Book Review – The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google
Four companies are at the top of the pyramid for technology and digital media: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. Each one is very...
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- Jan 23, 2019
- 5 min
When to Hire Your First Employee (And Who to Hire First)
There are several sets of questions that face every startup entrepreneur in the early days of their business adventure. These include:...
- Jan 22, 2019
- 4 min
What Should a Business Plan Include?
When you’re setting up a new business, it’s one thing to have a good elevator pitch or a convincing story to tell at a “speed-dating for...
- Jan 21, 2019
- 4 min
How to Attract Investors with an Irresistible Story that Makes Your Company Shine
If you’re an avid reader of our blog, you should know by now what financial metrics and growth metrics to focus on in your startup, and...
- Jan 16, 2019
- 5 min
Starting a Company? Here’s What to Do First
Every entrepreneur has questions when starting a company. There are several sets of questions that every startup entrepreneur will face...
- Jan 15, 2019
- 6 min
How to Hire Sales Reps for Your Startup and Ensure Their Success
“Every person in your company is a vector. Your progress is determined by the sum of all vectors.” – Elon Musk Sustainable growth is...
- Jan 2, 2019
- 5 min
Why Teams Fail, Part 5: Personal Status Kills a Results-Focused Culture
Sometimes people are happy just being part of the team and the status that brings to them personally. Ensure they're invested in results.
- Jan 1, 2019
- 4 min
SaaS Entrepreneurs Think Twice About VC Rounds
Raising venture capital (VC) has drawbacks. Here are 5 reasons SaaS founders pursue other funding options to reach their growth targets.
- Dec 26, 2018
- 4 min
Why Teams Fail, Part 4: Avoidance of Accountability in the Workplace
This may be the hardest dysfunction to overcome, because it requires a high level of discomfort to accomplish. Read pt. 4 of Why Teams Fail.
- Dec 20, 2018
- 4 min
Book Review – Venture Deals, by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson
You need a wide range of skills to found and develop a company. Regardless of what type of product or service you are planning to sell,...
- Dec 19, 2018
- 7 min
Why Teams Fail, Part 3: Lack of Team Commitment and Buy-In to Decisions
Functional teams break down when there is a lack of commitment to decisions made as a team. Ensure you have both commitment and buy-in.
- Dec 16, 2018
- 4 min
The Two Sides of Annual Upfront Payments and Multi-Year Contracts for SaaS
So, you’ve made it through minimum viable product (MVP) stage and managed to convince a few clients to pay you for your product. Hooray!...
- Dec 12, 2018
- 5 min
Why Teams Fail, Part 2: Fear of Conflict
Next in our series exploring why teams fail, we dive into the fear of conflict and why conflict can actually be good.
- Dec 11, 2018
- 2 min
5 Women Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2019
Women are creating some amazing companies these days — taking exciting, new ideas to market and snapping up VC funding in the process. A...
- Dec 10, 2018
- 6 min
How to Mentally Prepare for Startup Fundraising
If deciding to start a business of your own if the biggest financial decision you'll make, how you finance your endeavor is your second...
- Dec 5, 2018
- 8 min
Why Teams Fail, Part 1: Fear of Being Vulnerable
This is the first of a series of articles in which we discuss why teams fail and how you can prevent it from happening at your startup.
- Nov 29, 2018
- 4 min
Book Review – When: The Scientific Secrets to Perfect Timing, by Daniel Pink
We are all familiar with the expression “timing is everything.“ From ice hockey to investing, success often depends on doing things at...
- Nov 18, 2018
- 4 min
5 Things to Know Before Your Startup Joins an Accelerator
Startup accelerators offer an attractive funding and support option to early-stage companies. While they often get lumped together with...
- Nov 14, 2018
- 3 min
How to Define and Build Your Company Culture: 3 Keys to Success
Why is company culture important? Experienced entrepreneurs know that one of the paths to long-term success is building a company culture...
- Nov 12, 2018
- 8 min
How to Calculate Potential Revenue for a Startup and Present to Investors
Some entrepreneurs think that what matters most is a disruptive product with a big potential market and that investors don’t care much...
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