The beginning of every year unleashes a frenetic rush of activity, from wrapping up performance reviews to finalizing budgets to starting on those plans for the quarters to come. Read more
This is an incredible time to be an entrepreneur. The venture capital industry is investing record amounts and it’s no coincidence that the five most valuable companies in the world started life as venture-backed startups. Read more
Max Niederhofer recently wrote a very thoughtful piece reflecting on the psychology of venture capital called “Fear and loathing in Venture Capital”. Read more
At Forward Partners we run regular Brown Bag Lunches – events that bring our portfolio founders together around specific topics led by industry experts. Read more
After attending SaaStock two years in a row and enjoying the networking and fun we had there, we wanted to up our game and partner with them for the 2018 edition. Read more
The parade of Silicon Valley figures to Capitol Hill continued today when Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, the core of the Alphabet holding company, went before the House… Read more
Clare Mullen is a Talent and People professional with a wealth of experience including most recently, as consulting Head of People and Culture at DrDoctor. Ginni Lisk is our very own Head of Talent and People Operations. Read more
Sales is hard… and there are plenty of exciting software startups out there who consistently fail to cut through the noise. Inexperienced sales teams lose out to larger, more mature vendors with vast resources and well-honed processes (despite offering a superior product. Read more
So what could founder CEOs, with small, though growing teams, learn from these people, some of whom are leading tens of thousands? First the bad news. Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn, stated, “most things you can’t control”. Read more
Sci-Fi has always inspired inventors and entrepreneurs. So instead of waiting for the future, the world’s biggest corporations are employing Sci-Fi writers to conjure it for them. Read more