South by Southwest is an opportunity to engage with the global startup ecosystem. Every year Austin’s most popular festival serves as a chance to meet and connect with founders, learn about industry trends, and share our point of view with a new (and often global)...
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It Takes Two – The Value of a Strategic Partnership through Guide Services
With decades of experience building B2B SaaS companies behind us, we offer our Golden Section portfolio companies much more than just early-stage funding. Our insider knowledge as seasoned founders means we have long been acquainted with the entire arc of the founder...
What We Look for When Investing in Startups
We consider ourselves a unique VC firm, not only in terms of how we approach funding (with a capital efficiency mindset), but in how we approach the entire journey when building a B2B SaaS or Enterprise Software company. We don’t invest in founders and leave them to...
Guide Services The Value of Weekly Syncs with Our Founders
At Golden Section, we’ve found that one of the best ways to ensure the success of our founders is through weekly syncs with our Founder Success Analysts (FSAs). We view FSAs as fractional operating partners that we deploy to our portcos as a crucial part of our...
Technical Debt Ceiling
The US Congress and the White House are engaging in a historic debate over the federal debt ceiling. All problems tend to be accumulated over time; the longtime negligence and lack of action because of political inconvenience are the reasons for the current Federal...
No Sword in the Hand — How David Used Disruptive Innovation to Kill Goliath
David and Goliath Goliath is an incumbent company; no doubt he is a giant. He has muscle and a sword (product depth); he is well fed (high profit margin), and has lots of followers (market share). His technology is sword and shield; his strength is brick and...
Applying the Goldilocks Principle to Startup Valuations
As a founder, you may think that startup valuation is only something that investors consider when deciding whether to take the leap with your company or not. But this isn’t the case — startup valuation is important for founders too. In fact, the valuation of your...
Ben-Hur’s Chariot Race and Software Development
Long before the NASCAR, there was the chariot race in ancient Rome depicted in the movie Ben-Hur. Before he won the incredible race, Judah Ben-Hur already had keen eyes for all the fine Arabian horses he got from the original owner. He told the Sheik: “Your horses...