Is Brex It?

Is Brex It?

Is Brex it?  For charging everyday startup expenses, like meals and travel, it just may be. Brex touts itself as the first corporate credit card for startups.  Brex works with corporations and other forms of non-individual liability companies.   Brex underwrites on...
Work, the Activity Not the Place

Work, the Activity Not the Place

I left the traditional corporate world many years ago and never looked back.  I chose to work at home.  Not missed were the meetings, the politics and the, even more mind-numbing, commute.  According to many recent studies, I was ahead of my time.  It seems that...
More Money Than He Knows What to Do With

More Money Than He Knows What to Do With

It seems that no list of potential angel investors would be complete without that person who just sold his company and now “has more money than he knows what to do with.”  Surely, he will invest in Newco. There’s nothing sure about it. Time and again I encounter...
Valuing Your Pre-Revenue Startup

Valuing Your Pre-Revenue Startup

Pre-revenue startup.  The term should be self-explanatory.  A pre-revenue startup is a company with no customer activity or sales.  Pretty simple, right?  Then why do I meet so many entrepreneurs who do not understand this definition . . . or, at least, its valuation...
Loan Shark at the Supreme Court

Loan Shark at the Supreme Court

Much has been written about the Supreme Court these past few weeks. The extensive and, often, heated public discourse made me think back on my own, more youthful past.  One particularly disagreeable event came immediately to mind.  It took place in a somewhat dreary,...
The World Is Calling.  Don’t Answer.

The World Is Calling. Don’t Answer.

The problem with the World Wide Web is the “world” part.  This week, over my protests, one of my startup, ecommerce clients, a health and beauty product purveyor, is attempting to accommodate a large order from an unknown customer in Indonesia.  It will not end well....
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