Introducing Cap Table Cast, a new podcast from FoundersXcel — We often hear the stories of successful founders after they’ve achieved incredible outcomes — but what we don’t get is the journey. The in-the-weeds, unfiltered account of what it’s like to undertake something massively ambitious. If you’d like to take an exhilarating peak behind the scenes and experience the brilliance…

How Nat Turner and Zach Weinberg’s mentors helped them build a billion dollar business. As sophomores at Wharton, Nat Turner and Zach Weinberg built Invite Media, an adtech platform that Google bought three years later for $81 million¹. Later, after a brief stint leading Invite’s integration into Google, the two…

In an industry dominated by the Zucks and Spiegels, the biggest returns will come from the most unsexy problems. — Current landscape Painting a non-statistical picture of most student-level startups seeking investment is not difficult. They fall into one of two categories, hyper prevalent social media upstarts and uber-niche, college campus specific startups aiming to make student life more efficient. But this isn’t an indictment — entrepreneurship in any sector and of…

Diverse founders return 30% more cash on median to investors. — Diversity in venture and by extension the startups that venture capitalists fund is not a new topic. By and large, partners at VC funds tend to be strikingly homogenous, not only in terms of academic background and network but also in terms of ethnicity. Finding a partner of non-white or…

Yes, we tell ourselves that banana ‘bread’ is just that, a quick bread. A distant cousin of the more attractive cake that happens to share nearly the exact same ingredients and have a strikingly similar texture once baked. Well I’m here to end the confusion. It’s time to give up…

Check back often! The Biotech Dictionary is always being updated! Biotech sounds complicated — and that’s because it is. But don’t fret, we’re here to simplify it. At the most basic level, biotechnology utilizes naturally occurring, biological processes and phenomena to serve the ever-complicating needs of a growing human population…

If there is any fruit season that absolutely must not be missed, it’s stone fruit season, specifically peach season. From July to August, peaches are in an utterly perfect state of juicy ripeness and are chock full of flavorful juices. These late summer gems lend themselves to a variety of…

Growing up in Michigan, I never fully actualized the benefits of having access to incredibly fresh, juicy and rich cherries, for a large part of the summer. Subsequently, I also never realized how ridiculously therapeutic it is to stand in your kitchen, brew yourself an espresso, and proceed to pit…

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m obsessed with carrot cake. It’s a complete and utter people pleaser. Chock full of incredibly rich spices, crunchy nuts and all of the earthy delicious carrots, this showstopper doesn’t even need the caramel-like buttermilk glaze (but don’t you dare mess with my…