Welcome to the Clara blog
We empower and educate founders to build successful businesses. Our wealth of startup knowledge is ready and waiting to help take your business to the next level.
Welcome to the Clara blog
We empower and educate founders to build successful businesses. Our wealth of startup knowledge is ready and waiting to help take your business to the next level.
SAFEs explained | The founders’ quick guide
Y Combinator introduced the Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) to help startups raise money in the early stages, before full equity funding rounds. The SAFE is now the typical way many startups do their first fundraising and has set the market standard for...
A day in the life of a startup founder – Zohare Haider, Co-founder & CEO of jalebi.io
Co-founder and CEO of jalebi.io, Zohare Haider is on a mission to help restaurants streamline operations to increase marginal income on every order they craft. An entrepreneur, passionate about solving the broad range of F&B challenges in the region, we caught...
ADGM SPV – Your essential guide
Setting up a company in ADGM, and specifically a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), is attractive for startup founders and their investors. Founders benefit from the speed and simplicity that ADGM’s fully digitised incorporation process achieves, while investors are...
New feature | Introducing Cayman exempted companies on Clara!
The Clara team has some very exciting news! Startup founders can now create Cayman companies on the Clara platform, making it faster, easier and cheaper to form an investor-friendly topco for your startup. Contents 1. Create Cayman Islands exempted companies...
A day in the life of a startup founder | Feras Jalbout, CEO and Founder of Baraka
Clara user Feras Jalbout founded Baraka after a career as an investor, spotting a gap in the market to promote financial inclusion and educate, enable, and empower everyone to invest. We spoke to him about the ups and downs of building a successful startup and how...
Competing with corporate salaries | How Share Incentive Plans help attract top talent
As a founder of an early-stage startup, you’ll have to compete with corporate salaries that you might not be able to match when you’re hiring your first team members. Share Incentive Plans (also known as SIPs) can be one of the tools that help you compete by...
Astonishing facts about startups that will make you question everything you thought you knew
Clara has done some digging to find some truly mind-bending facts about startups. Find out what country is deemed to be the most entrepreneurial in the world, where on the planet you’re likely to find unicorns or angels and how the time of year might affect your...
Unlock productivity | The best organisation tools for startup success
The days of the humble pen and paper are over. From expanding on that tiny seed of an idea, brainstorms with co-founders and teammates, to impressive pitches and world domination, Clara’s picked the best digital tools to help your startup succeed. Look out for part...
Must-watch | Essential TV viewing for startup founders
Does life imitate art, or does art imitate life? The bingeable shows on Clara’s list tread a fine line between the two – some, like WeCrashed and The Dropout are based on real-life events, while others such as Silicon Valley draw on the trials and tribulations of...
5 thoughts every founder will have about their startup | Expectation vs reality
Sometimes there is a stark difference between what you think founding a startup might look like compared to the actual experience of the early days. In this blog Clara takes a look at five thoughts every founder has about their startup versus the reality, as well...
Top 5 startup mistakes and how to avoid them
Starting your business is exciting. The journey of taking it from an early-stage idea to a fully formed and functioning business is a wild ride, but there are a few things that you should and should not do when you’re getting started. Contents 1. Not choosing the...
Inspiring female founders | Female founders scaling up for success
We’ve rounded up a selection of inspiring female founders from around the globe. From BioTech and Fashion to Tech, Venture Capital and Fitness, these ladies have taken their businesses to the next level and are achieving inspiring levels of success in their...
Startup myths | 5 assumptions to reconsider
There’s a lot of information out there on how to best run a startup, and many commonly held assumptions. Clara breaks down 5 of the most common, so that you can go forward with confidence, knowing what’s fact and what’s fiction. Contents 1. IP belongs to a...
The startup reading list | Books that motivate, educate and inspire
Whether you’re looking for inspiration, information or education, Clara’s pick of essential reads has it covered. These books by thought leaders and industry experts cover top startup issues, innovative management methods, techniques to foster creativity and much...
