Posts by Blake Coleman
Fast Company: 2022 Best Workplaces for Innovators
Fast Company teamed up with Accenture to compile 100 companies with cultures built to inspire creativity and innovation. And, they’re not all tech companies. There is representation from virtually every type of industry… Agtech (1) Biotech (2) Consulting (2) Consumer Packaged Goods (1) Education (3) Energy (6) Engineering (1) Entertainment (3) Financial Services (12) Fintech (4) Health &…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Climate Tech Startups
NPR recently posted, “Climate Change And Record Breaking Heat Around The World.” A few days before that article, CNN published, “Hot records are outpacing cool by more than 10-to-1 this year as Europe, US brace for dangerous heat.” MIT recently announced that they may have discovered how to reverse climate change fully through space bubbles (link to story), but that…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Stratasan – Update
We started our Founder Friday posts on LinkedIn before finally starting our blog. Back in May 2021, we featured Nashville startup Stratasan. Here is what we posted… This Founder Friday, we’re sharing a post highlighting lessons learned from the co-founder of Stratasan, Brian Dailey. Stratasan recently celebrated their 10th year being in business, a huge accomplishment for any tech startup. Brian…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Growth vs. Profitability
MRR, ARR, churn, etc. You need to know your numbers. When times aren’t as tight, you might see more emphasis on revenue vs. profitability as startups scale. But, in 2022 and the near term, profitability is vital for startups hoping to lure investment dollars. Hockey stick revenue growth is the goal for every startup. One…
Read MoreAtlanta will not continue to grow after the ’96 Olympics… they really nailed that one, ha!
In 1996, the world came to Atlanta as the host of the Olympic Games. It was amazing not only for Atlanta or Georgia but for the entire region. Some said the growth would level off or slow leading up to the Olympics. Well, that’s been far from the case. Recently the Washington Post published the article Atlanta Has More Going for It…
Read MoreFounder Friday: What Cap Tables Tell Investors (SVB)
If you’re a founder and haven’t read Silicon Valley Bank‘s “How to Tell the Story of Your Startup’s Cap Table,” you need to pause and look at this 5-minute read. Why? Well, here are a few high-level points they expand on… Your cap table has signals of interest to investors (ex., when you seek financing, hiring, or…
Read MoreCB Insights 164 Biggest Product Failures of All Time
We are huge fans of CB Insights. They produce some of the best information on the state of startups and startup retrospectives. In October 2021, CB Insights published a fantastic piece titled “When Corporate Innovation Goes Bad — The 164 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time.” They grouped them into the following categories… Apparel & Wearables…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Are biotech startups a bull or a bear?
We do a lot tied to supporting digital health startups, so keeping up with what’s happening related to healthcare startup transactions is second nature. If you missed it this week, Crunchbase posted, “Which Startup Sectors Are The Bulls And Bears In 2022’s Sluggish VC Market?.” The article identified three sectors as bulls and three as bears related…
Read MoreThe machines; they’re alive! – Blake Lemoine & Google LaMDA
You’ve probably seen a recent article about Google engineer Blake Lemoine working on Google LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications), claiming that it had become sentient (AI capable of experiencing feelings and sensations). We even went through the full transcript and read it for ourselves (we dare you to read it and not at least have a pause). Lemoine leaked the conversation after…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Celebrating LGBTQ+ Founders & VCs
We couldn’t have Pride Month pass without featuring some of the top LGBTQ+ founders and VCs on Founder Friday. We did the heavy lifting for you and curated some of the best articles we found celebrating the LGBTQ+ startup world… First, we recommend checking out PitchBook‘s “33 LGBTQ+ founders, entrepreneurs and VCs you should know.” You’ll see organizations and platforms you know…
Read More