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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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Lighter Capital’s Third Year on the Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Companies
Lighter Capital has for the third consecutive year been name to the Inc. 5000 list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the...
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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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6 Steps to Creating Effective Content for Your SaaS Startup
Do more with less. Follow these simple steps to create great content that actually helps grow your SaaS startup and achieve your goals.
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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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A Supreme Court Decision SaaS Companies Need to Know
Head’s up, SaaS leaders. Sales tax laws are changing, and smart companies will change with them. On June 21st, a U.S. Supreme Court...
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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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How Knowify Found the Perfect Source of Funding
Marc Visent, CEO of Knowify, and Allen Johnson, Chief Investment Officer at Lighter Capital, recently joined Intuit’s Developer...
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Getting Your Startup’s Financial House in Order
Why is it essential for startups to have their financials in order? This was the topic of a recent webinar that featured a lively...
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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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How Visible.vc Got Startup Funding in 15 Days
Last October, Visible.vc came to Lighter Capital looking for an injection of capital to scale their business. The Chicago-based company...
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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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How to Market Like a Human
It’s tempting to think that our customers are rational – that they make logical decisions about what to buy and why. But since when have...
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$100 Million Invested in Startups!
We’re thrilled to share our latest milestone — on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, we reached $100M in investments. That’s $100 million we’ve...
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5 Things We Learned at SaaStr Annual 2018
Lighter Capital was a Gold Sponsor of the event again this year – here are some of the key takeaways from our team.
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First Lighter Capital Client Jive Communications Acquired by LogMeIn
We’re thrilled to share that our first Lighter Capital client, Jive Communications, has been acquired by LogMeIn for up to $375M....
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Lighter Capital Client TruClinic Acquired by InTouch Health
Last month, InTouch Health announced it is buying Lighter Capital client TruClinic, which specializes in providing consumer online...
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11 Tips for SaaStr Annual 2018
How do you make sure you get real ROI from a big conference such as SaaStr Annual? Our experts gave 11 tips during a recent webinar.
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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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10 Must Follow Sites & Blogs for SaaS Entrepreneurs
SaaS entrepreneurs have no problem finding advice online. Blogging about how to succeed in this corner of the tech industry is...
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The Startup’s Guide to Hiring a Lawyer
Startups tend to have “DIY” in their DNA. Founders are likely to find themselves changing the copier toner or fixing a leaky faucet in...
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New $15 Million Fund for Intuit QuickBooks Developers
Today we’re thrilled to announce a new $15 million fund to support Intuit developers and the QuickBooks platform. Working with Intuit, we...
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