The Fast Company Impact Council is an invitation-only membership community of top leaders and experts who pay dues for access to peer learning, thought leadership, and more. BY Nacho De Marco In 2009, ...

Explore the contrasts between bootstrapping and venture capital funding for startups, detailing how each option affects company control, culture, and growth. Bootstrapping preserves control and ...

Every dollar counts, and you quickly learn to focus on paying customers and measuring ROI before chasing vanity metrics.

When you take venture capital money, investors will shape everything from your strategy and product to your thought process. That may not be best for what you’re offering, especially in the AI space, ...

The same holds true for your first head of growth: If they don’t deliver, it could spell the end of everything. In his latest TC+ column, growth expert Jonathan Martinez lays out a detailed plan for ...

For many startups, securing financing is more difficult than ever. Following a decade of highs culminating in 2021 and a precipitous drop in 2022, financing norms have changed. VCs, still flush with ...

The health of startup ecosystems is often measured in terms of the investment they attract. Thus, London’s position as the preeminent hub in Europe is based on the city’s ability to suck in more VC ...

That’s partly tongue-in-cheek but mostly serious, given all the news of markets and investors starting to pay attention to whether companies actually make any money–including in the deified domain of ...

Date and Amount of Funding Received: Angel seed; then bootstrapped. What does your company do? It's a global platform for connecting freelance lawyers to companies. What need did you see in the legal ...