Thinking of Using TikTok to Reach Gen Z? Read This First.
Whether you’re Gen Z, a Millennial or even Gen X, chances are you’ve heard of TikTok. It’s the latest social media app that’s taking over and everyone wants to be a part of it.
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The Venture Capital Fundraising Landscape
As we close out one decade and enter another it is worth reflecting on what has changed in the last ten plus years of the Venture Capital industry. Pear.Vc recently published a wonderfully insightful deck, the Seed Financing Landscape, on just that and I thought it was worth sharing.
Moving Forward After The Founder Passes Away
Funders invest in people. How do you keep their support when a key person is no longer there?
How to Change Jobs
If you’re an great engineering manager in a startup city, changing jobs into a similar role is pretty easy. For most people, though, things are a little more difficult.
What Happened at This Year’s Money 20/20
For fintech and payments companies of all sizes, Money 20/20 is a jackpot for networking and discussions on how technology will impact the future of money.
The Sky Is The Limit for EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women
Launched in 2008, the EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women program has supported high-potential women entrepreneurs with know-how, connections, and community. It started in the United States and Canada, then expanded to regional programs around the world.
Crafting A Killer Startup Story For Your Fundraising Pitch
Earlier this year, in response to the question “What are the most common mistakes founders make when they start a company?”, Justin Kan, the Founder of Twitch & Atri
Pitching That Is Bitching
Whether you are looking for money, customers, employees, suppliers, or partners, entrepreneurs are always pitching. The point of a pitch is to get prospects interested in you and your company, so they ask for a follow-up. You don't need to reel them in; you just need to get them on the hook.
Support Strengthens For Female-Founded Companies And Venture Funds
The connection between women, entrepreneurship and investing is finally getting the attention it deserves. Women buy stuff, they invest and they launch innovative companies that provide much-needed goods and services. What’s behind this growing realization?
Priorities
It is planning season when management teams work to develop the roadmap for the coming year. The truth is that it is hard to do more than two or three big things at a time, no matter how large you are.
Leadership: Learning from Mistakes (by Finding Sources of Emotion)
It is a common idea that we should learn from our mistakes. In practice though I see many people making the same mistakes repeatedly. I myself have found that it often takes me making the same mistake at least twice before I really learn from it.
It’s the Company you keep
After about a year of consulting + executive coaching work as COO-As-A-Service for startups, I am happy to announce I’ll be joining the folks at www.Company.co.
Philanthropy
This is a week full of philanthropy for The Gotham Gal and me. We are attending two fundraisers for organizations we support and throwing one for an organization we started.
Functional Foods And The Triple Bottom Line: People Planet Profit
Healthy people and a healthy planet can be the foundation of a solid business model.
Own It – Secure It – Protect It: How Highwire Puts Training into Practice
If you work in tech PR (or you’re a journalist) you’re all too familiar with National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM).
Thinking of Using TikTok to Reach Gen Z? Read This First.
Whether you’re Gen Z, a Millennial or even Gen X, chances are you’ve heard of TikTok. It’s the latest social media app that’s taking over and everyone wants to be a part of it.
RSF Finance Takes Two Approaches To Help Women Fund Their Businesses
In this column, I most often write about million-dollar-plus women-owned businesses. Despite the tremendous growth in the number of these businesses, women's companies are about one third as likely to pass the million-dollar mark than their male counterparts.
The NYC Helium Network
As many of you know, Helium is a peer to peer low bandwidth wireless network that anyone can run a hotspot for. I wrote about our hotspot in our apartment in NYC a few months ago.