The Technology Entrepreneur

07/25/2019

How do VC's choose their investments? Why not you? See the video from the Billionaire...YOU WEREN'T READY!

Forget the pitch deck. This is the brutal reality.

03/20/2018

A must-attend event.

The OSU Advantage Innovation Showcase is a celebration of the technology and entrepreneurship. Researchers, Industry and Startups come together at this event to showcase the forefront of innovation. Please join us!Schedule of Events:The Futurists - 4 p.m.Selected OSU researchers showcase their techn...

11/12/2017

Every entrepreneur should watch this. Great video on pitching and slide decks

Crunchbase CEO Jager McConnell isn’t a fan of sh*tty pitches, and at WebSummit, he shares with entrepreneurs how to avoid common pitfalls entrepreneurs make. Watch the video above to improve …

10/03/2017

Equity split for startups

This post is longer than usual. For those negotiating equity allocations it covers some of the most complex issues to address in the process. I just couldn't reduce it to far fewer words... Dave Here is the warning: The ex*****on of partnership equity allocations and of a good incentive program usin...

09/11/2017

Great mention for Chris Hagen an Advantage Accelerator alumni and Sean Brown one of our former interns.

A team led by a professor at Oregon State University's branch campus in Bend has developed a hybrid engine for drones.

07/10/2017

Great article on Cost of Customer Acquisition

[Andrew: Paid marketing remains an integral part of many products’ acquisition channels, and one of the key metrics is Cost of Customer Acquisition, which is a nuanced calculation with lots of gotchas. My good friend Brian Balfour (ex-vp growth at Hubspot) put together this incredible essays with de...

05/24/2017

Nice intro to startup funding

What do first time founders need to know about fundraising mechanics? This post should help you understand the basic lingo of fundraising – so you don’t look surprised or sound like a noob when you’re discussing funding. An attorney will go into a lot more detail and it’s important that you understa...

04/18/2017

Cringeworthy words in a pitch

I’ve seen hundreds of pitches from early stage startups. I’ve invested in some of these startups. I’ve pitched my own companies dozens of…

02/23/2017

Great article

02/19/2017

Great article on co-founder conflict

Here’s how it felt in the weeks before I resigned from my last startup: I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t eat. Resting pulse at 120. I had reached a point..

02/09/2017

Nice introductory article on emotional intelligence by two of the experts: Daniel Goleman and Richard Boyartis.

01/31/2017

The Lego lesson on how to scale a startup

Molly Graham helped forge a work culture at Facebook that's withstood huge amounts of growth. Today, she's something of a rapid scaling expert. Here's the key to doing it right, she says.