If you are aspiring to start a “startup” or if you have already started, by now you should know that the other side is not filled with rainbows and butterflies. Starting something on your own is a daunting task and being successful requires lot of hard work. The biggest mistake many young founders do is...Read More

If you are an entrepreneur  with a startup idea, there is a great probability that you’re looking for investors to fund your business. There are several options for a startup to get funded like bootstrapping, angel investing, venture capitals, crowdfunding etc. But, have you ever heard about Venture Debt? Unlike venture capital, venture debt is a...Read More

This post was written by Erica Swallow and originally appeared on Rocket Space. Even if you’ve raised your first or second round as an entrepreneur, venture capital can seem like a foreign world. Where entrepreneurs spend their days executing upon their own ideas, venture capitalists spend their days evaluating the ideas of others. With less than...Read More

This post was written by Brittany Hodak and originally appeared on Rocket Space. As the adage goes, when everything is a priority, nothing is a priority. Founders and CEOs face a daily barrage of situations that must quickly be assessed, prioritized and dealt with. Although adding anything new to a maxed-out to-do list can seem...Read More

This post is written by Michael Goldstein and originally appeared on Wired. IN AN ACQUISITION-HAPPY environment, many in the tech world believe that corporations and startups can’t form mutually beneficial relationships without one ultimately buying out the other. In fact, startups that are adamant on keeping their identity and building their own reputation are often...Read More

It is now evident that corporates cannot go forward without innovating. The processes that once worked do not help to capture future customers anymore. Startups all over the world have figured out better solutions that can outrun traditional corporate giants. To survive the waves of industry disruption, the only solution for corporates is to think...Read More

This post was written by Kelli Newman and originally appeared on Medium.  No matter the product or service, all successful startups are essentially collections of talented people working together toward a shared mission. Your idea could be “the next Facebook,” but if you can’t attract people to help build, sell, and operate the idea, it can...Read More

This post is written by Jeremiah Owyang and originally appeared on NewcoShift. Large, established companies are trying on various programs to foster new innovations in an attempt to find the best way to change course for their big ships. These established companies are struggling to keep up with fast-paced, venture-backed startups that are changing customer expectations — and often...Read More