“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 …
fnIRL 2018 | Announcing Our First 1-Day Global Conference!
We’re pleased to announce our first one day global conference, fnIRL 2018! Located in the heart of downtown San Francisco, fnIRL will include 100+ tech founders and 20+ investors, and will …
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 …
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 …
Growth Lessons from Ethan Agarwal
Ethan Agarwal founded Aaptiv in 2015. If you haven’t heard of the mobile fitness app, then you aren’t one of the 200,000 users who have subscribed in the last 2 …
Fundraising Prep for Tech Startup Founders
About Daniel Hoffer Daniel Hoffer, member of our June ’13 Cohort, is the former founder of Couchsurfing ($25M Raised, 15M Customers Globally), investor, advisor, and strategic general management professional with …
Self-Care for Tech Startup Founders
About Dr. Alexandra Greenhill Alexandra Greenhill, M.D., member of our March ’15 Cohort and founder of careteam.tech, is an award winning physician, health leader, tech CEO and one of WXN’s …
User Acquisition is Like a Campfire
About Luke Ahn Luke Ahn, member of our January ’17 Cohort and founder of Fronto (http://www.fronto.co/), has raised $40M and scaled Fronto to 80 employees and 18M downloads in 20+ …
How Tech Founders Can Become Fundable
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 …
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, …
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 …