Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs
6 min read

Voice Tech’s Critical Role in B2B’s Post-Pandemic Transformation

B2B companies have been hit hard by the pandemic and, like their B2C counterparts, have had to shift their business, operating, and digital strategies; forced to pivot away from their tried-and-true methodologies.

Mark Persaud, Head of Emerging Technology Experiences at Moonshot

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

Female Founders
5 min read

Passion for Podcasts: How Lindsay Tjepkema is Empowering Brands To Rewrite The Content Marketing Playbook

Lindsay Tjepkema, CEO and co-founder of Casted, a content marketing platform built around B2B brand podcasts, is a marketer at heart. She started her career in the discipline and rose through the ranks before taking off her marketer’s hat to become a SaaS founder.

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

Entrepreneurs
5 min read

Black-Owned Businesses Are Still Struggling To Find Investors

The pandemic has forced many small businesses to shut down for good, and unfortunately, the African-American business community has been the hardest hit.

Nahla Davies, Copywriter for Enterprise/SaaS

Entrepreneurs
5 min read

7 Ways To Support Female Entrepreneurs Affected By The Pandemic

Nahla Davies discusses seven ways in which we can help female entrepreneurs as they navigate the disproportionate impact of the pandemic.

Nahla Davies, Copywriter for Enterprise/SaaS

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

Female Founders
6 min read

How Lidia Yan Is Transforming The Trucking Industry

We asked Yan about her biggest inspirations and motivations for launching and building NEXT Trucking in a typically male-dominated industry.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Female Founders
7 min read

Discovering A Path To Business Growth Amidst A Global Pandemic

Here are five key takeaways from 2020, which we’ve harnessed to grow our business in new — and unexpected — ways.

Elizabeth Sheils, Co-founder of Rock Paper Coin

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
3 min read

What Breaks When Companies go From Series A to B?

Jake Dunlap, CEO at Sklaed digs into the specific fail points of companies and sales organizations moving from Series A to B.

Jake Dunlap, Founder & CEO of Skaled

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