Stop trying to beat competitors and win customers and aim to maximize happiness and empowerment instead. By Danae Ringelman (Co-founder, Indiegogo) Here in the SF Bay Area tech startup scene, when some founders are asked their long-term goal, they jokingly answer...
The fear of using development firms among founders and investors is holding back entrepreneurs (especially female ones), argues Ellie Cachette. By Ellie Cachette (Advisor, Koombea) While the debate about why there aren’t enough women in tech is ongoing, there is some...
According to Zivity co-founder Cyan Banister you should never talk to investors about your business in public… ever. By Cyan Banister (Founder, Zivity/Signal Media Project & Investor, Banister Capital) Here’s a valuable tip that many people don’t know:...
The tech industry is an exemplar. Yet often we forget to act like it. By Ellen Leanse (Tech Veteran, Investor & Entrepreneur) My friend Jerry – strategist, community architect, and notable brain – worked for an oil company back in the ‘80s. While in the men’s...
Let’s go beyond talking and start doing… By Aigerim Shorman (Co-founder & CEO, Triptrotting) & Dave Fontenot (Founder, HackMatch) If an alien visited a hackathon today, it would assume that the only creatures populating planet Earth were men simply because it...