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Thanks to Red Bull Basement and Emily Thompson for the invitation to talk with founders at The Collective in Seattle on October 22, 2021.

Take the Survey I’m excited to join you in Beirut Lebanon with Flat6 Labs starting in October 2019! We’ll use this survey to evaluate your startup both before and after the program – it will help identify areas of strengths and weaknesses in your startup. Dave Parker How do investors evaluate your startup company? Let

My oldest son plays guitar and, over the holidays, he did a solo which he posted on Instagram and Facebook. I learned about two years ago, from a friend, that my reposting and sharing wasn’t just because I was a proud dad. He’s built quite a following and has surpassed the 10,000 hours of practice

This week I had the opportunity to open the new Startup NEXT pre-accelerator program in Seattle. Startup NEXT is a five-week program that helps startups increase their odds of success and compress their time frame to launch. Here are the slides from week 1.

Dealing with startups and financial models is one of the areas of discussion that always comes up in product pricing. What’s generally astounding is the lack of thought or time that has gone into the process. I know, I know,  you’re busy building a product and can’t be bothered by such triviality. But, when it’s

Selling a company can be a lot like selling a unique car – it’s only worth what the buyer will pay for it. That also means that your company may not be worth what you want the company to be worth. Here are the approaches to traditional valuation methods. Asset approach Income approach Market approach

The other night we did a Ideation Bootcamp in Seattle. In the agenda we talked about what makes up a big idea and a big market for startups – slides posted here.  After the content portion, we provided an opportunity for potential founder/entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas (not a fundraising pitch but just their idea)