The Startup Finance Blog

Knowing how to write an elevator pitch that works can mean the difference between closing a lead or securing an investment for your business. Here's everything you need to know to master your elevator pitch.

In this business book review, we look at The Silo Effect, authored by Gillian Tett. This isn’t your standard business book, it presents serious analysis of companies and institutions that have suffered from the silo effect.

In a startup, where staff is limited and time is of the essence, it’s important to make meetings as efficient as possible. Here are 7 tips for ensuring that your meetings are worth their time.

In this business book review, we look at Blitzscaling, in which authors Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh discuss "The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies."

All growing startups reach a point when they need to find the right domain and TLD for their brand. An increasingly popular option is the .io domain extension, but we're often asked, “What does .io mean?” and “Should I use the .io domain for my startup?” We answer all these questions and more.

Many business books romanticize the act of running a business or being a CEO, but in The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Ben Horowitz takes the opposite tack.

Personal productivity methods can be complex and challenging, making them difficult to follow. Bullet journal makes productivity simple, flexible and effective.

Many high-concept business books present amorphous ideas about how to succeed in business, but Growth IQ by Tiffani Bova is extremely concrete.