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Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Dear Sophie: When...

For founders winding down from a challenging year and planning for the new year, this is an excellent time to reevaluate your relationships with the investors you work with. I am fortunate to be able to work with almost a dozen early-stage startups directly and get to observe the...

Shagun Malhotra Contributor A CPA, CIA, and an experienced auditor and process consultant, Shagun started her career in public accounting. She has worked with Fortune 100 companies such as Marriott and Freddie Mac. The great surge in entrepreneurship following the pandemic resulted in a significant disruption of most industries, which was...

Rebecca Mitchem Contributor Rebecca Mitchem is a partner at Neotribe Ventures, which invests in early- to growth-stage companies developing breakthrough technologies. She co-manages Ignite, a $90 million fund focused on growth-stage companies across industries including computational biology, enterprise security, blockchain technologies, clean tech and more. More posts by this contributor How to...

Angelina Liparteliani Contributor Angelina Liparteliani is a digital marketing expert for Johnson & Johnson. She is also developing GLAMLAB London, a service for beauty freelancers to list and sell their beauty services to clients in the U.K. It’s time to reconsider how you use Instagram’s advertising tools for your business....

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Dear Sophie: How...

Steve Goldberg Contributor Steve Goldberg is the chief revenue officer at Salesloft, where he helps salespeople be more successful, drive more revenue, and generate more pipeline. During an economic downturn, it’s easy to focus on negative headlines about layoffs and declining business performance. But revenue teams still have targets to meet....

Since 2006, Ryan E. Long has been the principal attorney of Long & Associates. The Santa Monica-based law practice solves tricky IP-related issues for tech/media clients so they can safely scale or be acquired. Valuing pre-revenue tech startups is an established process today, but do the methods employed apply...

Mark Munroe is a long-time SEO veteran and the creator of technical SEO monitoring tool, SEORadar. He was most recently vice president of SEO at Nuvolum. We all know that content is king when it comes to SEO. However, winning SEO strategies today demand more than just good textual...

Eric Tarczynski Contributor More posts by this contributor 2023 VC predictions: Finding an exit from the ‘messy middle’ This month, we’re five years into building Contrary. Along the way, we’ve raised hundreds of millions from some of the world’s top institutions and have been fortunate to back startups like Ramp, Anduril and...