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2019 was the year of normal businesses masquerading as tech companies. Here's...
Steve Sarracino, founder and partner at Activant Capital, told Business Insider that the theme of 2019 was non-tech businesses masquerading as tech companies. While almost any modern business will be...
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Startup founders think the balance of power will shift back towards investors...
A study conducted by First Round Capital, a prominent early stage venture firm in Silicon Valley, found that 70% of startup founders predict that investors will be calling the shots for venture deals...
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Cannabis startup founders share 4 critical lessons they learned while raising...
Cannabis startups— both cannabis-tech and 'plant-touching' — have to get creative to raise money since THC is federally illegal in the US.Most large venture funds still won't touch the industry, so...
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Companies like Google and Microsoft are making big investments in startups...
Big tech giants like Google's parent company Alphabet, Microsoft, and Samsung have made investments in digital health companies looking to disrupt the healthcare industry. In October, CB Insights...
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THE STATE OF STARTUPS: An extensive survey of founders and their employees...
First Round Capital, a prominent early-stage venture firm in Silicon Valley, released its fifth annual State of Startups report, which outlined predictions from startup founders and employees on trends...
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Top investors from one of the earliest cannabis-focused funds share their 3...
Poseidon Asset Management partners Emily and Morgan Paxhia know a thing or two about what makes a successful pitch.As partners at one of the most active cannabis-specific investment funds, the brother...
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HOW TO START A BUSINESS: The ultimate guides for founders on launching a...
Entrepreneurship doesn't come with a rule book.If you're planning to start your first business in 2020, these guides will help you launch a startup, raise capital, and dominate the market.They include...
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Seattle's tech scene raised a record $3.51 billion in funding in 2019 — here...
While best known as the headquarters of Amazon and Microsoft, experts believe the Seattle area is on the precipice of a major startup boom because of a confluence of factors including a critical mass...
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Tech investors are betting big on Generation Z-focused consumer startups in...
Investors are anticipating ramping up investing in consumer startups in 2020 as the young Gen Z'ers start coming into real purchasing power after graduating college.The shift towards consumer investing...
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A startup sector slowdown in 2020 could be unexpectedly bad news for the tech...
If the startup sector cools off in 2020 it could be bad news for tech giants.Bank of America analyzed six key startups that IPO'd in 2019 and found that the growth of their total ad spend is rapidly...
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WeWork and other top startups were cut down to size in 2019. This VC thinks...
Some of the biggest private or recently private tech companies — including Uber, WeWork, and Slack — saw their valuations slashed in 2019.Dozens of other unicorns— private companies with a valuation of...
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The first-time founder's ultimate guide to pitching a VC and getting funding...
Entrepreneurship can feel like an uphill battle.This guide for first-time company founders pitching venture capitalists will make it a little easier.We asked experts — entrepreneurs and investors — to...
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How to build a pitch deck that will wow investors in 2020, featuring a...
Entrepreneurship is hard enough, and pitching your startup to investors can feel like a performance. In addition to showcasing your public speaking abilities, you'll also have to flaunt your design...
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California's new contractor law goes into effect this week, taking aim at...
On Wednesday, a new California law reclassifying part-time "gig workers" as employees will go into effect after state legislators voted to approve it in September.Assembly Bill 5 was opposed by...
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Venture capitalists reveal the startups that changed everything in the last...
It's been an eventful decade in the startup world. The rise of smartphones, online marketplaces, the sharing economy, and cheap access to the cloud have enabled entirely new business models — some more...
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Europe's tech ecosystem is finally bucking the doubters who say it can never...
European tech has seen a major inflow of capital over the past five years, but the growing pool of human talent is just as important for the maturation of the ecosystem.A combination of better...
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A former Harvard professor who's studied 16,000 startups says anticipating...
It's important for startup founders to anticipate likely challenges before they launch their business.That's according to Noam Wasserman, a former Harvard Business School professor and the current dean...
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How to sell your startup in 2020 for a boatload of cash, from founders who...
There's no set way to sell a business successfully.We asked founders who have done it to share best practices and common pitfalls to avoid, and to provide best practices and war stories in exclusive...
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The first-time founder's ultimate guide to navigating a term sheet and...
Raising venture capital isn't easy, but we've made it simpler with our comprehensive guide to understanding the language on a term sheet.Below are tips from founders, investors, and lawyers, plus other...
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The 19 billion-dollar startups to watch that are revolutionizing healthcare...
2019 was a critical year for biotech and healthcare startups, with an unprecedented number of them making the leap from private to public and more considering making the jump in 2020. There are 19...
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