15 Common Mistakes Founders Make When Raising Capital and How to Avoid Them

15 Common Mistakes Founders Make When Raising Capital and How to Avoid Them Having spent over a decade as an investor hearing pitches from almost a thousand founders, I’ve been fortunate to come across many founders who are amazing visionaires with a real penchant for identifying opportunities and then pouncing on them. However, when it comes […]

The Closing of SVB: Lessons for Founders

The Closing of SVB: Lessons for Founders Who would have thought that one of the banking mainstays in the U.S., an institution with over $200B in assets, would suddenly close without barely any notice. What happened two weeks ago with SVB is an awful reminder of just how challenging entrepreneurship can be. Fortunately, the federal government […]

What’s in a Name? Here’s What’s in Ours

What’s in a Name? Here’s What’s in Ours Whenever we introduce our business as 82i, people inevitably ask us how we got our name, and what the ‘i’ in our logo stands for.It all started with an idea. Actually, it started with 1,000 of them.  In his previous role at a growth equity firm, our founder […]