Startup Insights
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What happened to Shyp? | Startup Forensics
Let’s say you wanted to ship something to the other side of the country, and you didn’t want to look for a box big enough, or queue at the post office. None of that. You just wanted to have someone come and pick up your package, from the comfort of your home. Well, Shyp did just that.
How to do fundraising in 5 steps
Mastering how to do fundraising without making mistakes comes with a great experience. But knowing the basics of how to raise funds the right way can certainly get you off on a much-needed good start. So we’re sharing 5 critical steps with you today on the art of raising funds. By following up on these, we hope your next or first round is successful!
This is what it takes to become a unicorn startup
We’re focusing on unicorn startups today, defining what makes a startup worth more than $100 million in 2020. As times change, so does business, markets, startups, and investors. Let’s see what key aspects drive startup valuation above the first hundred million in today’s business world.
Startup Funding Explained | Part 1
The fundraising process for a startup requires a crash course on some terminology that you've probably never heard of. So, to better explain all of this, we are going to tell the story of a startup company, from funding to IPO. This is Startup Funding Explained, part 1.
7 healthy startup-related assumptions
We gathered some healthy assumptions to help you deflate the false sense of security many new entrepreneurs might have when launching a product or service startup.
6 things you need to know before you consider a cannabis startup
As marihuana becomes more popular worldwide with legalization, so do cannabis startups. So let’s take the opportunity to check what the state of these plant-centered businesses are and the entire new industry they’re building into 2020 and beyond.
What happened to Tilt? | Startup Forensics
The fundraising platform, akin to KickStarter, IndieGogo or GoFundME, was an online crowd-funding site aimed at helping users raise the funds they needed from a group or community for whatever projects they outlined. The company would only tilt, meaning collect and distribute the funds from users, if the targeted money was fully raised. It ended up tilting in other senses a bit too much, if you ask me.
9 tips before starting a tech startup
The recent truth about tech companies is that many of them are funded by VCs nowadays; especially those that focus on software. So, if you’re considering building up a new tech company, here are 9 tips on what to know before starting a business.
10 tips to use a grant proposal template
You’ve chosen the grant or grants to which you’ll apply. Or maybe you plan on doing that next. Either way, you’re here now, which is already a great start to your applications. But, before you fire your plea out into the business world, let’s see how to make the best use of a grant proposal template by covering its very basics and a bit more.
How to start a business in 2020
At this time of the year, many of you might be wondering how to start a business in 2020. Fortunately, discussing startup topics is one of our main areas of interest and expertise. So we couldn’t wait for a more appropriate time to discuss how to start a business this new year.
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