3 Surefire Ways to Ensure Your Startup Won't Fail

Our March Los Angeles City Meetup speaker is a serial entrepreneur who sold her first business for $20 million. She shares the lessons she’s learned so far. By Nellie Akalp (CEO & Owner, CorpNet.com) How many of us have wished that we could go back in time...
How to Make Sense of Conflicting Startup Advice

How to Make Sense of Conflicting Startup Advice

Chances are you’ve received a ton of advice… and some of it may be conflicting. So how do you know what to do? By Mark Suster (Entrepreneur turned VC) This post originally appeared on Both Sides of the Table. Everybody has a blog these days and there is much...
5 Key Steps to Landing Funding From Your Dream VC

5 Key Steps to Landing Funding From Your Dream VC

When asking for money from a venture capitalist, remember that VCs are humans too. Sales are a meaningful transaction between two human beings, so the only way to raise money from a VC is to make it clear in your pitch that you are offering them something of value....