by J.D. Davids | Oct 9, 2017 | Performance, Pitch Events, Resources
Over 500 people attended the John G. Watson QuickPitch Event and based on an audience vote, Top Honors were awarded to Ocella, EcoCube by Aqua Design Innovations and Trust & Will. Winners were awarded checks for $30,000, 15,000 and 5,000 respectively. In...
by J.D. Davids | Apr 9, 2017 | Business Planning, Performance
Congratulations to TWO members of our Fundraising Sprint Program who are graduating from the NASDAQ Milestone Makers Cohort #2 on Tuesday, April 11! The NASDAQ Entrepreneur Center empowers entrepreneurs to redefine what success means for their business and why. During...
by J.D. Davids | Dec 26, 2016 | Management, Performance
As a startup CEO, it often feels like you are responsible for everything. Product development, creating your investor pitch deck, getting customers, recruiting your team, networking, and fundraising. Entrepreneurs tell me every day that they are frustrated with the...
by Phil Nadel | Dec 18, 2016 | Angel Investors, Management, Performance
Phil Nadel is Co-Founder of Barbara Corcoran Ventures and a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with many years of experience building rapidly growing companies. In this guest post, Phil highlights 12 KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) that founders must measure,...
by J.D. Davids | Nov 8, 2016 | Performance, Venture Capital
Are investors telling you that you’re too early and you need more customer traction? Isn’t that frustrating? Does it seem like you’re already doing everything possible, but you just need more resources (a.k.a. money) in order to GET more customer traction? Are you...