Starting a Company

Good to Great

By: Jim Collins

Biotech • Starting a Company

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

By: Patrick Lencioni

Strategy & Operations

The Entrepreneur's Guide to a Biotech Startup

By: Peter Kolchisnky

The Billion Dollar Molecule

By: Barry Werth

Biotech • Starting a Company

Talking to Strangers

By: Malcolm Gladwell

David Schwed Former COO at Halborn

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How frequently should I get audits?

Crypto/Web3 • Starting a Company

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How should I think about audits vs bounty programs?

David Schwed Former COO at Halborn

Crypto/Web3 • Starting a Company

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If I can’t afford an audit, should I still go live with my project?

David Schwed Former COO at Halborn

Crypto/Web3 • Starting a Company

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Should I use another distribution method for my token than selling it?

Andrew Bull Founding Partner at Bull Blockchain Law

Crypto/Web3 • Fundraising

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What should my project avoid doing to get in trouble with the SEC?

Andrew Bull Founding Partner at Bull Blockchain Law

Crypto/Web3 • Legal

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Is it advantageous to launch a protocol out of a foreign country?

Andrew Bull Founding Partner at Bull Blockchain Law

Crypto/Web3 • Legal

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What is the Howey test and is it relevant to crypto?

Andrew Bull Founding Partner at Bull Blockchain Law

Crypto/Web3 • Legal

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How much should I invest in IP?

Legal • Starting a Company

Do VCs offer resources in addition to capital?

Sarah Hodges Managing Partner at Pillar VC

What happens if one of my co-founders leaves early?

Jamie Goldstein Partner at Pillar

Leadership • Management

How do VCs view familial founding teams?

Sarah Hodges Managing Partner at Pillar VC

What should my pitch deck include?

Madelyn Heart Head of Biotech Community at Pillar VC

Biotech IP & AI Workshop

Biotech • Legal

What questions should I be ready to answer in a pitch meeting?

Finance & Accounting • Starting a Company

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Blue Crown Growth Partners

Blue Crown Growth Partners works primarily with lower middle-market growth stage companies to help you scale your business. They offer fractional services including supporting capital raising, preparing board and investor reports, managing accounting and finance teams, acting as a liaison for legal matters, advising HR teams, and providing hands-on assistance with day-to-day operations as needed. Mike Earley has extensive strategic and operational experience in high-growth tech companies.

Deel

Deel is a global payroll and compliance platform that enables companies to hire and pay international contractors and employees seamlessly. It simplifies the complexities of cross-border hiring by handling local taxes, benefits, and compliance requirements in over 150 countries. Deel’s platform provides businesses with the tools to manage remote teams, onboard talent, and ensure legal compliance, making global hiring more efficient and accessible.

Benefits • Finance & Accounting

Attivo

Attivo Partners is a full-service Finance and Accounting firm. Their fractional CFO and accounting services help founders navigate the complexities of company building through all stages of the journey - raising capital, building business models, and achieving successful exits. Attivo's partnership is built to scale, providing customized solutions and thought leadership with services that drive growth and evolve alongside our client’s business.

Accountants • Bookkeeping

Kruze Consulting

Kruze provides Startup Accounting, Bookkeeping Services, CFO Consulting and Tax Prep to over 800+ startups. To date, Kruze’s clients have raised over $15 billion in venture capital and are market leading SaaS, Software, eCommerce, eHealth, Biotech and FinTech startups. If you reach out, please mention that the reference is coming from Harris Stolzenberg at Pillar VC.

Accountants • Bookkeeping

Alma

Alma simplifies immigration for founders, technologists, researchers, scientists and others at the top of their fields leveraging our highly experienced immigration lawyers and a user-friendly platform. Our value proposition is simple: high-quality legal services, fast turnaround of documents and better approval rates for clients.

Hiring • Human Resources

TriNet

TriNet is an all-in-one HR software that combines HR administration, hiring, employee management, payroll and benefits in one system. With the TriNet HR platform, you can streamline all HR functions and processes to spend less time on tedious HR tasks and more time running your business. They also provide comprehensive immigration support for founders and their employees - this service is designed to make their transition and stay in the country as smooth as possible.

Benefits • Finance & Accounting

Brown Immigration Law

Brown Immigration Law focuses on delivering successful corporate immigration solutions to support employers and foreign talent in a variety of high-growth startups and established businesses across the U.S. and beyond.

Hiring • Human Resources

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Getting Started

33 founder questions

Co-Founder Relationships

42 founder questions

Legally Forming a Company

15 founder questions

Financial Planning

16 founder questions

Intellectual Property

13 founder questions

Top Advice for Founders

26 founder questions

The Founder Journey

16 founder questions

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Zapier

zapier.com

Zapier connects the apps you use everyday to automate your work and be more productive.

Budgeting & Planning • Finance & Accounting

Stripe

stripe.com

Online payment processing for internet businesses. Stripe is a suite of payment APIs that powers commerce for online businesses of all sizes.

Trello

trello.com

Trello’s boards, lists, and cards enable you to organize and prioritize your projects with you and your team.

Tech • Collaboration

Asana

asana.com

Asana allows remote teams to organize projects, manage shifting priorities, and get work done.

Leadership • Management

The Org

theorg.com

The Org is on a mission to make organizations more transparent by building a database (currently free to use) of organizational charts for every leading company.

Bookkeeping • Budgeting & Planning

Pilot

pilot.com

Pilot offers bookkeeping, tax, and CFO services for growing businesses. Your favorite tools integrate with Pilot so that everything is kept effortlessly up to date, including Stripe, Quickbooks, Square, Shopify, Gusto, Expensify, Bill.com, and others.

Basecamp

basecamp.com

Basecamp is a project management and internal communication tool for remote teams. The platform puts everything in one place: message boards, to-dos, group chat, file storage, and more.

Collaboration • Leadership

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A Guide to Spinning Out of University

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