Posts Tagged ‘Founder Friday’
Founder Friday: Entrata’s Founder Did What?!
A couple of weeks ago, we shared the story of Better.com’s Vishal Garg’s Zoom firing of 900 employees. It was a colossal misstep that cost Vishal his job. They say misery loves company, so today, we’re sharing a story that emerged this week of yet another founder doing the unthinkable. This time we head to Silicon Slopes.…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Did Reddit Have Two or Three Co-Founders?
Reddit is set to have its IPO at the beginning of 2022. That makes it the perfect time to feature them on Founder Friday. Often, Reddit is credited as having three co-founders, but is that accurate? The answer is yes and no. Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman had come up with the idea their senior year at the University of…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Code.org’s Hadi Partovi
It’s CSEdWeek, so we thought we’d stick with that theme for today’s Founder Friday, featuring Code.org‘s Hadi Partovi. No organization has done more to help champion computer science at the K-12 level. Hadi’s story is truly an example of the American Dream realized. Hadi was born in Tehran, Iran. When he was two, his family moved to the U.S. so…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Choosing the Right Investor
Inc. recently published an article, How to Choose the Right Investor, According to a Coffee Entrepreneur Who Raised $100 Million. In it, Cometeer co-founder Matthew Roberts shares his insights on how to vet potential investors. Some of the key takeaways were… They need to be engaged and interested in your mission What value do they add outside of capital Carta has a…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Joey Womack & Goodie Nation
With GivingTuesday just around the corner (11/30/2021 to be exact), today’s Founder Friday highlights one of the non-profits we support, Goodie Nation, and their founder Joey Womack. Goodie Nation is a non-profit focused on helping underserved and underrepresented founders, “especially those who are people of color, women, or aren’t located in coastal financial centers.” We first heard Joey’s story during a…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Rivian’s RJ Scaringe
On Wednesday, we covered major tech news that had occurred over the past week. One of the stories we linked was on Rivian’s IPO, a price that made it the most successful US-based IPO since Facebook. But, long before Rivian became a $76.4 billion company, its founder, RJ Scaringe, launched Mainstream Motors using his father’s engineering facility in Florida. Today’s Founder Friday shares…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Female Founder Funding (Say That Three Times Fast)
In today’s Founder Friday, women take the lead. TechCrunch posted a story on Wednesday titled “Female founders are making a buzzing, venture-backed comeback.” Using data from our favorite startup data provider, PitchBook, TechCrunch noted that… 2021 funding of female founders has nearly doubled the 2019 total $40.04 billion has been invested in US-headquartered, female-founded startups Startup board appointments…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Crescent Startup Community & The City We Call Home
We all know the saying, home is where the heart is. That’s why for this week’s Founder Friday installment, we’re sharing some exciting news hot off the presses here in our hometown of Greenville, SC. Unfamiliar with Greenville? It routinely is listed as one of America’s best small cities/best cities to live, receives countless accolades for its food…
Read MoreFounder Friday: What you should hire and when
This month, Forbes released their Forbes 400, which ranks the wealthiest Americans in 2021. Along with that release, they also had a story, The Richest U.S. Tech Billionaires On The 2021 Forbes 400 List. 80 tech billionaires, or 20%, are tied to tech. While we can all dream and a few will succeed, many of the listed entrepreneurs started…
Read MoreFounder Friday: The State of Startups in the Southeast 2021 – Panoramic Ventures
If you’ve followed the tech startup scene in Atlanta, it’s nearly impossible not to know who BIP Capital is and the companies they’ve helped to build both in Atlanta and the Southeast at large. BIP’s State of Startups reports has been a favorite of ours. So, when BIP announced that their venture capital arm would be rebranded/relaunched…
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