There is no cookie cutter formula to fundraising but I believe the common denominator in fundraising is perseverance. By Aihui Ong (Founder & CEO, Love With Food) Love With Food graduated from 500 Startups accelerator program about a year ago and we raised $650,000 in June of 2012. It was 3 painful months of fundraising. [...]
Posts Tagged "Startup Lessons Learned"
3 Lessons From My Failed Startup, Parceld
November 19, 2012 – 11:43 am
When I graduated, I had a choice: go get a job at a media company, or try to make Parceld a business. I chose the latter, and am so glad I did. Even if, after 7 months of dedicating myself body, mind, and spirit to the effort, I have now shut Parceld down. By Brianne [...]
Meet The Woman In Tech Who Sold Her Company To Dell For $1.4 Billion
August 28, 2012 – 8:00 am
Dell acquired co-founder Paula Long’s storage area networking company EqualLogic for $1.4 billion in 2007 – history’s largest cash payout for a venture-backed firm. By Paula Long (Co-Founder & VP Products/Strategy, EqualLogic) My path to a career in technology was not straightforward. I didn’t start out knowing what I was going to do, and I [...]
Serial Entrepreneur Shares Key Lessons From Three Startups
August 28, 2012 – 5:00 am
Meet serial entrepreneur Dr. Maha Achour at Founder Friday San Diego on September 7, 2012 at Procopio’s office – Free RSVP here. By Dr. Maha Achour (Founder & CEO, StarsVu) My passion for Physics started when I was in Algeria during my high school years. At that time, not only books and good Physics teachers [...]
Being Comfortable In Your Skin
August 27, 2012 – 10:00 am
I’m not sure where this road will lead, but I am excited to find out. By Mili Mittal (Co-Founder & CEO, mor.sl) I was on the phone with my 13-year old niece today. She recently launched her own jewelry website and 4 days post-launch was deflated by the fact that she had no customers. I’d [...]
I Can Has Co-Founder: A Tale Of Cheezburgers And K-Pop Stars
April 25, 2012 – 3:40 pm
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” – C.S. Lewis By Joyce Kim (Co-Founder, Simple Honey) I first met Eric in Tokyo (where Eric was living) on the inaugural Geeks on A Plane trip over two years ago. We quickly [...]
5 Lessons Learned Expanding Internationally (Putting The “Brit” In Eventbrite)
April 18, 2012 – 8:00 am
Join us at Founder Friday San Francisco on May 4, 2012 with host Julia Harz from Eventbrite! By Julia Hartz (Co-Founder & President, Eventbrite) Eventbrite, the online service that people everywhere use to create, share, and join any event imaginable, has been used internationally. By creating an easy-to-use product and integrating with PayPal, we have [...]
Co-Founder Breakups: Startup Lessons Learned (The Hard Way)
March 14, 2012 – 6:00 am
Learnings from the “How to Lose Co-Founders and Alienate Startups” panel at SXSW. By Dana Rosenberg (Startup Enthusiast, Self) There are any number of failure points for startups – lacking focus, scaling your product too quickly, draining capital, pursuing a derivative idea, hiring the wrong people, execution.. the list goes on. No matter how many [...]
Women Entrepreneurs: 5 Ways To Supersize Your Business
March 11, 2012 – 10:00 am
Women are starting businesses at a record rate, but the number that break a million in revenues is flat. What’s up with that? By Geri Stengel (Writer, Inc.) The startup rate of women-owned businesses is soaring while the number in the big leagues — well above $1 million in revenue — is stagnating, according to [...]
Startup Lessons Learned From A Four-Time Bridesmaid
March 8, 2012 – 5:00 am
Men can rent tuxedos, why can’t women rent bridesmaid dresses? By Corie Hardee (Founder & CEO, Little Borrowed Dress) The idea behind Little Borrowed Dress came where I do most of my best thinking: in front of my closet. Rather than deciding what to wear, I had the less glamorous task of choosing what not [...]
