About Domingo Guerra Domingo Guerra, member of our April ’11 Cohort, has raised $25M+ through Series B funding rounds and grown a …
Preventing Burnout for Founders
About Jarie Bolander Jarie Bolander, member of our May ’17 Cohort, is an engineer by training, entrepreneur by nature w/ 20 yrs …
Why Founders Should Find Peer Mentors
About Kevin Holmes Kevin Holmes started Founders Network in April 2011 to ensure lifelong success for founders through peer mentorship. Prior, …
Founders Network 2017 Year In Review
We would like to give special recognition to the accomplishments of the following FN’ers in 2017: …
The Importance of Customer Feedback in Tech Startups
“Make sure you’re capturing customer feedback from the front lines so you can be credible with your organization and make the smartest …
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 …
Key Considerations for Scaling Up Your Startup from Expert Founders
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 …
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 …
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 …