Getting Into an Incubator… After You’ve Been Rejected

If at first you don’t succeed… By Karen X. Cheng (Co-founder, GiveIt100) We just got into 500 Startups! But the thing you should know is – four months ago, we applied and didn’t get in. Heck – we applied to them all – 500 Startups, YC, Techstars, AngelPad....

500 Startups: What’s it Really Like for a Female Founder?

The winner of our 2013 Las Vegas PITCH Competition thought she “got” the whole 500 startups thing… then realized the “bro-tastic cliquey crap” stereotype was not at all the truth. By Cynthia Schames (CEO & Co-Founder, AbbeyPost) If we’re friends, Facebook friends,...

Building Momentum, an Entrepreneur’s Best Friend

A PITCH finalist on how she went from being a wantrapreneur, to a real entrepreneur with real customers in twelve months. By Ashley Wilson (Co-founder & CMO, RenterResume) It has been just over a month since our company, RenterResume, took the stage to pitch for...
8 Things You Must Do to Support Pregnant Startup Employees

8 Things You Must Do to Support Pregnant Startup Employees

500 Startups VC Christine Tsai, who was pregnant with her second child when she wrote the below, offers advice to companies.  By Christine Tsai (Partner, 500 Startups) A few months after my first child was born, I wrote a post likening parenthood to entrepreneurship...