The Startup Finance Blog | Lighter Capital

Oct 30, 20183 min read

Report: Seattle Leads Nation as Fastest Growing Tech Hub

Silicon Valley may be the largest tech hub nationwide, but a new study has revealed Seattle leads the nation as the fastest growing tech...

7 Best Small Business Accounting Software Options

Oct 25, 20185 min read

Tech & Tools

7 Best Small Business Accounting Software Options

Accounting software is far more powerful than Excel and should easily streamline all of your startup's finances. Here are 7 good solutions.

What Documents Are Required for Securing a Traditional SMB Bank Loan for My Startup?

Oct 19, 20184 min read

Funding & Finance

What Documents Are Required for Securing a Traditional SMB Bank Loan for My Startup?

To help you be more successful in securing a SMB loan, we’ve outlined the most common documents banks require.

5 Tips to Help You Hire for Your Startup

Oct 4, 20183 min read

People & Culture

5 Tips to Help You Hire for Your Startup

Hiring for your SaaS startup can be surprisingly tricky. How do you find someone who’s qualified, a good match for your company culture,...

Introducing Client Perks: Discounted Business Tools for Scaling Your Startup

Oct 3, 20183 min read

News & Awards

Introducing Client Perks: Discounted Business Tools for Scaling Your Startup

We love our clients; after all, we succeed only when our clients succeed. As part of our mission to help you scale your startup, we want...

Sep 28, 20184 min read

People & Culture

How to Network as an Entrepreneur

They say it’s lonely at the top, but it doesn’t have to be. Especially when so many people are going their own way in business these...

Sep 21, 20183 min read

Startup Leadership

8 Pitch Presentation Tips for Startups

Learn how to craft and deliver a startup pitch presentation you can be proud of with these 8 tips for pitching your startup to investors.

Lighter Capital’s Third Year on the Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Companies

Aug 31, 20181 min read

News & Awards

Lighter Capital’s Third Year on the Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Companies

Lighter Capital has for the third consecutive year been name to the Inc. 5000 list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the...

The Art of Growing a Sustainable Tech Business

Aug 23, 20182 min read

Client Spotlight

The Art of Growing a Sustainable Tech Business

Knowify had what many SaaS startups dream about: an offer of VC funding. But the project-management software company’s response was less...

Founder Spotlight: Q&A with Joe Floyd, Founder and CEO of InsureSign

Aug 9, 20184 min read

Founder Stories

Founder Spotlight: Q&A with Joe Floyd, Founder and CEO of InsureSign

InsureSign, an e-signature startup founded in 2011 that competes successfully with some major tech companies, recently received some...

6 Steps to Creating Effective Content for Your SaaS Startup

Jul 31, 20184 min read

Sales & Marketing

6 Steps to Creating Effective Content for Your SaaS Startup

Do more with less. Follow these simple steps to create great content that actually helps grow your SaaS startup and achieve your goals.

The 5 Best SaaS Books Every Startup Leader Should Read

Jul 10, 20183 min read

Startup Leadership

The 5 Best SaaS Books Every Startup Leader Should Read

We all know it’s hard for tech entrepreneurs to find time to read actual books. But there’s much wisdom on those dusty shelves, with...

A Supreme Court Decision SaaS Companies Need to Know

Jun 28, 20183 min read

Accounting & Taxes

A Supreme Court Decision SaaS Companies Need to Know

Head’s up, SaaS leaders. Sales tax laws are changing, and smart companies will change with them. On June 21st, a U.S. Supreme Court...

How to Make Your Tech Startup Welcoming to Women

Jun 26, 20185 min read

People & Culture

How to Make Your Tech Startup Welcoming to Women

Learn how to create an inclusive environment for women in STEM fields and lead the change in your industry.

Why Transparency Is So Critical for Startups

Jun 14, 20183 min read

People & Culture

Why Transparency Is So Critical for Startups

“A Leader Struggles to Sell Software Meant to Aid Sales,” read the August 2014 New York Times headline about Matthew Bellows, founder and...

How Knowify Found the Perfect Source of Funding

May 29, 20183 min read

SaaS Growth

How Knowify Found the Perfect Source of Funding

Marc Visent, CEO of Knowify, and Allen Johnson, Chief Investment Officer at Lighter Capital, recently joined Intuit’s Developer...

Getting Your Startup’s Financial House in Order

May 7, 20182 min read

Webinars

Getting Your Startup’s Financial House in Order

Why is it essential for startups to have their financials in order? This was the topic of a recent webinar that featured a lively...

Top 6 Financial Mistakes to Avoid for Startups

Apr 25, 20183 min read

Funding & Finance

Top 6 Financial Mistakes to Avoid for Startups

As a startup founder, your to-do list is never ending: hiring, culture, sales, marketing, product development, fundraising — it goes on...

How Visible.vc Got Startup Funding in 15 Days

Apr 18, 20184 min read

Webinars

How Visible.vc Got Startup Funding in 15 Days

Last October, Visible.vc came to Lighter Capital looking for an injection of capital to scale their business. The Chicago-based company...

Congrats, You’ve Just Secured Funding. Now What?

Mar 27, 20183 min read

SaaS Growth

Congrats, You’ve Just Secured Funding. Now What?

This is it! The moment you’ve been waiting for through those long hours of working to translate a fledgling idea into a real business....

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