The Founder Journey
These posts focus on the challenges and experience of being a founder:
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These posts focus on the challenges and experience of being a founder:
There is a startup I cofounded that almost no one knows about. This is the story of Project Stag.
There’s growing evidence that spending time away from work — particularly in nature — not only has a powerful effect on our health and well-being but improves our productivity.
Last week, YC doubled the number of batches it's running each year. Here's what that's good news for founders.
When I graduated from Stanford more than 20 years ago, nobody aspired to "be a VC".
How often do you meet someone new and within 10 seconds get the feeling that they’re a transactional person?
As an early-stage investor, velocity is the #1 thing I’m trying to measure when I meet with founders.
The relationship between a founder and an investor can last 10 years or more. Just like any long-term relationship, you need to put in effort to stay aligned.
If your goal as a founder is to build a world-changing company you need to put yourself in the best position to run an epic, decade-long marathon. Which means you need to treat yo’ self!
Like fundraising, getting acquired is something most founders only do once (if ever). Here are 5 ways you can improve the outcome of an M&A process.
Many people fall into the trap of thinking that, in order to grow in our professional lives, we must be uncomfortable at work. What really matters is that we challenge ourselves somewhere, somehow in some aspect of our lives.
I had a front-row seat for the rise and fall of MySpace. This critical mistake that MySpace made is still relevant to founders today.
Here are 5 new habits that every founder can begin this week to start the new year off strong.
Startups are a marathon, not a sprint. Long-term success requires you to pace yourself. It’s essential that you uncover the things that deplete your energy and what you need to replenish it. You need to find your recharge.
The journey of a founder often feels like a series of trials of worthiness. And no experience embodies this more than fundraising.
It was 2012. My cofounder and I were huddled around a laptop pitching Brad Feld, the "final boss" in our quest to secure a term sheet from Foundry Group.
It's been nearly 15 years since I founded DataHero. To this day, I viscerally remember how I was treated by each and every investor I met. All founders do.