Ben Franklin Technology Partners News- Venture News from PR Newswire
- Solar & Renewable Energy Pioneer Kingo Announces $8.0 Million Series B Financing Round
- Revolutionary Learning Game Company Lightneer Lands Seed Funding at $5M
- VentureMed Group Raises $15 Million Series B Equity Financing
- Crowdfunding Success of OYO Fitness's DoubleFlex Gym Spreads Globally
- Filld Secures $9.65M in Additional Funding Led by Shea Ventures
- Horizon Technology Finance Provides $5 Million Venture Loan Facility to WebLinc
- Aytu BioScience, Inc. Announces $11.5 Million Private Placement
- Flo Reaches 10M MAU and Raises $5M in Series A to Advance Women's Health
- SoundCloud Secures Significant Investment Led by The Raine Group and Temasek
- True Green Capital Management Successfully Closes Latest Fund Reaching Hard Cap Of $350 Million
- News from the Venture World
- Breakingviews: Why Benchmark May Want to Cash Out of Uber August 15, 2017
- CellSavers changes name to Puls, raises $25 million in private funding August 15, 2017
- If You Don't Want to Be Fired From Your Startup, Founders Should Remember These 3 Things August 15, 2017
- Former Dragons' Den star Bruce Croxon closes first venture fund after difficult start August 15, 2017
- Pritzker Group Private Capital Adds New Vice President to Services Team August 15, 2017
- Venture News from BizJournals
- Austin biotech company lands on Nasdaq with fresh $60 million
- San Antonio financial adviser raises $15M from investors
- Wells Fargo makes sweeping changes to its board
- Bankers, long fed up with regs, see relief in baby steps
- Wells Fargo makes sweeping changes to its board
- RLJ Lodging Trust shareholders sign off on FelCor acquisition, creating a $7B company
- ‘Authentic’ leadership style guides Emily Robinson
- Wendi Dominguez: Taking a risk on a dream
- Ellen Valde: ‘Welcoming’ Denver vibe
- Wells Fargo makes sweeping changes to its board
Author Archives: TechonomicMan
Don’t live in Dilbert’s world
There are dozens of Dilbert cartoons that make fun of the sales guy. In Dilbert’s world, the logical engineer is king while the salespeople — and frankly all the other business people — are dolts. The transition from being an … Continue reading
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Your Corporate DNA Evolves With Every Person That You Hire
Most of the founders at our incubator Ben Franklin TechVentures have not interviewed, selected or onboarded new employees prior to launching their startups. Having incubated more than 150 companies in 30-plus years, we’ve seen hundreds of successes and failures in … Continue reading
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Entrepreneurship is about people, not things.
The post that follows was originally posted in the June edition of Keystone Edge. It is the second in a continuing series about what we at Ben Franklin Technology Partners and I personally have learned from over 150 incubator/accelerator clients. In … Continue reading
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There Are No Lessons in Entrepreneurship
The post that follows was originally posted in the June edition of Keystone Edge. It is the first in a continuing series about what we at Ben Franklin Technology Partners and I personally have learned from over 150 incubator/accelerator clients. … Continue reading
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Pitching Big or Pitching Small?
Ralph Kramden was always pitching BIG. There must be a dozen episodes in which he dreams up a new way to make a financial killing. And when he pitches those ideas to his pal Norton, or as in the picture, … Continue reading
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If a PowerPoint Sucks…It’s The Messenger, not the Medium
Many have wished for and striven for the death of the powerpoint presentation. I have always disagreed with this point of view. There is no doubt that most power point decks are terrible and yes, should be killed. However, it … Continue reading
Every Business is an “L” Business
Ah, the “L” word. No, not “love”. The other “L” word. You know the one…the one that puts startup founders into an internal rage. The one that signals to the founder that the person using the word finds their business … Continue reading →