By Ehtan S. Auston July 8, 2020
I had a great conversation with Jeff Carter yesterday on Twitter about the evolution of the Chicago startup ecosystem. (H/T […]
Last week I got a call at 9 AM from a buddy I hadn’t spoke to in a while. It […]
Winning companies have either a remarkable product that ‘sells itself’ or a strong product with remarkable distribution. As a startup […]
Yesterday, Techcrunch reported that GoFundMe was raising capital at an expected $500 Million valuation. Some folks have been surprised at how […]
When TechCrunch reported last week that GoFundMe was raising capital at a $500 Million valuation, I decided to write a […]
What happens when a community rallies together to help a stranger? This summer I witnessed something that totally blew my […]
The other morning I read a blog post from one of my business role models, Seth Godin. He wrote: “Instead […]
I recently made my second angel investment. It’s in a company called Pearachute started by my former co-founder at GiveForward, Desiree Vargas […]
Today we live in an era where one in three black men will go to jail during their lifetime. One […]
There has been a lot of scuttlebutt in the blogosphere * over the past year that BLOGGING IS DEAD. In fact […]
“Do few things but do them well. What doesn’t work, kill quickly.” This is not a quote from Sun Tzu. It’s […]
There’s a popular critique in many startup blogs downplaying the importance of raising capital. The argument is that raising capital […]
Last night my co-founder, Desiree Vargas-Wrigley, won the Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs of the Year Award at Builtin Chicago’s Moxie […]
You ever wonder what it would be like to have @FakeGrimlock as an advisor to your startup? This past April we were […]
I got an email the other day from a CEO at a company I advise who had applied for a […]
