When I do a turnaround, I start with culture
Tl;dr: Some practical tips on how to improve culture and productivity at your startup based on my experience (with photos, lol). I’ve done a turnaround...
Read moreHow Slidebean shifted from targeting millions of users into being a profitable startup
Tl;dr: How Slidebean made a startup pivot to becoming profitable. Moving to premium pricing and discovering their customer base. How they work on maintaining culture. ...
Read moreOne trick I learned to fire your staff without getting sued, tears and shouting
I’ve hired a lot of people. A lot. I’m talking hundreds. With that volume of people, there is going to be voluntary churn. There is...
Read moreBefore they were famous. 15 startup pivot to fame
I keep talking about how crappy startup is. It is. You just don’t know what will work and whether a startup pivot is needed, but...
Read morePassion is over-rated. Build a better mousetrap instead
Passion is over-rated. ‘What are you crazy!?’ I’m sure you’re probably thinking. This is against everything you’ve read about the ‘visionary, passionate founder‘ that makes...
Read moreThe two key business model tests to know if you are fundable
Raise and spend the cash. Whisper sweet awesome in the ears of customers to get them to sign up, only to churn. Hire amazing people...
Read moreThe best startup offer letter for employment you have ever seen
Tl;dr: A beautiful startup offer letter you can use for inspiration when making offers to your startup staff If you as a founder are a little...
Read moreFree OKR example template with PPP and KPI for startups in Google Sheets
Be a high-performance startup with best practice OKR, PPP and KPI management in one FREE sheet (Which send automated email updates)
Read moreEmail can suck less. Use this banker system so startup emails work for your team
Emails suck! We don’t have the best relationship. I imagine you are the same. Whilst you can’t control how your contacts communicate with you, you...
Read moreBoard presentation deck template for seed stage startups
You’ve raised funds and formality has begun. This means monthly or quarterly meetings with your Board and your newly appointed members from investors. As per...
Read moreHow did Groupon make money? What was so smart?
Assuming we are talking about the original business model, not Groupon Goods, the short lived Groupon Now and whatever else they have been attempting to...
Read moreShould I talk to my company competition and their investors?
One of your startup competitors added you on LinkedIn. Maybe a top investor of a company competition found your email and sent you a cold...
Read moreStartup barriers to entry - Economic Moats For Early Stage Startups and Investors
Brian Laung Aoaeh, Aartner at KEC Ventures just posted a great deck on startup barriers to entry, or ‘economic moats’ as he characterizes them. When...
Read moreParable of defensible software network by Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson posted a parable on his blog in 2014 that is instructive in explaining that software alone is a commodity and in order to create defensibility...
Read moreTECH STACKS IN ASIA: INSIDE KLINIFY'S TECH STACK
This is the second instalment of “Tech stacks in Asia” with up and coming Asian tech startups. In this blog we hear from Singapore based...
Read moreBarkbox: Barking mad? Why some business models applied to other verticals can work
I read an article the other day (Note: I actually wrote this a few months back) on Pando Daily about a company called Barkbox in...
Read moreShrinking a market and owning it
I was talking shop on Saturday night with a VC and he mentioned offhandedly an anecdote about owning markets, but it was a little peculiar...
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