The animated Nickelodeon show, Avatar: The Last Airbender is about a lot of things, but first and foremost it is about genocide. Like all great fantasy, Avatar: The Last Airbender sounds ludicrously complicated from the outside and makes perfect sense on the inside. The opening credits for the show get across a very complex idea […]

Recently, I attended my first Techweek event on the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles.  My goal was to get to know the local startup community better and be on the lookout for any undiscovered great young startups that could be good candidates for raising capital on SeedInvest. Many of the companies I met presented […]

“I’m a very competitive person,” says Eric Krattenstein, the Chief Marketing Officer at Mailify, a French company that helps small and medium businesses create effective email campaigns and newsletters. “So when I see something that looks difficult, like taking a company to the US and competing with in a market with monsters…that appeals to me. […]

How do some entrepreneurial leaders get more done in a day than the rest of us? Here are four simple strategies, used by the world’s most successful people, that will increase your productivity and save you an hour — or more — each day: 1. Reduce Decision Fatigue Decisions are costly. Making an unnecessary decision […]

Taking a moment to look back at 2014 and think ahead to 2015, we’ve collected 12 marketing trends to look for and a few ideas on how to embrace them. Having an entrepreneurial streak of our own, we know it’s important to keep things streamlined when planning. And, that’s where the 12 days of marketing […]

“The trouble always is,” James Bond muses in Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale, “not how to get enough caviar but how to get enough toast with it.” Anyone about to go anywhere for Christmas should listen to 007, our most seasoned traveler. His is the wisdom of a man who’d seen a thousand hotel rooms and a […]

You came, you pitched, you conquered. Congratulations! But do you know what to do once you’re asked to sign a term sheet? Let me say that first, you should have already retained a good startup lawyer. Most investors will expect this. And a good lawyer can be a real advocate for you: by keeping negotiations […]

It’s nearly 2015 and the pace of daily life, especially in the workplace, is faster than ever. Companies across the board, especially startups, are taking a fresh approach to the way they manage productivity. And the buttoned up, nine-to-five, forty hour workweek is quickly giving way to flex hours, remote offices, and casual, tech-friendly environments. […]