Employment & Labor Law Compliance Technology Company VirgilHR Closes Pre-Seed Funding Round, Backed by Squadra Ventures, Techstars, SHRMLabs, and TEDCO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — BALTIMORE, MD — FEBRUARY 2, 2023
How Strategic Planning Drives Post-Investment Acceleration for Startups
When we meet with startups, among the many things that we are evaluating, there are two big questions we are working to answer that we’ve written on before — “Can we achieve alignment?” and “Is this team coachable?”
Innovation Works and Squadra Ventures Announce Partnership to Further Develop Executive Mentor Program to Support Entrepreneurs in Baltimore
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — BALTIMORE, MD — SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
The Founder’s 5 Minute 5 Point Pitch
Last month I had the pleasure of judging the USAA Venture Pitch competition that was hosted in concert with Bunker Labs, an accelerator that focuses on military veteran founders.
Overwatch Imaging Raises $11M in investor funding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — HOOD RIVER, OR — APRIL 6, 2022
How to Get the Most Out of Your Investor Updates (and the Checklist You Need to Get it Done)
The purpose of an investor update at face value is to inform the people who have put capital into your business how things are going. They gave you their money, you owe it to them to tell them how and what it is doing.
How Startup CEOs Lead Great Board Meetings That Drive Results
The purpose of the board meeting is to provide the 3 month view on the 12 month plan into the 36 month journey.
What the Future Holds for Cyber Startups in the DMV
At last week’s CyberMaryland Conference, Squadra’s managing partner Guy Filippelli joined fellow DC-Maryland-Virginia cybersecurity investors Justin Label of Inner Loop Capital and Michael Sutton of Stone Mill Ventures.
Message to CEOs: Stop Thinking You Have to Outthink the World
My challenge to entrepreneurs is this: stop thinking up new ideas, start executing on your existing ones, and stay focused until you achieve your goals.
Just Add Water (and Sunlight, and Sleep, and Gratitude): An Energy Management Playbook for Startup Founders
As the year wraps up, it’s abundantly clear that everyone is BURNED OUT.
Get It Done or Leave it Behind: How to Write a Year-End Anti-Resolution List
A few years ago I started making an “anti-resolutions list” at the end of the year. As someone with an early December birthday, I consider myself lucky in that I get a reflective head start on one year coming to an end, and another nearing its beginning.
Why We’re Obsessed with Unit Economics
Many entrepreneurs — including yours truly, in a former life — gravitate towards an obsessive focus on revenue as the most important statistic in explaining their company’s growth path.