At the end of 2019, Lawtrades’s bank balance was down to $20k. People were getting value from our platform, but we were struggling to convert that...

Three years ago, my company (Lawtrades) almost went bankrupt. We’d failed to raise a Series A or generate any interest among VCs.  Last month, we closed...

The first half of 2021 produced 291 new unicorns — more than 2011-2015 combined. Unicorns, which are new companies valued at $1 billion or higher, were so named...

There’s an infamous dilemma that all marketplace founders face: Should they start with supply or demand? Uber faced this question in 2008. Initially, Uber’s founders designed...

Forbes calls depression an epidemic among entrepreneurs and creatives. Considering how much the game of entrepreneurship is idolized and associated with words like “freedom” and “autonomy,”...

Despite 2020 being a challenging year, startup funding was hot as ever. According to Crunchbase’s end of the year report, “Startups closed out 2020 in a...

Becoming a “unicorn” in the startup world is the ultimate achievement. The term defines a company that reaches a billion-dollar valuation or more. Uber was a...

Every year, I listen to hundreds of startup pitches. Many of the pitches I hear are from very early-stage companies—the majority of which are pre-launch or...

For every entrepreneur, the biggest challenge when running a company is knowing how and where to spend your time. I remember when I started my first...