Founder Travel… for Fun and Profit
Like many in the startup world, I travel a lot: To meet with founders I've invested in. To meet with investors who have (or might) invest in the Start Haven Fund. For conferences. To launch new Startup Haven chapters. To visit family and friends. Just to visit amazing places. Lately, I have been traveling [...]
Featured Member: Trent Allan, serial founder
Trent Allan, serial founder Q: Which is your home chapter? A: San Diego Q: Describe what your company does in 25 words or less. A: Not sure yet... looking for the right idea, looking for the right people to build with. Q: If you were a hero/villain, what would be your origin story? A: [...]
Be a Top Decile Company
When I was a founder raising capital for my first company, I had no idea what proper fundraising looked like. I thought you just tried to get as many meetings as you could with investors. Any investors. This was 2000 in Seattle and there weren't many successful founders looking to share their wisdom. The [...]
Featured Member: Kyle Newman of Numis Global Solutions
Kyle Newman, CEO and Founder of Numis Global Solutions Q: Describe what your company does? A: I'm the founder of Numis Global Solutions. We created a PLA straw that looked and felt like plastic, but was industrial and home compostable. So we took a need that we found in the market for a biodegradable [...]
Featured Member: Ravi Vangapalli of Arvy Capital
Ravi Vangapalli, General Partner of Arvy Capital Q: Describe what your current company does? A: My current company is Arvy Capital. It is a quant fund company, primarily focusing on building quantitative trading algorithms. Traditionally, there are only two ways to make money - fundamental analysis and technical analysis. But both models are not [...]
Who Should Raise $1M? Fewer than you think.
When I hear that a startup is raising $1M for their first non-friends-and-family round, my immediate thought is, "Oh, so you didn't actually think about how much you should raise." Of course, this is a ridiculous thing to think, given that I don't actually know how the founder landed on the (magical) $1M number. [...]