At SeedInvest, entrepreneurs constantly pitch us their latest business ideas and plans. These pitches come in the form of emails, executive summaries, PowerPoint presentations, videos, tweets, and sometimes 30-second elevator speeches in between or leaving events. As a founder, having an effective pitch is the gateway to a sit-down meeting with an angel investor or […]

Entrepreneurs often learn as they go along. After all, there are certain aspects of running a business you can only understand if you have first-hand experience. But when it comes to creating and managing a budget, if you’re not prepared, it can end up being extremely detrimental to your businesses. “Budgeting is one of the […]

Being the owner of one company is a daunting task in itself, but being the owner of two or more businesses? That requires the strength of time management and balance. As a startup or small business owner, you may find at times (probably more often than not) that you are, well, lacking funds. At this […]

Going out on your own is equal parts exhilarating and terrifying. We all have notions about what it will be like, but what’s the reality? I went out on my own almost a decade ago. Below are 10 things I’m glad I had done or learned along the way. 1. Moonlight while you’re still at […]

We’ve all heard entrepreneurs attempt to one-up each other, trying to prove how much busier they are than their colleagues. Work hours continue to seep into private time, and getting fewer and fewer hours of sleep is often seen as a badge of honor, rather than the health and productivity disaster that it is. We […]

Up until recently, the term “going Dutch” meant sharing a restaurant bill to save money. Rightly or wrongly, that is what the Dutch are known for: being cheap. But that might be about to change, as going Dutch could mean something entirely different. It is Tuesday morning on a sunny spring day, and I am […]

Coni’seafood sits across the street from an abandoned gas station and a strip mall that seems to advertise everything under the sun, from a price-slashing store promising all its items for under a dollar to a skate shop pushing its “#1 Drinking Water.” With its humble blue sign, Coni’seafood looks very small in comparison. The […]

Gretchen Rubin is in the business of happiness. When the New York Times bestselling author completed her last book, The Happiness Project, she wondered what her next move might be. Inspiration didn’t take long. While her last book set out to explain in plain terms the elusive emotion of happiness, Rubin realized that she needed […]