Steven Trieu, CFO at Chamath Palihapitiya's 8090 Solutions, has tried everything—lawyers, hybrid models, and other cap table platforms.

His verdict? "Mantle was the best fit for us."

Why? Because early-stage companies don't need to overcomplicate or overpay for equity management.

“Raise just enough money so you feel like you’re under pressure.”

That was Steven Trieu's (CFO of 8090 Solutions/Social Capital) advice when we asked how founders should think about fundraising.

Steve’s framework is simple: Raise enough oxygen to reach your next meaningful milestone, but no more.

Outsite's co-founder, Stijn Beauprez, on why founders should stop using Excel to manage their cap tables.

2015: Instacart was worth $2B, Forbes Magazine called it “America’s most promising company" — until one brutal board meeting stopped it cold.

Nilam Ganenthiran says that reality check was the best thing that ever happened.

👉 “You can’t punt building a real business forever.”

“Will I be happy making this person a ton of money?”

That’s the question Nilam Ganenthiran (ex-President of Instacart, now building Beacon Software) asks before taking any investor’s money.

If you choose investors you respect, it makes all the hard moments a lot easier.

Our Halloween office tour is here 🎃

This time:
- Amit's mixology debut (Dark & Stormys, anyone?)
- Derek's triumphant return and suspicious AI alliances
- We finally answer the age-old question: "Is a taco a sandwich?"

This Halloween, face your startup fears 👻

Ask Amit anything by Friday, Oct. 31: withmantle.com/ama

It’s never been easier to start a company.
Which also means… it’s never been harder to build one that actually stands out.

Amar Varma (Mantle) sat down with Peter Carrescia (goConfirm) to talk about what’s changed in building and scaling startups and why “finding white space” is tougher than ever.

Founders fall in love with their product, their plan, their idea of how it should go.

Peter Carrescia (goConfirm) has a reminder for anyone building right now:

- Be nimble
- Listen more
- Change faster

Emily Smiley (Executive Director @ Movement51) has advice every founder should hear before spending another dollar on development:

Talk to people early and often. Especially the ones who will say no.

Step 1: Build a startup.
Step 2: Watch it break.
Step 3: Laugh about it anyway.

Marie Chevrier Schwartz (CEO of TechTO) reminds first-time founders that sometimes the best skill to have is grit with a little sense of humor.

Our last office tour went mildly viral, so naturally, we made another one 🌭

“Mantle has given me knowledge, which in turn has given me power as a founder.”
- Erin Bury, Co-founder and CEO of Willful

We’re opening our doors for Startup Open House this Thursday!

To prepare, we filmed an office tour.

It features:
- Bubly (lots of it)
- Mechanical keyboards (everywhere)
- Chris from Operations (not replaced by AI yet)

Come by Oct 9 to experience it all in 3D.

Founders: modeling dilution shouldn’t take hours⏱️

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