Achieving scale is the holy grail for any tech startup founder, but transitioning from barely scraping by to scaling up effectively can …
Winning Those First Big Enterprise Clients | Scott Coleman, Ignition Ventures
Scott Coleman has 20 years of working at the intersection of tech and finance under his belt— and his mission is to …
Why the Founding Investor in Skype Won’t Invest in Your Startup
Howard Hartenbaum (General Partner, August Capital) was the founding investor in Skype, and a former member of their board of directors. The …
Speed: The Word That Leads to Acquisition | Ajay Kamat of Pear VC
After his startup, Wedding Party, was acquired by Instacart in 2015, Ajay Kamat joined Pear VC as a Partner. His reason? “Pear …
Scott Dudelson of Swagbucks: MVP, Co-founders, & Raising Your Seed Round
This week, Founders Edge talked MVP, meeting a co-founder, and raising a seed round with Scott Dudelson— founder turned accelerator mentor and angel investor. About …
Why Hiring for Diversity Makes Business Sense: Caitlin MacGregor, Co-Founder, Plum.io
Caitlin MacGregor (Co-Founder, Plum.io) wrote a 2,000 word open letter to a VC partner at Sequoia Ventures after Vanity Fair published an …
The 2 Components A Startup Needs to Secure Investment: Bill Reichert, Garage Technology VC
“It’s hard to imagine any aspect of our life and economy that is not open to entrepreneurial innovation, transformation or disruption.” Bill …
~$3B Raised, ~$2B exit, 244 startups & 3k employees: New Founders in 2016
Just like every other company out there, here at Founders Network, we’re in the midst of reflecting on the past year, and …
Mark diTargiani: Creating Trust in the Sales Process | fnSummit Speaker Series
This article is part of the fnSummit Speaker Series. Every October, Founders Network members meet in Napa Valley for 3 days and …
Helge Hellberg: Excellence Through Coaching | fnSummit Speaker Series
This article is part of the fnSummit Speaker Series. Every October, Founders Network members meet in Napa Valley for 3 days and 2 …
Joe Cannella: From Google Ads to Spirits| fnSummit Speaker Series
Image by Will Shenton This article is part of the fnSummit Speaker Series. Every October, Founders Network members meet in Napa Valley for …
fnInvestor: Marlon Nichols on predicting consumer behavior trends to determine investments
Marlon Nichol’s investment firm is doing something very unique— they conduct cultural trend analysis to determine which startups to invest in. Founders …
Now Hiring: Good&Co, Magisto, and myLAB Box
Looking for employment at a startup with traction? Across the United States and abroad, Founders Network startups are hiring: Magisto is …
Protect Your Cap Table: And More From Our Investment Panel
We sat one VP, two VC’s, a lawyer, two founders and a banker down on a couch and called it The Path …
June Roundup: Docker partners with Hewlitt Packard, and Pythagoras Pizza expands UberRUSH
Lots to report from June on our 500+ founders. Solomon Hykes has been busy partnering Docker with Hewlitt Packard Enterprise, while Evan Kuo’s …
Early Bird Registration for 2016 fnSummit in Napa Valley Now Open
> Early bird registration for the 2016 fnSummit is now open! > Dates for this year’s Napa Valley Retreat: October 19th …
Introducing the January ‘16 Cohort
The exceptional founders who join us for the first month of 2016 represent experience across 20 startups. We welcome as both business …
Fixing the Startup Visa Problem
The problem should be simple to solve. The U.S. doesn’t have enough workers skilled in math and science. The obvious answer is …
January News: Wonolo Raises $5.7M, Pley Acquires SparkBox & LoungeBuddy Partners with TripIt
Another big month for our 600+ tech founders here at Founders Network. Headlining this month’s newsmakers was AJ Brustein (July ’14 Cohort) …
Protections, Privacy and Protocols Across Sectors
To build a product, founders juggle security issues ranging from data protection to structuring access on an engineering team to what cloud …
The Balancing Act: How founders build a growth framework against conventional wisdom
A focus on funding and building dominates much of the founder-centric conversation – but without growth, you don’t have a business. Even …
Understand Your Unit Economics & Ten Other Fundraising Tips from Howard Hartenbaum of August Capital
Founders Network had the pleasure of hosting 1-1 Investor Office Hours with Forbes Midas List of Top Venture Capitalists, Howard Hartenbaum of August …
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Founders Edge is our content hub featuring advice, tips and news from the Founders Network community of 500+ tech startup founders. Our …
This Doesn’t Get Any Easier: How founders level up without burning up or burning out
Founders transition from makers – the mad inventors chasing a crazy idea – to leaders tasked with growing the momentum of a …
How women entrepreneurs are raising funds against the odds
We’ve all heard the horror stories from women leaders in tech – wear a wedding ring to investor meetings. Bring a male …
fnSpotlight Vancouver: First Ask, How Can I Help?
A three-hours drive from Seattle, a three-hour flight from San Francisco, Vancouver is regarded as the “lifestyle” pick among Canada’s tech hubs …
Are Connections the ‘Secret Sauce’ of Successful Founders?
We all know Thomas Edison’s quote about perspiration versus inspiration, but in talking with successful founders, we’ve discovered another important factor for …
From Peers to Partners: How two founders’ friendship helped them sidestep serious setbacks
When Dan McGuire and Andrew Jones first met, each was working on his own startup. Through the South Bay peer mentorship group, …
Will Bunker: “Most Money, Least Work”
The following is a guest post from Founders Edge Contributor Will Bunker, Match.com Founder, Founding Partner at GrowthX Academy, & Partner at Silicon …
Taskware Launches! Congrats to FN’ers Mark Oden & Andy Steuer
Huge congrats to FN’ers Mark Oden and Andy Steuer who announced the launch of Taskware this week. The official launch announcement reposted …
Founders are Creators: Create Better Leadership through Coaching
This is a contributor post by Mark diTargiani, Sales Transformation Coach & Startup Advisor. Founders are creators. They create ideas, solutions, products, …
Why Top Founders Hire Coaches
Helge Hellberg is an Executive Coach, working with CEO’s and people in leadership positions to create empowerment, alignment and clarity in their …