About Mark Breier Mark Breier, member of our fnInvestor Program, was VP Marketing at Amazon.com, CEO of Beyond.com, VP Marketing at Cinnabon and Dreyers and is now a VC at …
Scaling Culture in Tech Startups
About John Lyotier John Lyotier, member of our September ’16 Cohort, created LEFT as a home for innovative ideas such as YO!, WAVE, Left Travel and Villa (Acquired for $3M). …
Tech Startup IPO Lessons from Tim Manson
 About Tim Manson Tim Manson, member of our August ’13 Cohort, has 15 years of real estate development, design, construction, property management and finance experience. He had a successful …
Scaling Sales for Startups
About Domingo Guerra Domingo Guerra, member of our April ’11 Cohort, has raised $25M+ through Series B funding rounds and grown a Fortune 1000 customer base. He is a former …
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 and 6 startups— one of which was sold …
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, he relaunched the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship …
Founders Network 2017 Year In Review
In 2017 Founders Network added over 150 members with over $1 billion in financing raised and from eight different global cities. We would like to give special recognition to the …
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 decision possible about where to go.” –Â Richard White, …
FN Members Mark Oden & Andy Steuer Launch Taskware!
Huge congrats to FN’ers Mark Oden and Andy Steuer who announced the launch of Taskware this week. The official launch announcement reposted below; please share it to help them get …
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 be difficult and unpredictable. So, we rounded up …
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 share that knowledge with his portfolio companies. Coleman …
Why a Skype Founding Investor 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 Midas List investor will be sitting down with …
Pear VC, a VC Firm Standing Out From the Rest
After his startup, Wedding Party, was acquired by Instacart in 2015, Ajay Kamat joined Pear VC as a Partner. His reason? “Pear VC was one of Wedding Party’s investors. After …
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, and companies. They transform some of the world’s …
Why the 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 professional and personal lives. Helge focuses on the …