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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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, …
How to Protect Your Cap Table: Investor Take
We sat one VP, two VC’s, a lawyer, two founders and a banker down on a couch and called it The Path to Payday, our Spring Social. What began as a …
June Roundup: Docker partners with Hewlitt Packard, and Pythagoras Pizza expands UberRUSH
Lots to report from June on our 500+ founders. Solomon Hykes has been busy partnering Docker with Hewlitt Packard Enterprise, while Evan Kuo’s Pythagoras Pizza helped grow UberRUSH. More highlights: Rafael Jimenez …
Registration for 2016 Founders Network Summit Now Open
> Early bird registration for the 2016 fnSummit is now open! > Dates for this year’s Napa Valley Retreat: October 19th – 21st > 2016 Program Features An Extra …
Introducing the January ’16 Cohort of Tech Startup Founders
The exceptional founders who join us for the first month of 2016 represent experience across 20 startups. We welcome as both business and technical founders with a collective $12M in …
January News: Wonolo Raises $5.7M, Pley Acquires SparkBox & LoungeBuddy Partners with TripIt
Another big month for our 600+ tech founders here at Founders Network. Headlining this month’s newsmakers was AJ Brustein (July ’14 Cohort) who announced a $5.7M funding. Wonolo’s investors include …
December News: Rounds raised, partnerships forged and a timely toast
Across the network, we grew to 600 members who have collectively raised over $250 million. Over 4,000 posts kept the forum and its founders-only conversation at the heart of our …
Introducing the December ’15 Cohort of Tech Startup Founders
The eleven founders who join us this month represent experience across 25 startups, ranging from teen entrepreneurship to the Fortune 100 and from the White House to corporate Russia. A …