15 Women Who Led IPOs and Bagged $400 Million
Over the past five years, the number of women who have founded companies has increased substantially. Naturally, the number of...
How Entrepreneurs Can Avoid Million Dollar Legal Mistakes
When joining or building a company, it is imperative that you understand the laws around equity. As an employee, not...
Why You Should Never Sleep with a VC on the First Date
You’ve heard the age-old adage, “Taking money from a VC is like getting married.” It’s true. The average company exit—whether...
How Technology is Creating the Next Wave of Filmmakers
This year, the Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) celebrated its five-year anniversary recently, but the real celebration was amongst the...
How to Keep Your Sanity While Building Your Empire
Being an entrepreneur is like no other job. It’s not 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Some days it’s 9:00 am...
How to Stop Holding Yourself Back from Building a Billion Dollar Startup
It is true that there are fewer women than men getting funded and building billion dollar companies. The numbers are...
How Entrepreneurs Can Raise Capital with Ease
The future looks bright for early-stage companies seeking capital as we prepare to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the JOBS...
4 Steps to Prepare for an IPO
The first quarter of 2014 has experienced the largest number of IPOs in the past decade, compared to first-quarter data...
Startups: How to Silence Critics and Cultivate Fans
If you are doing anything worthwhile, you will have critics. Learn to discern between those providing valuable feedback on your...
It Is a Personality Bias | Startups and Gender
The Problem: I don’t believe there is a gender bias in the startup community but rather a personality bias. The...