A Little Revenue Is Worse Than No Revenueby Stuart BrentIn the startup world, payment is validation. If someone is willing to pay you for your service, you’re onto something. If no one will pay you, then you’ve got an issue with your message, your offer, product/market fit, something.Continue
6 Questions To Ask a Corporate VC When Fundraisingby She WorxThere are an incredible amount of dollars invested in corporations, and increasingly, corporations are recognizing the disruptive power of smaller startups. How should you approach corporate VCs? What questions should you come prepared to ask?Continue
4 Things I Wish I’d Known as a First-Time Entrepreneurby Elise MitchellEntrepreneurship demands more grit than glamour. As any professional on the other side of the uphill challenge knows, success often means making mistakes, bravely picking up the pieces, and trying again. The process is equal parts grueling and exhilarating.Continue
Startup Acquisition Process: The Magic Behind the Merge — Interview with Jason Nazar, Founder of Docstocby Wil SchroterDocstoc co-Founder and CEO Jason Nazar shares his perspective of the acquisition process and the questions that every Founder should ask before closing the deal. Continue
Why You’d Make A Terrible Angel Investorby Tucker MaxI started angel investing almost by accident, which sounds strange to say. Who “accidentally” invests tens of thousands of dollars into highly speculative ventures? Well, I did.Continue
Could Small Businesses Save a Small State? One Company Thinks So — Interview with Dan White, CEO and Co-Founder of Localvoreby Emma McGowanVermont is one of the many small states that is struggling to find it's feet in the post-agricultural, post-industrial, post-Recession world. But it has one big unfair advantage going for it: An ingrained buy-local ethos. And Dan White and his company, Localvore, are counting on that.Continue
Growing Fast and Growing Wrong — Interview with David Hauser, Founder of Grasshopper and Chargify, on Company Cultureby Emma McGowanDavid Hauser recently sold his company, Grasshopper, for $165 million -- but they almost didn't make it to the acquisition. Here he talks about how one really big mistake almost sunk his company long before they were ready to sell.Continue
Done is Better than Perfect – An Interview with Jeff Bullas on Productivityby Sujan PatelContent marketing influencer and social media strategist Jeff Bullas talks about how he stays productive while writing, speaking, and launching new training courses.Continue
Heat-Seeking Missile: WePay’s Journey to Product-Market Fit — Interview with Rich Aberman, Co-Founder of Wepayby Katie ParrottIn 2014, WePay co-Founders Rich Aberman and his co-Founder Bill Clerico were making great progress with their direct-to-merchant business. And they were doing everything in their power to kill it. Continue
Protect What You’ve Built: Jason Ross and the Story of JackThreadsby Katie ParrottJackThreads Founder Jason Ross takes us inside what happens when you sell the company you built from the ground up – and what comes after. Continue