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How to Communicate Impact Metrics to Investors

StartupNation

This article presents key strategies, backed by expert insights, to help you showcase your startup’s value and growth potential. Niclas Schlopsna , Managing Consultant and CEO, spectup Align Metrics with Investor Priorities Investors don’t want a spreadsheet—they want to understand why your numbers matter.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . Were their consultants? We assumed they would take our advice and upgrade. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. In the corporate world this strategy is flawed. I HATE LOSING.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . Were their consultants? We assumed they would take our advice and upgrade. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. In the corporate world this strategy is flawed. I HATE LOSING.

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How to Not Suck at a Group Presentation

Both Sides of the Table

This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. OK, hold back on your consulting humor. One strategy I often employ. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. She wrote the book that inspired the way that people at McKinsey and Accenture do presentations.

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Lessons from the Trenches: One Founder’s Candid Look at Bootstrapping

Entrepreneurs' Organization

My first pitch was not to investors or potential clients; it was to my fiancée, convincing her to delay our wedding plans until Equifund was up and running — a promise that took significantly longer than the anticipated six months to fulfill. It was a brute-force strategy, devoid of any fairy-tale twists, but it was effective.

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EO’s Most Popular Inc. Posts: A Lookback at 2023

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Set Goals Like Google: Why OKRs Surpass Other Goal-Setting Methods for Entrepreneurs Eric Crews (EO Boston), founder and CEO of management consulting firm Crews & co., My consulting firm has used them with over 100 companies. My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. But the No.1

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Finding product-market fit, pitch deck teardown, getting into YC

TechCrunch

We also discussed several specific tactics and strategies that can help move organizations towards PMF, including effective ways to capture and share user data, and developing customer personas that will help everyone understand the company’s mission and purpose. Pitch deck teardown: Minut. Pitch Deck Teardown: Minut.