Startup Registration: As soon as your startup is is ready to go, you will need to register the business legally. The main types of legal structure for businesses, or business entity types, are shown in the table, but there are a few variants, such as the Social Purpose Corp in CA, or the Public Benefit […] The post Startup Registration appeared first on Venture Founders ..read more

Startups Need Data: Many advisers will counsel budding startups to use national economic and market data to plan their new enterprise and be sure of realistic opportunities. This can be good advice for entrepreneurs planning high-risk tech ventures or major manufacturing investment, that need big chunks of capital. It will also be true for aspiring […] The post Startups Need Data appeared first on Venture Founders ..read more

Entrepreneurial Altruism—Save One Starfish: One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean. Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?” The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is going […] The post Entrepreneurial Altruism appeared first on Venture Founders ..read more

Mission Driven and Purpose Capital Directory—USA: Seed and venture capital funds all have very particular criteria for investment in new and young ventures. Today, the fastest growing special emphasis is on social progress. This includes many kinds of purpose driven startups, but especially those aimed at women, diversity, eco-focussed business, healthcare, education, and sectoral emphases […] The post Mission Driven and Purpose Capital Directory—USA appeared first on Venture Founders ..read more

Funding for Female Founders: According to Pitch Book, venture capital funding overall has surged in recent years, but the numbers haven’t leapt forward for female founders at the same pace. Last year, companies founded solely by women garnered 2% of the total capital invested in venture-backed startups in the US, but there was a 138% […] The post Directory of Funding for Female Founders—USA appeared first on Venture Founders ..read more

Practice Makes Purpose: The purpose driven entrepreneur is responsible for the venture’s strategy and behavior. Hence practice delivers the startup’s purpose. Passionate entrepreneurs take conscious steps to ensure consistency and direction, knowing that bad practice will always conflict with good purpose. There are all too many examples of the opposite being true, especially among major […] The post Practice Makes Purpose appeared first on Venture Founders ..read more

Business Purpose and Practice—Lesson for Intentional Startups: Business purpose must be lived. Declarations of purpose will be pie in the sky and counterproductive if not lived by everyone in the enterprise daily. The purpose must be the “Big Story” in the hearts and minds of every one in the business. Happily for entrepreneurs, this is […] The post Business Purpose and Practice appeared first on Venture Founders ..read more

Startup Purpose—benefit all stakeholders. Selfish startups don’t survive. Join the growing numbers of entrepreneurs who embrace stakeholder capitalism, rather than shareholder capitalism. Many businesses declare that they are committed to balancing the needs and expectations of all stakeholders. But, if their leaders are making statements in favor, but without deep personal motivation, it is likely […] The post Startup Purpose appeared first on Venture Founders ..read more

Strategy and Interdependence We are coexistent; we can achieve nothing on our own; we are all inter-dependent. We are encouraged to be independent from an early age, even while being coexistent with others. But we are codependent, since both our actions and those of others have interlocking impact. They are pieces of a jigsaw—if one […] The post Strategy and Interdependence appeared first on Venture Founders ..read more

Remaking Capitalism: The interdependence of business has not traditionally been part of business vernacular. However now, especially in post pandemic society, it is an imperative word for the survival of the capitalist system. The destructive imbalance of outcomes has been the inimical consequence the shareholder primacy that has dominated business over the last few decades. […] The post Remaking Capitalism appeared first on Venture Founders ..read more