by David Nelson | Oct 13, 2025 | Startup Advice
AI Is Not Killing Software as a Service (SaaS) Everywhere I go online, I see people claiming that SaaS is dead — that AI is going to wipe out the entire business model. There’s a mindset among “vibe coders” (and yes, I’m one of them) that this new freedom to build...
by David Nelson | Sep 24, 2025 | Startup Advice
Time Kills Deals: How I Lost $65,000 When I started my very first company, I was still completing my undergrad at Purdue University. I was going to school full-time and trying to get a mobile app development company off the ground. At this time, the iPhone had just...
by David Nelson | Sep 24, 2025 | Startup Advice
Mindset of a Serial Founder In my career, I’ve started five companies and a nonprofit. I’m now on the verge of launching my sixth Startup. As my excitement builds leading up to the launch of my new business, it has made me nostalgic as memories resurface from all the...
by David Nelson | Aug 27, 2025 | Startup Advice
What Ecosystems Get Wrong About Startups In today’s startup culture, less than 1% of founders get venture funding. In fact, the numbers say that somewhere between 0.03% and 0.05% of startups receive venture funding. This data comes from research by Haltiwanger...
by David Nelson | Mar 9, 2024 | Blog, Startup Advice
If you follow the world of Entrepreneurship and Startups, then you have likely seen countless discussions on the art of the Startup pitch. It might even seem like the only thing Startups actually do is conduct elevator pitches, compete in pitch competitions, and pitch...
