The challenges facing on-demand startups are steep with Amazon and Uber looming over the entire space.

Companies should pick shorter, intuitive names, and shouldn’t feel tied to a dot-com URL.

Abbott, a 2014 investor in Snapchat, explains why he looks for companies that provide painkillers, not just vitamins, and why venture investments are ultimately bets on people.

Most accelerators—whether it’s YC or elsewhere, are worth the effort and equity surrendered by startups, as they inform founders how to spend their most precious commodity: time.

By pushing for the removal of privacy protections, major ISPs have further nudged open the door to startup challengers.

Even AI itself will become a commodity. We’re already there, on some fronts. Plug into an API and build your model.

FC goes deep with the General Catalyst managing director Niko Bonatsos, who found the Snapchat team when they were still at Stanford.

AI’s rise isn’t understated. It will soon be pasted onto nearly every platform that exists, becoming another standardized piece of the modern tech stack.

Startup culture encourages founders to hack their way to growth in nearly any way possible. Paring back on and controlling those ethos can be difficult for startups who took growth hacking a step too far.

Startups with women founders succeed at a higher rate, data show. On International Women’s Day, FC tapped some of its stalwart women founders for their inspirations and advice for others following them into tech.

Today we are excited to announce the launch of FundersClub Catalyst, a set of bots, apps, and content to help startups launch, manage, and grow their companies.

Two of the most common ways young startup companies raise capital is through a convertible debt round or an equity round. As a founder, how do you know the right option for your company? FC's Venture Team explores the two options and what is involved in both options.