Choosing a startup advisor is not about finding the most famous entrepreneur you can reach. It is about finding someone whose...

Getting an investor excited in a pitch is hard enough. What surprises many founders is what comes next. The investor says...

A founder might hear, “Find a mentor.”Another person might say, “You need an advisor.”Then an investor might say, “You need funding.”...

Investors look for signs that a founder could become a risk to the business or the investment. Unrealistic valuation expectations, weak...

Start with a valuation you can support with facts. Know your revenue, growth, customers, market, margins and comparable companies, and be...

Investors look at a startup in terms of evidence, potential and risk. They examine what the company has achieved so far,...

A startup cap table, or capitalization table, shows who owns a company and how much they own. It records founders, investors,...

A startup can have a strong product, a growing market and early customer interest and still fail to convince an investor....

Securing funding is one of the biggest milestones in a startup’s journey. However, raising capital is not just about finding an...