Strong annual planning goes beyond setting goals, and Techstars All-Star Mentor Jeff James Martin shares a three-step process that helps founders get every team aligned on priorities, dependencies and the first 90 days.
Four-time founder Michael Taus built a live AI college advisor in nine weeks without funding or an engineering hire, and he explains why his co-founder's 25 years of counseling expertise is the one part no model or competitor can copy.
Most pre-seed rounds take three to six months and as many as 200 investor conversations, so here's how to plan your raise around the norm and not the exception.
Every founder bootstraps at the start. The only real question is how long.
A founder's mismatched fundraising materials (deck, application, pitch) illustrate how inconsistency, not imperfection, is what makes investors hesitate and stall a raise.
Six legal red flags that most often create friction during a seed financing.
Mentorship, people, and confidence. Three things every founder needs, and none of them show up reliably on their own.
Techstars Founder Erik Severinghaus discusses mental resilience, the dangers of hustle culture, and the importance of separating personal identity from startup success.
How to extend your runway, validate your product, and scale a startup without outside capital.
Having a co-founder doesn't make building a company easier, Keith Presley says. It makes it more bearable, and that's a very different thing.
Stop burning runway on inefficient scaling. Join Techstars and Zendesk on July 21 for a tactical masterclass on driving real operational velocity with AI.
Before you incorporate, learn why defaulting to a 50/50 equity split can ruin your startup. Discover how to structure voting control and vesting early.
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