In a special survey, 74% of founder’s spouses said the startup is the most dominant factor in their lives — Much has been written about being a startup founder — the ups, the downs, the uncertainty, the exhilaration. And when thinking about founder relationships, the focus is often on the relationship between co-founders (see our survey here). But what about the real-life, non-startup relationship? We were curious: What is it…

Breaking down the traditional VC value-add platform model into small, well-defined work packages — Everyone in the venture ecosystem knows about the meme of VCs’ pursuit of adding value. There’s a lot of cynicism surrounding this notion, and rightly so: adding value as a VC firm is tricky. And it’s difficult. To contribute meaningfully and with precision, one needs a deep context of the…

And no, they can’t be replaced with ChatGPT — Necessity is the mother of invention, the saying goes, and early stage startups have a lot of needs that necessitate innovation. …

The Co-Founder Marriage Being in a co-founder relationship is like being in a high-pressure, high-stakes, fun, but very intense marriage. It is not surprising, then, that founders believe that their co-founder relationships strongly impact the success of their startup.