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AI-powered Beauty Insights Platform Daash Intelligence Raises $5.5 Million Seed Investment. The start-up offers predictive commerce insights meant to inform product development, launch forecasting and competitive strategies.

Computers Can Be Creative, Too

The pace of advancement in AI capability in the last twenty years has been astonishing. Around the turn of the century, a paradigm shift...

Shaunish Mookerji

Oct 10, 20223 min read

Seven Reasons the Atlanta Startup Ecosystem Wins in the Next Decade

Over the last decade, several cities over the world have established themselves as fertile startup greenhouses with thriving ecosystems...

Ross Kimbel

Sep 8, 20223 min read

Six Steps to B2B Sales Success for Tech Startups

Many early-stage B2B startups start by acquiring customers from the relationships and network of the founder. To grow beyond these...

Frank Tighe

Aug 18, 20223 min read

Why Most Startups Fail and How to Improve Your Odds

In the last two months, there has been a lot of talk about the declining economy and its impact on startup funding. While some experts...

Carson Cromartie

Jul 25, 20224 min read

Asymmetric Risks

Before I was an investor, I didn’t understand the concept of risk. I thought that risk was bad and that smart investors got good returns...

Shaunish Mookerji

Jul 15, 20223 min read

Drone Delivery: The Future of Last Mile Logistics

This research was conducted in the summer of 2022. Today, current market headwinds suggest a decrease in overall consumer spending for...

Silicon Road

Jun 27, 20228 min read

Three Best Practices For Founders To Streamline A VC's Diligence Process

Due diligence is a critical part of the private equity investment process. Each firm has a different process, but generally all include...

Ross Kimbel

Jun 13, 20223 min read

A Three Point Checklist To Find The Perfect Co-Founder

Ask any startup founder or experienced VC and they will tell you that the most important factor impacting success of a startup is the...

Sid Mookerji

May 19, 20223 min read

Five Startup Lessons I Learned While Sailing

I recently had the opportunity to join a small group sailing from Warwick, RI to St. Augustine, FL. As we made plans for what would be a...

Frank Tighe

May 4, 20224 min read

Forever A Loan - A Look At Lending

As long as civilization has existed, people have had a basic problem: they want to buy or build things but don’t have the cash. And so,...

checactus

Apr 25, 20226 min read

Eight Actions that Lead to a High Performing Board

The very best entrepreneurs I’ve worked with manage their boards -- not the other way around. They leverage the skills of their board...

Ross Kimbel

Feb 7, 20223 min read

The Retail Refragmentation

Shortly before the new year, Nordstrom announced that they are exploring spinning off its off-price department, Nordstrom Rack, into a...

checactus

Jan 7, 20225 min read

The Future Is In Your Voice!

According to Statista, over 50% of households in the United States have a smart speaker in them today,and that number is expected to grow...

checactus

Dec 7, 20212 min read

What is Web3 and what does it mean for commerce?

If you’ve been on Twitter or following any tech newsletters recently, you’ve likely heard of Web3 and how it’s the future of the web. So...

Stefanie Karwoski

Nov 10, 20213 min read

Why Fewer Seed Deals in Q3 Does not Suggest Fewer Investable Companies

Last week, Crunchbase reported Q3 deal numbers across venture capital. The headline was largely the same for anyone who has been watching...

Ross Kimbel

Oct 18, 20212 min read

Are We In A Bubble?

This is a chart of the median pre-money valuation of companies raising a Series A or Series B in the last ten years, compiled from...

Shaunish Mookerji

Sep 27, 20213 min read

Time To Remember The Fallen

We recently commemorated the twentieth anniversary of 9/11. If you’re old enough to remember, you probably have a vivid memory of that...

Sid Mookerji

Sep 13, 20211 min read

Three Questions to Answer Before Raising Your Startup’s First Check

On a weekly basis I typically meet anywhere from 5 to 15 founders. Given what I do, I usually meet founders after they have decided that...

Stefanie Karwoski

Aug 24, 20212 min read

The Three Most Important Customer Development Steps

The most limited resource of an early stage startup is not cash, it’s time. A company may have deep cash reserves, but if they are...

Ross Kimbel

Aug 3, 20213 min read

Why Headless Commerce Is Important

Let’s talk about the history of software. In the early days, computers ran programs that were 1) self-contained and 2) imperative. This...

Shaunish Mookerji

Jul 7, 20213 min read

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