This highly valuable concept is one of the most difficult for investors and entrepreneurs to grasp intuitively. I didn’t truly understand it until I was fifty. It’s not due to a lack of learning ability, but because, as with many…

Director compensation has changed significantly over the past few years. While specific data, especially for early and mid-stage companies, remains limited, compensation levels are widely believed to have increased severalfold since the corporate governance issues of the late 1990s. Why…

Deciding between angel investors and venture capital (VC) funds is a common challenge for startups. Fortunately, the choice is often straightforward once the characteristics of the business and its stakeholders are analyzed. Angel investors and VC firms differ significantly in…