How To Plan A Business Event So you’re planning on hosting an event to showcase your business and generate sales, but you’ve never done anything like this before or your previous efforts have not been as successful as you had hoped. How do you navigate the waters without sinking the ship? As the owner of […]

Much of what we do at EquityZen is inform founders, employees, and occasionally, angel investors on the economics of start-ups. One topic that seems unfairly puzzling is the company’s capitalization table (“cap-table”). A cap-table is a list of who owns what in a company. After trying out several entry-level cap-table management services, EquityZen discovered we […]

There are inherent differences between being a good entrepreneur and a good leader. Think about it: the entrepreneur is often alone with an idea that breaks existing processes while the leader drives a team forward by building solutions and structures around an idea while implementing processes to track progress and create efficiencies. These two types seem […]

Five months ago, I left a large company to go work for a small company and haven’t regretted it a day since. I should clarify that this is not meant to be a broad strokes indictment of large companies or to say that I’ll never work for one again. Working for an established company definitely […]

In a time of constant movement, constant communication, continual achievement and an ongoing list of to-dos, at the end of the day we feel we’ll never get ahead. It seems like our days are controlling us, rather than us controlling them. This constant busyness can actually take you off course from your high-value goals; hurt […]

I just finished reading Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, and the “Are You My Mentor?” chapter really stood out for me. It highlighted an issue I’ve grappled with for years: how awkward and ineffective a formal mentorship can be. There’s already plenty of advice for young people on how to be good mentees. But as someone who […]

How can you link up for coffee with someone who you’ve only connected with on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn? According to an Academia.edu study, there is a tremendous connection between your online and offline relationships. According to their findings, “the average American has 634 ties in their overall network and technology users have bigger networks.” […]

A lot has been said about the process of launching a startup, but not everything you’ve heard is true. From loneliness to funding, look below for a list of 7 common myths about starting a company. Myth #1. Launching a startup is a lonely business Today there’s a large community of people who share your startup […]