Tag: Founder

Ever find yourself wondering what fuels the minds of tech giants? Well, you’re in luck. Larry Page, the co-founder of Google, isn’t just a wizard with algorithms; he’s also an avid reader with a taste for transformative literature. He recommends some of the best books that wi...

The founders of Jfrog owned 24% of the business at IPO. Viant’s founders owned 93% and Datto’s founder owned 15%. Braze’s founders owned only 4% combined. The range of founder ownership at exit/IPO can be quite wide and is dependent on any number of factors, including the ability t...

I recently caught up with a friend who’d founded a company. He was at a low point: overwhelmed, sleep deprived, stressed… I listened, nodded, and said, “I remember those days.” And I do remember them. It took years before my startup Anchor began to gain real tra...

I recently caught up with a friend who’d founded a company. He was at a low point: overwhelmed, sleep deprived, stressed… I listened, nodded, and said, “I remember those days.” And I do remember them. It took years before my startup Anchor began to gain real tra...

I’m going to make a bold statement that may ruffle some feathers: I can start a business faster than you. Let me clarify: I can start a business — taking something from idea to generating its first dollar of revenue (and ideally profit) — faster than most first-time found...

I invited a local venture capitalist to speak with my entrepreneurship class at Duke. Once he’d finished sharing his story and discussing the industry, I opened the floor to questions. Most of the questions were typical, young-entrepreneur questions followed by typical, bland VC answers. &l...

The paydays are massive. The median and average paydays were $399mm and $918mm respectively. Median and average ownership were 9% and 12% respectively. Uber, Spotify, UI Path, Coinbase. The Uber, Zoom, Spotify, UI Path, and Coinbase founders did exceptionally well, clearing well over a ...

The foundation of Rome is a historical mystery surrounded in metaphors, legends, and mythology. So much so that Ancient Roman historians narrate these events as legends. The most accepted tale begins with Aeneas sailing the Mediterranean to what today is Italy, after it was foretold that i...

Fraser Hall and Dan Eisenhardt founded VFF with a determination to do things differently. They are pulling from their own experience raising early-stage capital from Vancouver-area sources for Recon Instruments, a company that makes heads-up displays for sports like cycling which they founded togeth...

I became involved with Rear Window but really only as its funder. I never thought I could become a professional in the art world — it didn’t seem there was a place for me as I had neither the psychological capabilities of a commercial art dealer nor the academic background of a fully-fle...