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 …
Scott Dudelson: 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 Scott: Co-founder & former CEO of Swagbucks, $60M …
Why Hiring for Diversity Makes Business Sense
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 article using his words: “Oh, we look very …
Two Components Startups Need to Secure Investment
“It’s hard to imagine any aspect of our life and economy that is not open to entrepreneurial innovation, transformation or disruption.” Bill Reichert, Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, believes …
2016: Reflection and Statistics From the Year
Just like every other company out there, here at Founders Network, we’re in the midst of reflecting on the past year, and looking for ways to improve in the next. …
Mark diTargiani: Creating Trust in the Sales Process
This article is part of the fnSummit Speaker Series. Every October, Founders Network members meet in Napa Valley for 3 days and 2 nights of programming, real fireside chats, break-out …
The Top 50 Vendors Used by Startups
The following is a guest post from fnBlog Contributor David Cheng, Co-Founder/CEO of VendorStack. This post, originally posted on the VendorStack blog, provides an inforgraphic of the top 50 vendors …
Helge Hellberg: Excellence Through Coaching
This article is part of the fnSummit Speaker Series. Every October, Founders Network members meet in Napa Valley for 3 days and 2 nights of programming, real fireside chats, break-out discussions, …
From Google Ads to Craft 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 3 days and 2 nights of programming, real …