The journey of turning a groundbreaking idea into a successful startup is exhilarating, yet it often presents a formidable challenge: securing funding. For years, the conventional path to funding has followed a set series of stages, from pre-seed to IPO. However, this...
I kicked off the year 2023 on a last-minute trip to Europe with my older sister. Before leaving, I remember scrambling to finish my design projects to close out another semester. Fast-approaching deadlines on multiple large projects had me feeling anxious,...
With all the talk we’ve had about IPOs, that inevitably leads to the question of how these companies can deem themselves valuable, particularly down to an exact numerical amount. That being said, it’s hard not to wonder how IPO valuations aren’t just a shot in the...
Before, we talked about unicorn startups and how they’ve recently gained popularity. Although we can’t quite tell yet if unicorns will become commonplace, there has certainly been an uptick in their occurrence over the years which begs the question: will companies in...
Have you ever wondered how the companies we all know came to be? They all had to start somewhere, most of the time with the help of external investors. If you’re anything like me, the concept of a company before reaching the stock market may perplex you. What...
I bet you thought that unicorns don’t exist. Well, the kind that we envision as a horse-like creature with a horn attached to their noggin still don’t exist, but what they represent do. The magical, ethereal, seemingly impossible idea of a unicorn has been adopted and...
As we all know, prices are rising. With the Fed relentlessly hiking interest rates, the general economy has been struggling despite few areas. This matters because the Fed funds rate is "the interest rate depository institutions charge each other for overnight loans...
Startups may not seem all that important, but they quite literally shape the world we live in. They also affect the quality of life that is achievable. Eric Corl from Medium.comTake some of the household names we know today for example: Google, Uber, Square, Apple,...
Who owns the inventions made from university research? It is a fundamentally technical question that seems best answered by serious people wearing dark suits, possibly on weekend C-SPAN. It is the sort of question you likely need three different reference books and a...
At UNeTech we write a lot of grants. Most of them we don’t get, except the ones we do. UNeTech had a busy spring writing and submitting a wide variety of proposals. Two of them were funded and, with a recent spate of good news, I wanted to take a few moments to thank...
