Startup Posts

4 rooms. 12 hours. Still oversubscribed.

Here is the map of who does what.

One founder. One story. Five minutes. Good luck.

The most important product of the last 20 years—the iPhone—launched wildly imperfectly.

Pivoting is just quitting in a hoodie.

The most blunt advice I can give you is to assume your startup will die, then fight relentlessly to keep it alive.

Startups are hard. The data proves it.

Compound companies are those that integrate multiple products into a cohesive, interconnected suite.

Polarizing startup ideas tend to be the ones that provide outsized results.

Yes, you can crowdfund and still build a successful company, but not a high-growth, venture-scale startup.

…unless you have a unique insight or an unfair advantage.

Here's the template for a 5 Minute Pitch.

Startups without existential urgency don't win.

I wish someone had told me this when I built my first product.

If you are fundraising or thinking about fundraising for your startup, you need to read this report.

The average salary in startups has increased by 5% year-over-year.

Fundraising for your startup? There's seasonality in Venture Capital.

“…and then used my dad’s credit card (with permission, I think?)…”

That’s the question Techstars Managing Director Katie Rae would ask us every week.

Q1 2024: 1,064 total rounds and $16.3B in cash raised.

Spotlight market savvy, startup originality, and dynamic team synergy.