Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Start”
BeepiBeepi was a p2p used car marketplace where customers can buy or sell cars online. They raised $149m before totally flaming out. I heard some pretty outrageous things from friends about their spending…This is your standard animated minute and a half introduction video from the early days. BufferBuffer helps users share social media content by scheduling online posts throughout the day.They …
The foundation of a startup is critical. The founders are quite figuratively the foundation upon which a company is built over a period of years. Jumping head first into co-founder relationship without ever making sure everyone is on the same page is frankly insanity. So question if you should even go to that founder dating event… Startup sucks sometimes and …
TL;DR: Are you a first-time startup founder looking for CEO advice? There is a whole bunch you don’t know. I threw together 23 points to think about, loosely organized around topics. I’ll update this over time. Here we go with CEO advice: Be careful about which investor you marry: You can’t get divorced to an investor. If investors treat you badly …
TL;DR: Learn why market size is one of the most important factors and can lead to a startup not being funded. It’s because if your market is not huge your startup can never Market sizing. It’s something I have always struggled with, despite being analytical and knowing the theoretical fundamentals. To me it is sort of intuitive; the market is …
Without a doubt, the single most informative piece of advice in my formative years came from my uncle. Ironically, it came from asking dumb questions. In this blog I’m going to talk about asking dumb questions and why they are critical for your personal development and that of your startup. How smart… are you? My uncle was the smartest person …
