Carrie Andrews

With two decades of tech leadership experience, Alex Akimov, former head of API at Adyen, now revolutionizes embedded finance at Monite by building best-in-class APIs for effortless client integrations. Application programming interfaces (APIs) power the modern internet, including most websites, mobile apps, and IoT devices we use. And, thanks to...

Mike Cardamone Contributor Mike Cardamone is CEO and managing partner at Forum Ventures, where he focuses on developing Forum’s investment strategy with the mission to make the B2B SaaS journey easier, more accessible, and successful for early-stage founders. There is no question that 2023 was a tough year for the venture and...

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 Ask Sophie: Is it...

Russ Heddleston Contributor Russ Heddleston is co-founder and former CEO of DocSend at Dropbox. More posts by this contributor Early-stage founders still have currency: Fundraising in times of greater VC scrutiny Start up solo or bring on a co-founder? 4 factors to consider Founding a company during economic uncertainty and excelling takes more than just...

Phani Dasari is the chief information security officer at Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS), a global company specializing in digital-led customer experience for hundreds of world-class brands. Phani has over 18 years of experience across domains such as governance, risk, compliance, client security management, data privacy, and regulatory compliance, among...

More posts by this contributor Recognizing Probabilities In Budgeting And Forecasting As interest rates have returned to historical norms, the world has returned its focus to cost of capital and free cash flow generation. Businesses are working hard to conform to traditional heuristics like Rule of 40 (i.e., the idea that...

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 Ask Sophie: Does the...

Jackie Rocca is VP of Product, AI, at Slack, where she oversees the vision and execution of Slack AI, which brings generative AI natively and securely into Slack’s user experience. The application of generative AI in the workplace is a long game, and we’re in the very early stages. Most...

David Placek is the president and founder of Lexicon Branding. In developing category-changing names like Sonos, Pentium, OnStar, Swiffer, Febreze and BlackBerry, Lexicon has become one of the most influential branding agencies in the world with more than 3,700 naming assignments in 22 countries. With a slowing venture capital...

Sylvain Kalache Contributor Sylvain Kalache is the co-founder of Holberton, an edtech company training digital talent in more than 10 countries. An entrepreneur and software engineer, he has worked in the tech industry for more than a decade. Part of the team that led SlideShare to be acquired by LinkedIn, he...