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The Two Sides of Annual Upfront Payments and Multi-Year Contracts for SaaS
So, you’ve made it through minimum viable product (MVP) stage and managed to convince a few clients to pay you for your product. Hooray!...
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Why Teams Fail, Part 2: Fear of Conflict
Next in our series exploring why teams fail, we dive into the fear of conflict and why conflict can actually be good.
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5 Women Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2019
Women are creating some amazing companies these days — taking exciting, new ideas to market and snapping up VC funding in the process. A...
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How to Mentally Prepare for Startup Fundraising
If deciding to start a business of your own if the biggest financial decision you'll make, how you finance your endeavor is your second...
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Why Teams Fail, Part 1: Fear of Being Vulnerable
This is the first of a series of articles in which we discuss why teams fail and how you can prevent it from happening at your startup.
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Book Review – When: The Scientific Secrets to Perfect Timing, by Daniel Pink
We are all familiar with the expression “timing is everything.“ From ice hockey to investing, success often depends on doing things at...
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5 Things to Know Before Joining a Startup Accelerator
Startup accelerators offer an attractive funding and support option to early-stage companies. While they often get lumped together with...
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How to Calculate Potential Revenue for a Startup and Present to Investors
Some entrepreneurs think that what matters most is a disruptive product with a big potential market and that investors don’t care much...
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7 Best Small Business Accounting Software Options
Accounting software is far more powerful than Excel and should easily streamline all of your startup's finances. Here are 7 good solutions.
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5 Tips to Help You Hire for Your Startup
Hiring for your SaaS startup can be surprisingly tricky. How do you find someone who’s qualified, a good match for your company culture,...
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How to Network as an Entrepreneur
They say it’s lonely at the top, but it doesn’t have to be. Especially when so many people are going their own way in business these...
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8 Pitch Presentation Tips for Startups
Learn how to craft and deliver a startup pitch presentation you can be proud of with these 8 tips for pitching your startup to investors.
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The Art of Growing a Sustainable Tech Business
Knowify had what many SaaS startups dream about: an offer of VC funding. But the project-management software company’s response was less...
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Founder Spotlight: Q&A with Joe Floyd, Founder and CEO of InsureSign
InsureSign, an e-signature startup founded in 2011 that competes successfully with some major tech companies, recently received some...
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The 5 Best SaaS Books Every Startup Leader Should Read
We all know it’s hard for tech entrepreneurs to find time to read actual books. But there’s much wisdom on those dusty shelves, with...
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How to Make Your Tech Startup Welcoming to Women
Learn how to create an inclusive environment for women in STEM fields and lead the change in your industry.
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Why Transparency Is So Critical for Startups
“A Leader Struggles to Sell Software Meant to Aid Sales,” read the August 2014 New York Times headline about Matthew Bellows, founder and...
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Top 6 Financial Mistakes to Avoid for Startups
As a startup founder, your to-do list is never ending: hiring, culture, sales, marketing, product development, fundraising — it goes on...
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Congrats, You’ve Just Secured Funding. Now What?
This is it! The moment you’ve been waiting for through those long hours of working to translate a fledgling idea into a real business....
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Funding for Entrepreneurs from Underrepresented Communities
A recent webinar co-hosted by Lighter Capital and Founders First Capital Partners offered insight into how revenue-based financing (RBF)...
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