Founders Network is full of very knowledgeable founders with serious expertise. We recently spoke with fnMember Nathan Beckord, CEO of Foundersuite.com and leader of the fundraising podcast, How I Raised It. …
Straight to Revenue: Why These Founders Skipped Fundraising
Is it possible to grow a company without external fundraising and go straight to revenue? Three Founders Network members, Alan Wilson, Janine Yancey, and Alex Andrei have done just that. …
The Real Way to Approach a VC (And Be Successful)
Recently, Founders Edge had the pleasure of speaking with Nick Desai, the CEO and Co-founder of Los Angeles-based startup Heal. Heal specializes in primary care doctor house calls. Heal´s model …
‘How American Express Acquired my Startup’ with Tyler Dikman
In June of 2013, Tyler Dikman joined Founders Network with a project in beta called LoungeBuddy: A way for all travelers to discover, book and access airport lounges — no …
How to Create a Pitch Deck in One Day
Sameer Gupta has been a member of Founders Network since May 2012. He’s also been a prominent FN member in our Los Angeles Chapter. To receive peer mentorship from Sameer and over 600 …
Is Your Startup Too Early to Raise Capital?
Nina Stepanov is a mentor in our Investor Program within our global ecosystem of founders. To receive peer mentorship from Nina, over 60 investors, and 600 fellow Tech Founders, please request an invite and …
From $0 to Your First Startup Funding
Melissa Kargiannakis has been a member of Founders Network since February 2018. She’s also been a prominent FN member in our Toronto chapter. To receive peer mentorship from Melissa and …
3 Ways Founders Can be Comfortably Uncomfortable
Jarie Bolander has been a member of Founders Network since May 2017. He’s also been a prominent FN member in our San Francisco Chapter. To receive peer mentorship from Jarie and …
Is Blockchain Right for Your Startup?
In 2013, Sheri Kaiserman published the first Wall Street analysis of Bitcoin’s value. And while “The report didn’t explicitly recommend buying the cryptocurrency, it did say huge gains were possible— …
Q&A w/ Beerud Sheth, Co-founder of Gupshup I FoundersNetwork
When did the technology adoption trend that led to gig economy tech startups like Uber, DoorDash, Instacart, Thumbtack, and TaskRabbit begin? Back in 1998, in the early days of the dot-com …
Serial Entrepreneur Duke Chung, Co-Founder of TravelBank
It’s time to watch out for budding startup TravelBank. Before founding the travel start-up in 2016, Co-Founder Duke Chung sold his first venture, Parature, to Microsoft for $100M in 2014. …
Gabriel Halimi: Advice for Hardware Founders
“Hardware is hard”, said Gabriel Halimi, Co-Founder of Flo Technologies, when asked what risks he sees down the road for his hardware startup. Indeed, it’s all in the name, and …
Sam Ryan of Zeelo Talks on the Beginning Stages of a Startup
Sam Ryan and two-time Co-founder Barney Williams were frustrated. They didn’t like the current transportation options available to big events, which saw them regularly experience overcrowding and poor services. Enter …
“Hacking Your Round” – advanced fundraising techniques webinar with FN member Nathan Beckord
About Nathan Beckord Nathan Beckord, member of our January ’13 Cohort, is the founder of Foundersuite.com, a collection of software tools and templates that help startup CEOs execute more efficiently …
Invest time in your network: How Scoop got to $46M
When it comes to listening to the market, Scoop co-founder Jonathan Sadow can teach you a thing or two. After experiencing the pains of carpooling himself, and meeting with enterprises …