Q&A with Contentstack’s Neha Sampat

In this Q&A, we asked Sampat about her entrepreneurial journey, lessons learned from her recent Series A funding round, and advice she has for others looking to advocate for diversity and inclusion within their own companies and broader communities.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
15 min read

Female Leaders Share the Most Impactful Business Lesson They’ve Learned in 2020

Although the new year is promising a fresh start, we can’t look forward without first looking back at what this year has taught us.

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Womxn

Raising Funding
5 min read

Raising Funding Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

This unfamiliar landscape is paving the way for new opportunities to bridge emerging market gaps and serve as a catalyst for digital transformation at an unprecedented scale.

John Berkowitz, co-founder and CEO of OJO Labs

Entrepreneurs

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