Finance & Operations
Finance & Operations
Deciding How Your Seed Round Should Be Set Up
When investors come calling, it’s not a bad idea to consider the avenues you want your seed round to come…
by jmintonFinance & Operations
Ask a VC: Your Questions Answered
I said, “Ask us anything.” And you did. In this VC questions answered post I'm providing five responses to help give a clearer picture how VCs work.
by Ricky Pelletier Finance & Operations
Bursting the Bubble Talk: The Difference between More Tech Funding and Overfunding
I hate to burst the bubble talk, but there is a difference between more funding and overfunding. There are some major differences between this and the dot-com era.
by OpenView Finance & Operations
When To Sell a Startup: Understanding The Stages
Offers might start coming in, but are they the right ones? Knowing when to sell a startup requires some homework.
by jminton Finance & Operations
How to Explain Scrum to Management
Pushing for your organization to adopt Scrum? Alex Brown, Scrum Inc. COO, explains the key is to frame the conversation in terms management can better appreciate and understand.
by Alex Brown Finance & Operations
Everything You Wanted to Know About a VC But Were Afraid to Ask
Let's pull back the curtain to look at how a VC works. Here are answers to four common questions I get about how firms are structured, and how they make decisions.
by Ricky Pelletier Finance & Operations
Marketing Advocate or Enemy? Learn How to Get the CFO in Your Corner
Make sure the buck doesn’t stop with your department by turning the CFO into a marketing advocate.
by jminton Finance & Operations
Pursuing a Vision: Elon Musk’s Big Patent Strategy Gamble
Last week, Musk announced that, moving forward, Tesla’s patents are effectively open source. Pursuing Your Vision (Seemingly at the Cost of…
by Brandon Hickie Finance & Operations
Customer Liability: Going Above & Beyond without Going Out on a Limb
As more SaaS companies adopt customer success initiatives that improve user experience and drive customer retention, it’s creating a customer-centric ecosystem in which everyone wins. But as OpenView legal advisor Jeremy Aber warns in this post, if SaaS businesses aren’t careful, those initiatives could also expose companies to potentially liability issues.
by Jeremy Aber