As a startup owner or founder, you may be focusing on a lot of different things to lead your business to success, from product development to market research. But another crucial variable to consider that…
Startup Founder Burnout is real – Here are 3 innovative steps to win against it
Startup founder burnout is real. Most founders ignore it. Even less talk about it. The results are disastrous - because no startup can outlive its founder’s burnout. It is like cutting off the head of…
The Beginning of an Inclusive Startup
Last week, I talked about how Silicon Valley and the tech industry, in general, is biased against women. It was to battle this that myStartUpCFO was started. In August 2013, we began our financial and…
6 Mistakes Founders Make When Raising Funds
Raising money for your startup doesn’t have to be an impenetrable mystery, like whether your fridge light stays on when you shut the door. Every week, I meet people who still haven’t figured it out.…
Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?
After speaking with hundreds of CEOs, I realized that burn rate isn’t as Startup101 as I had thought. There are still a lot of things that founders understand incorrectly when it comes to being a…
Are You A Burn Rate Zombie?
India’s Taxi Wars will make a great movie one day. The good guys, however, don’t always win. Sometimes they die before the movie climaxes. Today, the leaders in India’s taxi wars are Uber and Ola.…