The Liquidation Preference Effect
In 2014, mobile security startup Good Technology was valued at $1.1 billion. Employees thought their equity packages were winning lottery tickets. They were wrong. One…
Tag: startup
Why More Startups Are Choosing Employee Stock Ownership Plans
Startup companies have a variety of necessities to iron out that increase the likelihood of future success. As they figure out the specifics needed to…
Startup competitor analysis: Don’t build what your competition has
You have an idea for a startup. Maybe you have built a minimally viable product and have your first few customers. You know you have…
Why You Should Know Latest JavaScript
To give some context, my company (start-up) uses JavaScript in many applications (front end projects and microservices) and we use some of the latest features…
Seven Key Takeaways from Our Journey Through Y Combinator’s Startup School
Late last year, my team participated in the much talked-about Y Combinator Startup School on behalf of our startup, Affine Finance. We were assigned a…
UAE can Become a Leader in the Crypto and Blockchain space in 2019
A UAE based blockchain startup, GCBIB, has managed to raise an incredible $143 million through its Initial Coin Offering which is akin to ~55% of…
Fetch AI. Gone in 60 seconds – Hacker Noon
Originally published at shitcoinoffering.com on March 1, 2019. We check a startup that collected 6 million bucks in 22 seconds on Shitcoin Bingo On Monday, Fetch…
Radar Releases One-Stop Onramp for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network – Bitcoinist.com
Yesterday, Radar — a Denver-based technology startup looking ahead to the new financial paradigm — released a new “onboarding experience” for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. Called…
Zenloop Must Invoice 11,000 NPS App Subscriptions per Month For Its €26M Valuation
In its Startup plan, German startup zenloop sells NPS app subscriptions to startups for €299 per month. They just raised €5.3M ($6M) from Nauta Capital…
Why you shouldn’t raise a ‘friends and family’ round
The centre of the universe Modern startup culture has painted a cliched image of the founder’s journey. It often starts with young friends who have some…