When it comes to raising funds for your startup, connecting with venture capitalists and angel investors is a top priority. In recent years, startup founders are increasingly turning to platforms …
Your Pitch Was Rejected? Rebounding from Investor Rejection
As an entrepreneur, you should always be ready to “fail upward.” In other words, you need to know how to recover from temporary setbacks and refocus your attention on a …
Startup COO Salary: Here’s What You Can Expect to Pay a COO for Your Startup
Of all the startup roles—content strategists, controllers, COOs, and more—the job of COO (chief operating officer) is perhaps one of the most underappreciated yet valuable. The role of the COO …
Preparing for Venture Financing with Robert Suffoletta
If you follow the headlines around startup funding, you’re likely inundated with talk of seed funding, unicorns, and supergiants. However, while much attention is often given to venture financing, the …
Developing a Winning Go-To-Market Strategy with Daniel Koppel
In May, machine vision technology developer Prospera Technologies announced it had been acquired by Valmont, a global leader in designing and manufacturing products and services for infrastructure development and agricultural …
Startup Sales Acceleration with James Watson
According to recent reports, top tech companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft spend anywhere between 6-22 percent of their revenue on sales and marketing. However, while this might be adequate …
The Agile Way to Scale with Eyal Toledano
Eyal Toledano, co-founder and CTO at Zebra Medical Vision Ltd, is an MIT-trained developer with a long history of out-of-the-box tech solutions. He recently sold Zebra, an AI machine vision …
Your Pitch Deck Is Done, But Is It Ready for Prime Time?
Tony Clemendor has been a member of Founders Network since January 2013. He’s also been a prominent FN member in our Silicon Valley Chapter. To receive peer mentorship from Tony and over 600 …
Founder-Only Roundtable ft. Roger Obando
Are you the founder of a tech startup? Join Founders Network for one of our intimate roundtable discussions featuring Roger Obando, Co-Founder and CTO of Baker Technologies. These intensive sessions …
Tools I Don’t Go Without
The following is a guest post from fnBlog Contributor Daniel Liebeskind. This post, originally posted on the Startup Destiny’s Blog. SaneBox cleans up your gmail so that you only ever have to see …
4 Biggest Blunders in Historic Business Partnerships
The following is a guest post from fnBlog Contributor Matt Faustman, Founder of UpCounsel. This post, originally posted on the UpCounsel Blog. Your business can benefit from strategic partnerships, especially when …
In a world with .XYZ, .APP, .BIKE and many more, will there still be love for .COM?
The following is a guest post from fnBlog Contributor Morgan Linton, Founder of Fashion Metric. This post, originally posted on Medium.com Some say .COM is dead, others say it will …
Trade Shows: Getting the Bang for Your Buck
No matter what industry you’re in, there is at least one event each year that seems like you should be there so you can tell your story to potential investors, …
How Teaching Electronics Made Me a Better Founder
The following is a guest post from fnBlog Contributor Jack Pien, Founder and CEO of EEME. This post, originally posted on Jameco.com. My dad was an accountant and I remember …
What is a Brand? How do we Optimize it?
Anybody who has started a company has heard this well-intended advice: “You need to build a brand!” The natural response is to question what that means – and the next …