Posts by Blake Coleman
Founder Friday: Sequoia Capital “Adapting to Endure” – It’s time to embrace the muck
You can’t be in the tech arena and not know who Sequoia Capital is. From its first investment in Atari to some of its notable investments in names like Apple, Google, Cisco, Uber, Nvidia, Airbnb, Zoom, LinkedIn, Reddit, Instagram, Palo Alto Networks, ServiceNow, Unity Technologies, YouTube, 23andMe, Instacart, Klarna, Snowflake, Stripe, WhatsApp, Tumblr, UiPath, BitClout, Bolt, FTX, and Wiz.…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Mental Health Unicorns
Earlier this week, we shared a list of 55 Mental Health Resources for People of Color. If you spend much time online, it’s hard to miss the increased awareness of mental health. We thought we’d use this Founder Friday installment to look at the mental health startup ecosystem. Seven. By the end of 2021, there had been seven mental…
Read MoreResource Share: 55 Mental Health Resources for People of Color
It is horrible to be writing this, but in light of this weekend’s mass shooting in Buffalo and other hate crimes that have impacted people of color, we thought we would share a wonderful mental health resource for POC… Online MSW Programs / 2U, Inc.: 55 Mental Health Resources for People of Color They break resources into racial…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Atlanta’s STORD
In September of 2021, STORD became one of Atlanta’s growing list of unicorns. In today’s Founder Friday, we piece together Sean Henry and Jacob Boudreau‘s founding story and STORD’s meteoric rise. Not familiar with STORD? It is the cloud supply chain startup rapidly changing the 3PL arena… As a teenager, Sean first got the idea for STORD when he was…
Read MoreThe Online Battles Between Millennials vs. Zoomers
With Wednesday right around the corner, it’s time for a little bit of fun. If you’re a boomer or Gen Xer, you long ago made the transition from being “cool” to being “old.” Millennials are now facing a similar change, only this time the passing of the “cool” torch to Gen Z zoomers is happening…
Read MoreFounder Friday: The Most Important Things to a VC
There’s a 2015 blog post from Taiwan Startup Stadium titled “Pitching ain’t easy: Robert Neivert of 500 Startups on how to grab & keep your audience’s attention.” Pitching ain’t easy. Short. Simple. True. Pitching is even more challenging if you don’t know what motivates a VC to want to invest in your startup. So, that begs the…
Read MoreStar Wars Day 2022: May The 4th Be With You
Happy Star Wars Day! Just a quick post that we hope adds some fun to your day… USA Today shares some great ways to celebrate one of the most beloved sci-fi franchises – https://hi.switchy.io/7_P9 If you’ve ever wondered if you have more of an inner Jedi or Sith, Brainfall has you covered with this quiz…
Read MoreFounder Friday: A 2022 NFL Themed Startup Feature
Last night was the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft. And while there is a correlation between round selected and tenure in the league (ex. first round selections average 9.3 years), the average NFL career lasts 3.3 years. After that, players settle into new careers. However, this is Founder Friday, so you know we will take…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Into the Metaverse
This week, TechStartups published the article “Investors Are Throwing Big Bucks Into The Metaverse: Here’s Why.” It’s a great piece on the new frontier that is the metaverse. It got us thinking, what are the top metaverse startups to watch. Thanks to StartUs Insights, we don’t have to figure that out on our own. They identified 5 Top Metaverse…
Read MoreCandidate Experience: From Sourced Candidate to Day 0
Hire enough people or follow enough HR/talent acquisition blogs, and you’ll notice some troubling trends… Candidates going dark after previously having been engaged Candidates considering multiple opportunities “Ghosting” of interviews, or even worse, first days Acceptance of counters and/or continuing to field/negotiate offers from other roles after previously accepting your position New hires leaving before…
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