Meet Ari Bloom, the bagel franchise-creator turned DTC whisperer building personal care brands for underrepresented communities.
Fundraising
What is a Virtual Data Room and Why You Should Have One During Fundraising
Written by Alejandra Calvo and Daniel Tovbin, Associates at Initialized Capital You’re raising a new round and starting conversations with investors.
The Metrics You Need To Raise a Series A
With thanks to Alejandra Calvo and Daniel Tovbin While there is a wealth of information around both publicly-traded companies and what you…
Fundraising Fallacies
I conducted an informal survey with about 40 investors and asked for the advice they would give others.
5 Steps to Winning Career Tournaments
There are tournaments everywhere–jobs, admissions, promotions, startup funding.
I Said the Wrong Thing and Killed My Investor Pitch
Often the easiest choice is to make no choice at all, but you might kill your startup that way Picture this… we…
How to Raise a Venture Fund.
Venture is a two-sided business matching great entrepreneurs with capital.
Infinite Distractions, Finite Attention
What Defining Brands Will Need To Win the 2020s This originally started as a meditation on how brands and brand marketing needs…
