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Founder stories
First-person stories from founders and investors, 2021–2022.
- How Much Should You Discount for Black Friday? Featured
- Is It Startup or Start-up? Knowing The Grammar of Hyphens. blogpost
- The Power of Pivot blogpost
- High on Higher Education Emily Ahrens
- Bullish About Bear Power Emily Ahrens
- The IntelliU Way Becca Reder
- When Science Meets Investments Becca Reder
- The Joy of Giving Becca Reder
- Healthcare: Reaching Out, Making It Work Becca Reder
- Shifting the Narrative Emily Ahrens
- AI Your Way Through Traffic Congestions Becca Reder
- Attitude, Gratitude, Altitude: Succeeding Holistically Becca Reder
- The Snowball Success Formula Becca Reder
- Following the Money Trail Samantha Camp
- Opening Up the World of Wine Becca Reder
- The Thrill of the Ride Hallie Kim
- It’s More Than Hitting Benchmarks Hallie Kim
- Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained Emily Ahrens
- Big Smiles and Full Hearts Hallie Kim
- I Went to the School of Hard Knocks Hallie Kim
- Invest in the Viability of Your Business Becca Reder
- Paint the Picture Yourself Hallie Kim
- Moving the Needle Forward Becca Reder
- Overanalyzing Kills Startups Hallie Kim
- As Long as There’s a Northern Star Hallie Kim
- Rejection is Commonplace Emily Ahrens
- You Have to Be Nimble Leading a Startup Becca Reder
- I’ve Almost Never Regretted It Emily Ahrens
- Best Practices for a Successful Startup Advisory Board blogpost
- It’s the Name of the Game Hallie Kim
- Success is Superseding Expectations Becca Reder
- Using Corporation Stock As Incentive Compensation blogpost
- Do More Homework Hallie Kim
- Entrepreneurship is Both a Science and an Art Becca Reder
- The Right Tone and Culture Emily Ahrens
- Fortunate to Be in the Valley Emily Ahrens
- Pick the Right Problem to Work On Hallie Kim
- Study the Greats and Find Your Why Becca Reder
- Success is the People You Hire and the Environment You Build Samantha Camp
- Get Out of Bed Samantha Camp
- It’s Tough, Especially If You’re An Immigrant Emily Ahrens
- You Don’t Know Until It’s Done Becca Reder
- It Was Serendipity Becca Reder
- The Most Complex Thing I’ve Ever Done Emily Ahrens
- You Can’t Pour From an Empty Cup Hallie Kim
- A Startup is Just a Bunch of Hypotheses Becca Reder
- I Felt an Obligation to Women and Dropouts Emily Ahrens
- You Can’t Be Too Picky Hallie Kim
- Don’t Ever Forget to Celebrate Success Emily Ahrens
- It’s the Journey, Not Just the Destination Becca Reder
- Take the Road Less Traveled Hallie Kim
- Embrace Those Mistakes Hallie Kim
- Startups are a Rollercoaster Becca Reder
- Jump Off the Deep End and Have Faith Hallie Kim
- Building the Plane as You’re Flying It Becca Reder
- Have Faith in Your Idea Emily Ahrens
- Making Things Easier for Others Emily Ahrens
- You Have to Stand Tall Emily Ahrens
- How to Leverage a Benefits Package to Attract Top Talent blogpost
- Non-Dilutive Funding for Startups blogpost
- You Can’t Turn an Elephant on a Dime Becca Reder
- One Plus One Equals 12 Hallie Kim
- Pioneers Get All the Arrows Becca Reder
- You Gotta Hustle Emily Ahrens
- A League of Their Own Samantha Camp
- Board Game Anytime, Anywhere, With Anyone Samantha Camp
- Build a Great Business and People Will Notice Hallie Kim
- Do What You Love, and the Money Will Follow Emily Ahrens
- Emotions Move People Emily Ahrens
- Have a Co-Founder so You Can Take Vacations Becca Reder
- I’m Not Going to Give Up Aya Marsintauli
- Not Subtle, Very Superpower Hallie Kim
- There’s a Dance in the Journey Becca Reder
- You Always Need Luck Samantha Camp
- You’re Rafting Down a River without Control Samantha Camp
- Combine Your Passion with Pragmatism Becca Reder
- Corruption and Lies Emily Ahrens
- Get a Hive Going and Buzz with Other People Hallie Kim
- I Grew Up Flying in the Right Seat Becca Reder
- Stay Local and Prove Your Case Becca Reder
- To Get Returns on the Winners You’ve Got to Take the Risk Emily Ahrens
- To Give Back, You Have to Have Something to Give Hallie Kim
- We Lost Two Shoe Sizes Hallie Kim
- Work Hard, Be Kind, Stay Focused Hallie Kim
- Be Surprised if It Works, Not if It Fails Emily Ahrens
- Continue Being Uncomfortable Becca Reder
- Epic Failures Becca Reder
- Founders, It’s Not About You! Hallie Kim
- Shoot High and You Never Know How Far You’ll Get Becca Reder
- Stop Talking and Start Doing Emily Ahrens
- Disruptive Ideas Aren’t Always Obvious Hallie Kim
- Have the Guts to Start, and the Grit to Finish Hallie Kim
- I Got a Master’s Degree on the Fly Hallie Kim
- It’s Not the Money You Raise, It’s About the Network You Have Hallie Kim
- Nature without Compromises Becca Reder
- The Best Thing You Can Bring to the Table is Unrelenting Tenacity Becca Reder
- To Change the World, You Need More than the Desire to Make Money Becca Reder
- Entrepreneurs Want to Boil the Ocean Becca Reder
- Find Someone You Mesh With Hallie Kim
- People Over Product Hallie Kim
- The First One to Quit is the First One to Lose Becca Reder
- The Only Time When a 1% Success Rate is a Good Deal Emily Ahrens
- There is No Option but to Win Becca Reder
- You Don’t Plan to Fail, You Fail to Plan Hallie Kim
- A Little Nudge from Chance Becca Reder
- Believe and Be Persuasive Becca Reder
- I Always Had an Itch for Entrepreneurship Becca Reder
- It’s in My DNA Becca Reder
- Sustainable Sisters Becca Reder
- Ten Bad Meetings Before a Good One Hallie Kim
- There’s Magic in Startups Hallie Kim
- You Don’t Know, What You Don’t Know Hallie Kim
- You Have to Be Constant Becca Reder
- Be Comfortable with Ambiguity, without Triggering Anxiety Emily Ahrens
- If You’re Putting Jet Fuel in Your Company, You Better Have a Rocket Hallie Kim
- It’s Not Gambling if You Know You’re Gonna Win Hallie Kim
- Always Be Selling Becca Reder
- Don’t Run Away From the Hard Stuff, Run Into It Becca Reder
- Fall in Love with the Problem You Want to Solve Becca Reder
- Go All In Becca Reder
- Lucky Number 13 Becca Reder
- Passion is Intense, But Purpose is Long Lasting Becca Reder
- Startup Life: Not as Glamorous as it Looks Hallie Kim
- Turning Issues into Opportunities Becca Reder
- Yin and Yang Becca Reder
- From the Ashes Becca Reder
- It Started with a Spark Becca Reder
- Mess Up Enough to Build Confidence Hallie Kim
- Stay too Dumb to Quit Becca Reder
- Vision Turned Reality Hallie Kim