Posts by Blake Coleman
The 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…
Read MoreFounder Friday: What Should a Startup Outsource?
It’s no secret that founders and startup team members have to wear a lot of hats (could there be a bigger understatement?). And look, if you’re a founder and you are pitching investors, they want you to know your business inside and out. That doesn’t mean, however, that you should wear every hat. After all,…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Some Favorite Blog Posts From Leading Startup Accelerators
You might recall seeing the Founder Friday we did “Fantastic Lists for Startup Resources.” This week, we share some “can’t miss” blog posts from some of the top startup accelerators… Techstars Entrepreneur’s Toolkit 20 topics covering ideation, pitching, KPIs, DE&I initiatives, founder mental health, and more. Everything is broken down into a short series of videos, and…
Read MoreiMAGINE Upstate 2022
We’re going to take a minute to feature something from our hometown of Greenville, SC. This past Saturday (4/2/2022), the iMAGINE Upstate festival was held. It’s an annual event designed to showcase pre-K-12 STEAM education and career pathways, so you know it’s something our team loves. The program is part of South Carolina’s Coalition for Mathematics & Science (SCCMS) at Clemson…
Read MoreFounders Friday: This Tech Giant Launched On April Fools’ Day & That’s No Joke
This Founders Friday takes us to Silicon Valley on April 1, 1976. That’s right, April Fools’ Day. The startup founded on that day would be no laughing matter, however. It would become one of the most dominant and most profitable companies the world has ever known. So what company’s birthday is today? It’s none other than Apple. We’re not going to…
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