I’ve had my eyes on several founders this year, each who’ve made moves that are going to keep me watching with popcorn in hand going into 2018. One IPO, one acquisition, a lot of funding and innovation…… and a heck of a lot of amazing-ness. So...
Meet the female founders busting the myth that women don’t belong in the billion-dollar-valuation club. By Lisa Calhoun (General Partner, Valor Ventures) This story first appeared on Inc.com. Unicorns: that rare breed of startup with a valuation of a billion...
There are more companies valued at $1 billion+ than there were in 2013. Why? By Aileen Lee (Founder & Partner, Cowboy Ventures) This piece originally appeared on TechCrunch. It’s been over a year since we wrote our original post sharing our analysis of the last...
At my company, Eventbrite, we use these tools to nurture our team and keep everyone on track. By Julia Hartz (Co-founder and President, Eventbrite) This post originally appeared on Inc.com. Early in 2012, Eventbrite had a major technological fail as tickets for a...
The company’s latest round of funding values it at north of $1B, putting co-founder (and Women 2.0 conference speaker) Julia Hartz in “the Unicorn Club”. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) When investor and PITCH judge Aileen Lee’s firm, Cowboy Ventures,...
