Fundraising

A lot of companies get VC funding without truly considering their other options. Founders need to consider the tradeoffs they’re making — before defaulting to “venture”. I just left my first startup, Moz, after 17 years of building it. That’s

Startup valuations don’t seem to make sense. Here’s why — and how simply having a better plan can improve your valuations and help you build a better company. I’ve been working with startups to fundraise and grow for over 10

There’s never been a better time for raising startup capital, but this makes things increasingly complex for founders. Venture financing is always evolving, and 2017-18 has been no different. A company’s future — and the stake of the founders —

We learned something interesting by running Atrium Scale, a bootcamp for raising Series A funding from VCs: many applicants aren’t ready for a Series A. They haven’t figured out things like customer acquisition costs, unit economics, business model, and other

There is no conventional timeline on when you should raise money. It’s whenever you have a winning recipe to scale your business with capital investment. If you have data to build a strong story around this, then you’re ready to