“Building a startup community is not a zero-sum game in which there are winners and losers: if everyone engages, they and the entire community can all be winners.” — Brad Feld Developing an entrepreneurial ecosystem takes years, if not decades, of hard work, collaboration, and investment. But...
What will you use your startup's funds on? Before you do anything, read this. ...
Change can be scary, especially when we can’t control it. For the first time in what feels like a long time, there’s real fear in Bloomington-Normal. The economy and where we’re headed is in question. For decades, we’ve been blessed to have large, well-respected companies,...
For business owners, it’s important to understand the expected return on an investment. But there’s a problem. The impact of everything you do can’t always be measured directly in dollars and cents. But an investment in your community, while it might not benefit you financially,...
“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” -- Tony Robbins Too often, “funds raised” is used by companies as a mark of accomplishment. It’s important to understand that raising money for your business will not solve any of your startup’s current...
Getting experience and overcoming failure early and often is vital for an entrepreneur, but you may not want to start a business right out of college, and here's why. ...
I spent part of the first couple of weeks of 2018 thinking about what I want to accomplish this year. I decided to share them with you to: Help hold me accountable Ask you to share yours Over the next month, I’ll create a brief roadmap and...
Raising your first round of funding for your startup is never easy. Here are 14 articles to help you navigate each step of the process. ...
Raising a round of investment won't do your company much good if you burn through it. Here's how and why most startups waste much of their early funds. ...
Great startups don’t need to sell. They sell themselves, right? Startups almost always fail, and we know that going into starting a new business. But when launching a new company, we often tell ourselves and others that we have something truly unique that our customers will...