When our company grew from 30 to 60 people, I reached out to 10 CEOs of startups that grew their companies to around 500 people. I had one question: “What broke in your company as you doubled and tripled in size?” Everyone had one answer: communication. …

This week I had the pleasure of sharing more about BenchSci’s unique culture at Collision hosted in Toronto. I’ve often written about our culture on Medium, and have had likely hundreds of conversations about it with VCs and advisors, but this was the first time I talked about it from…

Employee churn has been a hot topic in the employment market for over the past 18 months. With record-breaking statistics like 4.5 million resignations in November 2021 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, many are calling it “The Great Resignation”. The conversation is not limited to North America…

Do you know that meme about what my friends think I do versus what I actually do? In 2018, I had that meme moment. We had just raised our Series A led by Google’s AI fund, doubled our team size, and started working with the largest pharmaceutical companies in the…

Secondary rounds for founders are very common. Usually, founders sell a small portion of their shares when their company reaches its B or C fundraising round. By that stage, founders have been probably building their company for 5+ years. The logic is that if you own shares worth tens or…

If you’re a startup CEO, you have probably heard the term “preemptive round” in the past. …

When it was time for our A round, I made a list of the top investors I wanted to raise from. You can imagine how happy I was when a meeting with the top firm on my list went extremely well. …

A few weeks ago we published part 2 of the untold stories of early-stage employees. Today we are posting the third and last part. This time, I interviewed BenchSci’s Director of Customer Success, Diane Doran, who joined BenchSci in 2018, when we were a company of under 40 people. Diane…

A few months ago, I was invited to share my journey with a group of over 30 new founders. One question they asked was why to start a company. I flipped the question back to hear why they wanted to. …