This year marks a decade since venture capitalist Aileen Lee first coined the term “unicorn” in an article analyzing privately-held startups valued at over $1 billion. At the time, Lee’s team found ...

On a recent flight, I watched Howard Schultz describing how he built Starbucks. Here are a few lessons from the series that fit the unicorn profile (Bootstrap to Billions from www.dileeprao.com). #1.

Are you a seed-stage founder who’s building a unicorn? NFX Founding Partner James Currier would like to save you some time: Startups that grow into billion-dollar companies have three basic forms of ...

Heron Finance's new pre-IPO company investing strategies offer diversified exposure to 50+ private companies with $5B+ valuations, all with end-to-end portfolio management and a $10,000 investment ...

Imagine if you are a board of a company trying to recruit a CEO. It’s unclear what you might need in the current climate of inflation, economic uncertainty across the globe and frankly the effects of ...

Stop waiting for the perfect idea — the most successful businesses aren’t built on revolutionary ideas but on smart, consistent execution. Start with what you have, manage like a large company from ...

A family friend recently asked me for job advice. He had just received a job offer from a pre-IPO tech company on the East Coast and wanted my opinion. He had questions about his compensation and ...