Prior to becoming CEO and Co-founder of Mimoto, an XDR cybersecurity company, Kris Bondi spent more than 20 years positioning technologies and companies. Her unique expertise has contributed to seven …
Data Engineering for Your Startup: Vinita Rathi’s Advice, Founder of Systango
Originally brought up in India, Vinita Rathi later moved to London and began working at Goldman Sachs. For five years – with initially, no financial knowledge – she worked her …
Reclaim your Purpose for Startup Success with Holly Woods
According to experts, about 90% of startups end in failure. In many cases, entrepreneurs simply run out of money and are forced to quit. However, according to consultant and coach …
6 Questions for Every Early Stage Startup w/ Beth Devin of HearstLab
If you’re a startup founder preparing for a growth spurt, you may not be as ready for scale as you think you are. There’s a simple model you can use …
How to Pitch an Early-Stage Investor: Pitch Practice with Rogue’s Caroline Lewis
For Caroline Lewis of Rogue Venture Partners, a lightbulb moment arrived while working at a startup as a recent college graduate. That company, a woman-led, health-focused firm in West Virginia, …
How to Drive Inclusion Through Workplace Social Indicators with Janine Yancey
We all want to build an inclusive workplace. But beyond recruitment and retention, what are the levers that drive better outcomes? Join Janine Yancey, founder and CEO of Emtrain, for …
The Mindset Framework: How Growth Thinking Helps Entrepreneurs Succeed
Successful entrepreneurs share a few common straits: Optimism, open-mindedness, and collaboration, among others. Anne Sandberg, an organizational development coach and Chief Learning Officer at the Center for Growth Leadership, explains …
Black Founders Focus: Overcoming Adversity with Khiry Kemp and Tiffany Dufu
This year has placed a national spotlight on the Black experience, and it’s more important than ever for successful Black founders to share their insight and advice. Oppti founder Khiry …
How to Build Culture from Day 1, Even in a Pandemic with Guissu Baier
Building a successful company is so much more than finding product/market fit. It is equally about culture: How you behave, communicate, create accountability, celebrate wins and learn from failures. With …
Getting Ready for Growth with Rashmi Gopinath
Growth doesn’t just happen by chance. Rashmi Gopinath, General Partner at B Capital Group, explains how to prepare for Series B, C and beyond — and what investors need to …
Thinking Like a CEO with Cam Kashani
Entrepreneur and coach Cam Kashani, also known as ‘The Godmother of Silicon Beach’, goes deep into the ups and downs of founding two startups, bouncing back from failure, and how …
Starting Up in Mexico with Deborah Dana
As the second-largest market in Latin America, Mexico is a critical market for startup founders to understand. Canasta Rosa founder Deborah Dana shares her advice for navigating the booming Mexican …
How to Bootstrap Your Sales Strategy with Stacy Stubblefield, TeleSign co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer
Stacy Stubblefield, co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of TeleSign, sat down with Founders Network to discuss how she bootstrapped her first products and clients, scaled the fledgling startup to a …
Founder and Author Ellie Rubin Talks Entrepreneurship Lessons and Conquering Fear at 16,000 Feet
Entrepreneur, author and speaker Ellie Rubin sits down with Founders Edge to discuss the biggest lessons she learned in building and selling Bulldog, an early leader in digital asset management …
Founders Network Launches Seattle Chapter
Expansion Brings Founder-to-Founder Mentorship to Booming Startup Ecosystem Home to tech giants including Microsoft and Amazon as well as droves of other locally based tech startups, Seattle’s pipeline of locally …