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The Startup Engineering Better Tasting Chickens
There's a new player in the poultry game. We are at the beginning stages of a complete remix of the food industry. As population climbs and agriculture struggles to keep up, change is inevitable. As the most consumed meat in the world, the chicken industry is primed...
3 Steps Every Founder Should Take Before Raising a Seed Round
Raising money for your startup can seem daunting, but it doesn't have to be. When it comes to resources to help founders raise a seed round, there seems to be no shortage of material. However, I found very little help for founders who are not sure how to begin raising...
Debt Crowdfunding is Traditional Bankings Worst Nightmare
There are now roughly 2,500 unique crowdfunding platforms. The options for startups trying to raise money have never been this vast. Some crowdfunding platforms are getting creative with the kind of funding they are targeting. There has been a recent influx of...
Elon Musk Tries to Bribe Teen to Quit Tracking His Private Jet on Twitter
NEWS (4 quick looks at the big happenings this week) Normally I try to stay away from the clickbaity drama stuff but come on now… Elon Musk, the richest man alive, just offered a 19-year-old kid $5,000 to take down the teen’s Twitter page that was tracking his private...
Fund your Startup Without Giving up Equity
Equity is the most expensive kind of capital a successful startup can raise. In the long term, raising large amounts of equity funding early can change the entire trajectory of a startup. I have spoken with so many founders in the past few years that lament spending...
What Every Startup Pitch is Missing
Most pitches get rejected and I think that's a good thing. Hear me out. Funding your startup is just as much about the people who are funding you as the number of zeros on your check. If investors said yes more often, there would be far more startups aligned with the...
Why Don’t Founders do This Before Starting a Business?
There is an insidious virus that has wormed its way into the hive mind of entrepreneurial culture. Founders are tirelessly lambasted with the idea that having no life, getting no sleep, eating ramen every day in a garage while your Dad yells at you to turn your flow...
Podcasts to Help you go from Zero to Funded
“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt I challenge you to find a single founder that successfully navigated the funding world on their first try. Anyone who has raised money, successfully or...
Raising a Seed Round is Easier Than you Think
Most startups fail before making it through the seed stage. Do they have to? Seed-stage investors are always on the lookout for new and innovative startups to invest in. They want to invest. Why is it then, that seed-stage investors say no to more than 90% of startups...