Posts Tagged ‘Startups’
2025 Startup Funding: A Temp Check on Hot Sectors, Investor Moods, and the IPO Thaw
Remember the rollercoaster of SaaS funding? The dizzying highs, the sudden drops? Well, grab your thermometer – it’s 2025, and we’re taking the temperature of the startup funding scene. Is it a feverish boom again, or a lingering chill? The answer, as you’ll see, is a bit more nuanced, a careful warming trend with some…
Read MoreFounder Friday: What Does CB Insights’ Tech Valuations Report 2022 Recap Tell Us?
Have you seen the CB Insights Tech Valuations Report recapping 2022? If not, you need to (it is free to download). Here were some things we took away from it… If anything, the CB Insights report shows there is no universal truth on valuations and available capital. There are subsets in every series that are…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Patents – Do You Need One & When Should You File?
You have worked hard to develop something the likes have never been seen before. You are certain it is revolutionary and will be in great demand, and you want to protect your startup from having its innovation stolen/replicated. You are confident that what you need is to patent your invention. So now what? We will…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Top Universities for Startup Founders
If you have followed our blog, you know how big of a fan we are of PitchBook. Yearly in Q4, they release their university rankings for colleges producing the most startup founders. 2022’s list shot up from a Top 50 to a Top 100. Here are some of the things you can garner from their…
Read MoreFounder Friday: The PayPal Mafia
We are sure you’ve heard of the PayPal Mafia, but do you know the 14 people credited as their original members? Today’s Founder Friday focuses on the famous Silicon Valley mafioso and the companies and VC firms they created post-eBay acquisition. When you look at the companies they helped create, the number of tech giants…
Read MoreFounder Friday: AdTech Trends & Emerging Startups
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, it’s hard to miss all the tech layoff news (Twitter, Meta, etc.). A common theme as to why they are occurring is declining profits due to decreased ad spending. At the same time, there are numerous reports out there pointing to increased allocation of ad spending on digital…
Read MoreFounder Friday: DoorDash
At the time of DoorDash’s IPO on 12/9/2020, the company had a valuation of $32.4B. By the end of its first day of trading, that valuation increased to $71.3B dollars. And though the market cap currently sits at $18.38B, it’s still not a bad return on the $2.5B they raised in funding. So what’s DoorDash’s…
Read MoreFounder Friday: What Spooks A Startup Founder
Did you think we’d miss the opportunity to tie Halloween in with Founder Friday? So in keeping with the theme, what spooks a startup founder? As we like to do, we did the research, as well as added some founders have shared with us, to come up with this frightful list that keeps founders up…
Read MoreUnderstanding Equity When Considering A Role
One way startups attract great talent is by issuing equity as part of their compensation package. Today, we’ll pull from different sources to paint a full understanding of what you need to know about equity as you consider job opportunities. Common Stock Odds are the equity you are offered will fall into the common stock…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Top US Incubators & Accelerators in the US
Many startups’ paths start with being part of an incubator or accelerator. There are great resources like the post MassChallenge published, Accelerators vs Incubators: How to Choose the Right One, that helps outline the difference between the two. Today, however, we will focus on a list of resources to help identify the key players in…
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