A Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) is a contractual agreement between a startup company and its investors. It exchanges the investor’s investment for the right to preferred shares in the startup company
By Vlad Gozman, a serial entrepreneur and founder & CEO of involve.me. Follow @vladgozman on Twitter. As the effects of Federal Reserve policy continue to unfold, it’s becoming apparent that the tech industry
By Samuel Thimothy, VP at OneIMS.com, an inbound marketing agency, and co-founder of Clickx.io, the digital marketing intelligence platform. As we enter 2023, the expected flow of economic forecasts is well underway. Some
Shopify’s decision to cancel all meetings with more than two employees has received a lot of commentary over the past 48 hours. It is an interesting move that Shopify claims will result in
Joseph Fung knows full well that he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. The 41-year-old is a grandson of legendary share trader Fung King Hey, one of the “Three Musketeers,”
By Sean Adler, CEO of GZI and an expert advisor at Founder Institute, GLG, Guidepoint, and AlphaSights. Your board of directors is likely to veto this. It can also be a blessing in
The next round of equity financing after the Seed Round is a Series A. Generally, a startup has demonstrated product-market fit and has some traction in the form of user growth and/or revenue.
By Ryan Stoner, a serial entrepreneur and brand strategy and marketing leader. He is currently principal & head of strategy at Dendro. The strategies and tactics that got us here today are not
In 2017, there was a boom in initial coin offerings (ICO). These crypto projects would pre-sell a token, then promise to bring a product to market. Most of those projects were not able
Should the Entrepreneurial Development infrastructure, i.e., business schools, incubators, and area developers, focus on VC-based Entrepreneurship to boost an elite few or Unicorn-Entrepreneurship to benefit everyone? Is Entrepreneurial Development wasting educational resources by
