Learn about the origination and pivots for both Twitter and Turntable.fm Key learnings: Twitter: Who the flark knows. Luck happens Turntable.fm: If you still have…

Learn about the origination and pivots of Shopify and Slack. Key learnings: Shopify: Scratch your own itch. If you are creating a solution for your…

Welcome to before they were famous, 15 startup pivots to fame. Startup isn’t clean. There is no master plan, but if you hustle like a…

Learn about the origination and pivots of both Nokia and PayPal. Key learnings: Nokia: Keep going to where the money and opportunity is and you…

Two stories about the beginnings of Groupon and Instagram and how they pivoted to success. Key learnings: Groupon: Pay attention to how people use your…

Learn about the origination and pivots of both Android and Flickr. Key learnings: Android: Understand the size of the prize of market opportunities- you can’t…

How do you answer these questions from an investor: How much do you want to sell for? Why are you raising [$1.5m]? How much will…

As I frequently write on this blog, you need to tell a story when you are pitching, and that’s not just for money from investors….

Tl;dr: A step-by-step exercise to help startups write a compelling narrative to get investors to engage with your pitch, by using the Story Spine Video…

Tl;dr: How to deliver a product demo in person in a VC in a pitch. Record it, talk to it, keep it short, make it…