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Do The Best Startups Really Get Funded During Bad Times?

Chat with any venture capitalist about the current down market and their talking point is always the same — great companies get funded during downturns. But is that really true? It does seem odd that when the economy slows and VCs pull back on their checkbooks, they...

Organic Growth Is A Mugs Game: Accelerate Your Growth Now

So, what’s “Organic Growth”; Organic growth is the gradual growth in a company’s revenue through the slow and steady acquisition of new customers with a limited budget. This slow and steady approach is...

What Is Capital Raise Dilution v Founder Equity?

Capital raise dilution and founder equity is commonly misunderstood, getting it wrong can kill investment, restrict your growth and get you kicked out of your own company. It's where you as a...

Why Women-Owned Startups Are a Better Bet

Why Women-Owned Startups Are a Better Bet June 6, 2018 By Katie Abouzahr, Frances Brooks Taplett, Matt Krentz & John Harthorne. The gender pay gap is well documented: women make about 80 cents for every dollar that a man earns. Less well known: the gender...

Capital Raising For Startups Masterclass

It's been a long time in the making… and well my dog ate the script but its finally here. A distillation of my startup and capital raising experiences into an online Capital Raising For Startups Video Masterclass for early phase startups. Unfortunately fresh...

Why Investors Hate Your Pitch And How To Fix It

When raising capital the top 5 reasons why investors hate your pitch and how to fix it covers valuations, financials, executive team, exit strategy and business model. Get the hacks➜...

Only one thing matters. That you f#@^ing finish what you START.

Only one thing matters. That you f#@^ing finish what you START. This is the single most important medium post you will ever read. I believe that I am about to change your life. Because I want to tell you one thing. Your work is not perfect. Your product, your...

Working From Home Makes You Happier and ‘Massively’ More Productive, According to Science

CREDIT: Matthew Henry via StockSnap By Geoffrey James Contributing editor, Inc.com Working from home has got a bad rap. Many people seem to think it's a way to avoid hard work by getting out from under management's watchful eyes. Indeed, few pundits seemed to object...

How to Work 40 Hours (In Under 20)

By Chris Winfield, www.inc.com I used to be one of those people who loved to brag about how busy he was. You know the type. Heck, you might even be one of "those" people... Until I completely burned out. I used to be one of those people who loved to brag about how...

A Startup Conversation: What Happens When Your Team Doubles in 4 Months

I love this post from the Buffer co-founders Joel and Leo, (open.buffer.com), I have personally experienced consistent doubling in team sizes in nearly every tech startup i have either founded or guided and its a dynamic that if managed well will ensure your success,...

On Growing: 7 Lessons from the Story of WeChat

Startup

Founders are increasingly pointing to Asia when asked for an example of a product they aspire to create, and WeChat is very often that aspirational product. My friend and former...

Silicon Valley Is Right — Our Jobs Are Already Disappearing – Sam Altman (Y Combinator)

Startup

Sam Altman, the head of Y Combinator, is so convinced that we’re going to need to figure out new ways of providing people with a means to live that he’s giving ~$20k each to...

Why Trello Failed to Build a $1 Billion+ Business – Hiten Shah

Startup

In 2011, Joel Spolsky launched his company Fog Creek’s new product at TechCrunch Disrupt called Trello. It looked a lot like a whiteboard with sticky notes translated into a web...

A Minimum Viable Product Is Not a Product, It’s a Process

Product, Startup

“You know that old saw about a plane flying from California to Hawaii being off course 99% of the time—but constantly correcting? The same is true of successful startups—except...

Lessons in Tenacity from the Co-Founder of Foursquare

Leadership, Startup

In 2013, Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley walked into a bakery and bought a cake. Almond, with meringue on top. It was sweet — but the milestone was sweeter.Read the full...

This is The World’s Most Underrated Secret to Extraordinary Success

Leadership, Startup

“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose...

Numbers that Actually Matter. Finding Your North Star

Startup

Upcoming SlideShare Loading in …5 × Numbers that Actually Matter. Finding Your North Star 1. Numbers That Actually Matter 2. SaaStr 2017 Numbers That Actually Matter Mamoon Hamid...

Here’s How I Built and Launched a SaaS Company For Less Than $40k

Startup

About 6 months ago I decided that I was going to build a SaaS company from scratch. I had recently sold my company and found myself in discussions with a number of startups...

YouCanBook.me’s Bridget Harris on bootstrapping your business

Capital Raise, Startup

What can busking teach us about bootstrapping a startup? If you ask Bridget Harris, the two experiences aren’t so different. Bridget, who in a previous life was could be found...

What Happened When I Moved My Company To A 5-Hour Workday

Startup

A little over a year ago, Tower Paddle Boards started letting employees leave by lunchtime and offering 5% profit-sharing. In every office, I've often felt, there are just a few...

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