The market has ‘switched’ and founders have the power now, VCs say
The way venture capitalists think about fundraising can be a black box. But investors must think about their go-to-market strategy…
From the NFL to Startup Battlefield: How Alltroo built a brand that wins
On season one of Build Mode: Product, Meet Market, we explore what it really takes to get your…
The No.1 reason startups fail in the first two years, according to a VC
Concept Ventures was an early investor in billion dollar AI firm Eleven Labs. Reece Chowdhury A venture capitalist…
A Young VC Is Deploying a Bold Strategy for Investing in AI Startups.
At just 29, Brian Zhan, who practices what he describes as “nerdy investing,” has already made early bets…
Founder Nicole Bernard Dawes encourages employees to unplug from work, says ‘They didn’t sign up to be entrepreneurs’
Amid the raging work-life balance debate and as Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy reignited the 72-hour workweek row,…
Founder of $100 million company never unplugs from work, but encourages her team to have work-life balance: ‘They didn’t sign up to be entrepreneurs’
Founders can find it hard to step away from work when their company rests on their shoulders. The…
At an AI Conference, Attendees Were Asked Which Startup They Would Short.
In a city obsessed with betting on the next big thing, the Cerebral Valley AI Conference turned that…
Small Business: Piq aims to reshape how Kiwis drink their daily coffee
What inspired you to start the business? I thought about starting Piq almost two years ago now, and…
Bending Spoons Cofounders Become Billionaires After Italian Startup Raises At $11 Billion Valuation
Bending Spoon’s Luca Ferrari and his three cofounders started to acquire apps back in 2014. Fresh from signing…
Europe Venture Fund Lakestar Calls Halt On New Startup Bets
Facebook, Spotify and Revolut investor Klaus Hommels says that his fund Lakestar has closed its door to external…
Founder of $100 million company says she quit her day job to rebuild her father’s Cape Cod chip empire—and there ‘wasn’t time’ to worry about nepotism
Serial entrepreneur Nicole Bernard Dawes seemed destined to build million-dollar food brands. As a kid, she grew up…
Slow Ventures Broke Its Own Rule in Promoting Yoni Rechtman to Partner
In 2022, when Yoni Rechtman’s boss asked where he wanted to be in five years, the newly hired…