By Sonia Sahney (Participant, Founder Labs) I’d like to share 6 lessons I’ve learned about building a compelling pitch for VCs, many of which were not initially intuitive to me. Lesson #1: Use pictures, not words — This may be counterintuitive to former bankers...
By Eric Cantor (Participant, Founder Labs) The brainstorms flow, the sketches come together with a final flourish, and the engineers reason through how the database schema can be perfectly laid out. But the tough news for most potential startups comes when they “get...
By Shaherose Charania (Founder & CEO, Women 2.0 and Founder Labs) Looking to start a new mobile venture? Looking for a co-founder? Want to validate an idea? Join Founder Labs in San Francisco: Apply by June 24. Founder Labs is a pre-incubator for new mobile ideas....
By Virgilia Singh (Participant, Founder Labs) All Founder Labs participants had to choose their partners for the next 4 weeks. It’s like a game of dodge ball, where you have to choose people based on compatible skill set and personality. And boy, was it an intense 2...
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Last week, Pemo Theodore interviewed 500 Startups Dave McClure along with several women co-founders in his portfolio: Prerna Gupta (CEO, khu.sh), Elizabeth Yin and Jennifer Chin (Co-Founders, LaunchBit)....