EC entrepreneurship

Generation Investment Management partner Dave Easton talks about how to build a board as a founder, and specifically how to build a board you can live with.

Growth talent wants to know that they have room to experiment, fail and iterate with the support and trust of their company.

First-time entrepreneurs are bound to make some major mistakes. The true measure of a serial entrepreneur, I’d submit, is the ability to recognize those mistakes and adapt.

Moving from dorm room to billion-dollar exit is the dream of every startup founder. Dries Buytaert got there by being bold, working hard and thinking big.

When should deep tech companies hire marketers, and do these hires need industry experience?

While the customer dynamic has changed over the last 20 years, it's actually gotten easier to convert and retain customers through the subscription funnel.

Adopt a “hire slow, fire fast” mentality for your expansion strategy. Don’t be afraid to pull the plug if things don’t work out.

Investors put money into businesses they understand and founders they trust and respect. That is a constant at any time, COVID-19 or not.

There are definitely people who are working at companies that we start engaging before they even have an idea. So it's never too early

These predictions center around how we’ll fundraise post-pandemic, how the funding divide may widen for some, what fundraising activity could look like and sectors we think will fare well.