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Fundraising Debt And How To Avoid It

YoungUpstarts

Ten years ago, Ward Cunningham published a Youtube video that introduced the concept of “technical debt” to the world. Anish Sebastian and Juan-Pablo Segura cofounded Babyscripts in 2013 with the vision that internet enabled medical devices and big data would transform the delivery of pregnancy care.

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Picking Ventures: Part 2 - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

" We all have heard/repeated the investment mantra about "big, growing markets" with "unfair advantage IP" position.  Mike Markulla came with the first investments - as a cofounder -- because investors felt the company needed leadership that could attract talent to be able to grow and he brought in Scott.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

I’ve listed the most common levers that universities use below, with some live examples from Yale: Strong technical departments : Computer Science , Math , Physics. Events and Conferences : Yale Innovation Summit , Yale Cyber Leadership Forum , Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance (with focus on innovation). I wrote a blog post on this.