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Founder Friday: Hard Truths About the Founder’s Journey with Alex Zorychta

Founder Friday Hard Truths About the Founder’s Journey with Alex Zorychta What Alex Zorychta discovered after studying hundreds of entrepreneurship programs shocked him: they didn’t work. “The students who were most likely to be entrepreneurs anyway didn’t feel supported by the universities. And the students who didn’t end up actually doing anything felt very supported,” […]

How TopDog Law Reimagined Legal Marketing

How TopDog Law Reimagined Legal Marketing What would make a soon-to-graduate law student turn down a six-figure corporate law position to start his own firm? For James Helm, founder of TopDog Law, a friend’s success story sparked an unexpected entrepreneurial journey. “Watching my friend grow a business from zero to $1 million in revenue gave […]

Founder Friday: The Road Less Traveled with Killian Dunne

Founder Friday: The Road Less Traveled with Killian Dunne Killian’s journey from being an early team member at 82i to a startup founder offers a candid look into the challenges and triumphs of the entrepreneurial world. His story is filled with practical lessons, unexpected opportunities, and the tough decisions that every founder faces. As Killian […]

Scaling to $20MM Series: Putting Your People First… The Right Way

Scaling to $20MM Series: Putting Your People First… The Right Way When starting your business, people are inevitably the X factor. You can have a sales and distribution plan perfectly in place, a comprehensive marketing plan, and clear goals for business development, but it takes the right people on your team to make sure that […]

Scaling to $20MM Series: When Does Your Growing Startup Need to Hire a CFO?

Scaling to $20MM Series: When Does Your Growing Startup Need to Hire a CFO? Founders need vision to scale their company, but it’s also crucial to have the right financial structure and people to support that strategy and measure its success. However, even if a founder is a financial wiz, building that necessary financial structure […]

State of the VC Market – Q1 2023

How TopDog Law Reimagined Legal Marketing The world of venture capital is constantly evolving, and 2023 is proving to be a year of significant change and challenges. As entrepreneurs and investors navigate through a dynamic landscape, it becomes crucial to stay informed about the latest updates in the VC market.  US VC Investment Up 37% […]

A CEO’s Journey to Overcome Burnout and Thrive

A CEO’s Journey to Overcome Burnout and Thrive Meet Steve. He’s in his late 30s, married with a young family, and started his company just a little over three years ago with some friends from college. Steve and his co-founders each came to the table with a wide range of experience, but since Steve had the […]

The Other Dating Game

The Other Dating Game You know this night is important, and so naturally you want to look your best. You spend hours and hours primping nervously, going over every last inch, and every last detail, making sure that you make the best first impression you possibly can. Usually you aren’t nervous for first meetings. You know […]

Optimizing your Product Org

Scaling to $20MM Series: Optimizing your Product Org Scale.  For founders, this is either something for which you excitedly yearn or it’s keeping you up at night. In a world in which most boards and investors aren’t exactly patient, most really need to get it. And while there are plenty of startups who have figured […]