Fundraising for Your Startup? Put These on Your Must-Read List.
Founders raising any type of capital are, by nature, voracious researchers and learners, and take advice from wherever they can get it. If that’s you, you also likely have a long reading list that falls into this category. Do yourself a favor and add a few of...
How To Nail Your Next Salary Negotiation
It’s important to know what you’re worth ahead of time—and always negotiate unless the company tells you that they won’t budge. Not long ago, one of our candidates at Edvo called me to say she’d accepted a job offer from a company she’d been hoping would...
NEVERTHELESS: A Film About Sexual Harassment, Privilege and More
Taking a look behind the headlines of #MeToo and Time’s Up, NEVERTHELESS follows the intimate stories of 7 individuals who have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace or school context. From a writer’s assistant on a top TV show to a Tech CEO and 911...
The Next Generation of Investors: Crowdfunding, Syndicates, and New Ways of Raising Money
As part of our Founders + Funders SF 2019 summit, held in partnership with Seneca VC, we brought together an exciting group of startup founders and investors for a day of learning, networking and growth. We had a lively discussion around alternative forms of financing...
Think Cupcakes: A Quick Refresher on Lean Startup
As part of our Founders + Funders SF 2019 summit, held in partnership with Seneca VC, we brought together an exciting group of startup founders and investors for a day of learning, networking and growth. Janice Fraser, Partner at Seneca VC and Lean Startup...
Unexpected Questions that Drive us as Founders
As a startup founder, questions provide the fuel to my work every day. What happened with this email chain? Did I respond to the request for more details? Why is this feature not working on my site? Is this all worth it? Wait, why did I ask...
Unshackled Ventures: Backing Immigrants, Minorities, and Underestimated Founders
As part of our Founders + Funders SF 2019 summit, held in partnership with Seneca VC, we brought together an exciting group of startup founders and investors for a day of learning, networking and growth. Melissa Moore, General Partner at Seneca VC, sat down for a...
Lessons on Skills Transfer from a Biotechnologist-turned-COO (and Co-Founder)
Amel Bendali is no stranger to hard work. With initial training as an engineer in biotechnology and with a PhD in Neuroscience, she’s now COO and Co-Founder at Inorevia, where she’s mainly in charge of business development, marketing and HR management....