Posts Tagged ‘Raising Capital’
Founder 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 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 MoreFounders Friday: Women in VC
It’s another Women’s History Month-themed Founders Friday. Today’s feature is Women in VC. But what is Women in VC? Formally known as the Global Women in VC Directory, Women in VC is the largest community for female VCs. According to their application to join, the “directory is intended to increase collaboration, share deal flow, create connections, and provide more…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Melanie Perkins & Canva
Sticking with our Women’s History Month theme, today’s Founder Friday features Melanie Perkins, co-founder of Canva. For those that don’t create graphic and social media content, Cava is the “it” SaaS solution. Melanie’s story is awesome! Enjoy… The idea for Cavna came to her dating back to 2006. It was born out of the pain of teaching InDesign and Photoshop to…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Women in Startups
We thought we’d kick off Women’s History Month by sharing some great articles looking at the state of women in startups. The first place we’ll point you to is PitchBook‘s “81 female founders and investors to know.” They break down founders by focus area, which we like. Also, of the listed women, a good portion is investors, so…
Read MoreFounder Friday: The Launch of Black@
When our company first opened its doors, we primarily used LinkedIn to share our Founder Friday series. In January of 2021, we featured a startup from our hometown of Greenville, SC, Bandwagon. And while we love to celebrate what Bandwagon and their Founder & CEO, Harold Hughes, have built, Harold has a new initiative that we are excited…
Read MoreFounder Friday: PitchBook’s 66 Black founders and investors to watch in 2022
We are just past the midpoint of 2022’s Black History Month. Keeping with that theme, today we share PitchBook‘s recent post highlighting “66 Black founders and investors to watch in 2022.” PitchBook is one of our favorite resources for private market intelligence. Their blog is a “must follow” if you are in the startup world. So, if…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Black Founders Fund
Our Founder Friday posts will be celebrating Black History Month throughout the month. Today, we kick it off by taking a deeper look at the Black Founders Fund. One of the non-profits we proudly support is Goodie Nation. In 2020, Goodie Nation teamed up with Google for Startups to distribute $10M in non-dilutive funding (funding without giving up any equity) to 125+ Black-led…
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…
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