We humans love planning, thinking ahead about how to deal with life and organizing our everyday schedule according to a routine. We like things to turn out as expected, and boy do we hate surprises and unexpected events. I mean…
You’re on the most important elevator ride of your life. You have ten seconds to pitch- the classic “elevator pitch”. Love or Hate. Money or Despair. And you may never get this chance again. Now there are plenty of “guidelines”, books…
Let’s be honest here, some professional events and occasions can really be awkward, choking you up a little, leaving you clueless at times. You don’t know what to do or what to say and you end up making a fool…
Who are we kidding, writing that last “is there anything you would like us to know about you” essay is crucial, and can definitely make or break your chances of getting accepted. I’m not only talking about IVY-leagues or prestigious…
As an aspired entrepreneur taking on the startup world, trying to leave your mark, you’re faced with plenty of hardships that are there to bring you down and tear you apart. From the development of an idea to the registration…
I’m going to be honest here, there have been plenty (plenty!) of “slightly” awkward, don’t-know-what-to-say, come-up-with-something-fast moments – and they are hell! I mean anything worst than that would probably be the missed high-five moment you have with your new…
Does success really have an expiration date? Is there an actual deadline you have to meet before you can’t be successful? And if you answered yes to all of these questions, what’s the best age to succeed? Let me break it…
After having watched every single Shark Tank episode, concluding that every investor is, well, a jerk, the guy we sat down with really wasn’t what I was expecting. The person in question is young, intelligent, humble and unbelievably well spoken…
If I told you that it would be possible to make a billion dollars in two years by launching a startup, would you call me crazy, out of my mind, delusional or all of the above? See, there are people…
As we witnessed Germany win the World Cup, we realized this is a triumph for team work over individual brilliance. Germany has a team of very good players and throughout the tournament we have seen them dispatch teams with players…
Facebook just keeps on getting bigger, better – and richer. As a matter of fact, today Facebook is worth a lot more than companies who have been around for decades! According to the Quartz report, Facebook is officially worth…
Look, I’ve done a lot of crazy shit in my life; jumped off buildings, driven at 200 mph and even experienced some high stakes in my days, but never have I (or would I) ever gamble my future multi-billion dollar…
Let’s face it; there aren’t that many global Middle Eastern fashion brands that have taken the world with a storm, attracting royalties from all corners of the globe, making red-carpet celebrities dying to wear your creations. There just isn’t the…
Few are those companies who blow you away and make you wonder how a business can be so cool and so awesome. We have Apple, Facebook and Tesla, and then we had Uber come along. The only difference is: Uber…
Ben Silbermann, one of the early founders of Pinterest, must have, in all honesty, been one of the most stubborn, most dedicated and devoted entrepreneurs out there as he just would not give up on what would later turn out…
Raising millions of dollars for your start up seems great, but in reality, you are expected to perform and most importantly provide a positive return on investment for your investors. Anything short of this spells future disaster for you and…
What excites you? If the opinion of your parent was not a factor and peer pressure didn’t exist, what would you go for? Would you study the structure of dandelions in the US or travel to places you’ve never been…
Sometimes, coming with the right idea, finding the right team or even drafting the perfect business plan is not the hardest part of getting your startup up and running. The real trouble is finding the Benjamins to finance your little…
We all wish there was a secret formula, a magical recipe, that poured down money from the heavens, establishing that financial freedom we all seek. Well, as there might not be a precise socio-economic formula for success, there is definitely…
Airbnb went through an amazing transformation, going from helping us rent out mattresses to having an astonishing 10 billion dollar valuation – how they did it? The timeline presented bellow is a chart created by Funders and Founders, Anna Vital,…