Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

There’s an article making the rounds in tech circles titled “ Growth Hacking is Bull ” written by Muhammad Saleem. I’d like to make the case that the article is wrong. For starters it brings a mindset to startups that not all of them have innately. Startup Advice' But ignore his rant and hack on.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. I recently wrote a blog post in which I pointed out that many investors & advisors discourage enterprise startups from having a professional services (PS) business and I think this is a big mistake. it's all in this article if you want the details].

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Paul G. Silva

MARCH 6, 2025

The Board Creation Prompt I adapted the prompt from Chris Bradley’s excellent Medium article “Create A Virtual Advisory Board with ChatGPT to Guide Your Startup Business” Customize for your own needs: Hi, ChatGPT. The process is straightforward but requires careful thought about who you want on your board and why.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 20, 2021

So, make a point to check in with your salespeople on a regular basis, and document your findings so you can pick up on patterns in your customers’ comments. and more articles from the EO blog. . The post 3 Steps to determine if a pivot is right for your startup appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

This article was originally posted in a much more concise version over GigaOm if you prefer the shorter version. In the first part of this post I talked about how sales in a startup is often evangelical , requires as consultative sale and needs constant adjustments based on customer feedback. A’s, B’s & C’s.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 10, 2024

Create a single document outlining your brand in vivid detail, then design training to educate all new hires, and implement performance metrics based on brand values. The Brand document is foundational to your decision-making process. and more articles from the EO blog. How can you do this? Check out our example.

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

In Part I , I gave a quick summary of the who, when and why of forming and documenting a new startup company. This week we’ll delve into what , exactly, is necessary or desirable to lay a solid legal foundation for a startup to build upon. Adopt Bylaws and any other necessary documents to formalize the governance of Newco.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Rarer still is the startup CEO who can make the transition effectively on their own. Unwillingness to devolve power is the bane of many management teams at startup companies. I see the problem directly at many startups I know. This seldom works. One of the most obvious places where you see this is in sales & marketing.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

If you’re already running a startup you know all this. We were launching a cloud-based document management into a space that was increasingly being called Enterprise 2.0. “Yes, but you don’t have any startups on the stage. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice.

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Gust

JULY 18, 2012

Yet I’ve rarely seen entrepreneurs more fired up than when recounting war stories of startups whose founders had control of the company wrested from them, were forced to take financing or compensation deals on outrageously onerous terms , or worst of all, fired from their own companies.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

In addition, Toni works on several digital-economy-related initiatives that support the scaling of digital businesses, stimulate startup ecosystems and accelerate the digital transformation of key industries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Middle East. A glimpse into Singapore’s current startup ecosystem. Jamil Wyne.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

DECEMBER 14, 2020

There is another mechanism that ecosystem builders can use to have a huge impact connecting their communities—create and maintain an online hub of information about your startup community. Start sharing short articles about what has happened in your community, even if the articles are only a few hundred words.

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Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

What is a startup really? I don’t fault entrepreneurs for relegating startup legal work to the bottom of their daily triage list; founders are spread incredibly thin. For purposes of this two-part article, I want to slice off one specific issue: Which actual pieces of paper are required at what stage, and who should prepare them?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

As companies continue to delay their returns to the office and find temporary remote work policies becoming permanent, the startups building tooling for remote work-first cultures are finding a seemingly endless supply of customers. In the past couple years, timelines between funding rounds have been shrinking for fast-growing startups.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

” Here are some key attributes of CFOs who fit the dream team definition, based on an old article by Mark Macleod from StartupCFO: “It’s all in the details” - A professional accounting designation (CA, CPA) is the foundation. So, choose a CFO who is very comfortable with legal documents, as well as finance.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 27, 2021

While capital can come in many forms — debt or equity, private or institutional — this article focuses on raising equity capital. Additionally, banks are not inclined to lend to startup companies, so raising equity capital may be a founder’s only option. Target “accredited investors” only. Stay away from unregistered finders.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 3, 2021

Most startups fail—up to 90% in 2019—and unfortunately, more often than not, the founders themselves are responsible. Financial reasons are often cited as one of the most common factors for startup failures, and these are, of course, hugely important. Conflicting co-founder expectations. Key takeaways.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Advice for non-technical founders for finding a serious CTO for your startup Finding a co-founder is hard work. It goes without saying that being a startup founder is more popular than ever. If this is all new to you, take a short course on Entrepreneurship or read The Lean Startup. Finding a technical co-founder is even harder.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. Funding for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

You’ll need to think outside the box, but you’re bound to come across your “aha” financing moment in this article. Related: This Entrepreneur Shares How She Bootstrapped Her Startup (and How You Can, Too). Startups are always risky, so jeopardizing your personal relationships a risk you should avoid if possible.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

In addition to the P2P deals covered below, on the show we also talked about some of my favorite financing startups ( Wonga in the UK run by Errol Damelin , who is a superstar) and Affordit.com run by serial (and I mean serial!) They have done 3 startups in the customer support space and one that wasn’t. 2.2mm in Series A.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Because senior management may have a deep understanding of the sector and the specific needs of the corporate sponsor, it seems easy to assume that involving them in the selection process will help the corporate venture capitalist (CVC) pick the right startups to support? The best startups have their pick of investors. I’ll explain.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

That’s the vibe one gets from Y Combinator’s Winter 2023 batch, which features no fewer than four startups that claim to be building a “ChatGPT for X.” The first ChatGPT-inflected startup that caught our eye was Yuma , whose customer demographic is primarily — but not exclusively — Shopify merchants.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Finance teams worldwide emerged as strategic leaders for startups with the onset of the pandemic by recognizing ways to efficiently manage remote teams, their finances, company operations and associated cost-cutting mechanisms. Notion : document anything, anytime, anywhere. What challenges do remote finance teams face?

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Launching a startup is exciting, particularly given New Zealand’s thriving and innovative startup ecosystem. This article explores five of the most common mistakes startup founders make and how you can steer clear of them. Avoiding common startup mistakes can reduce your risks and increase your chances of success.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 21, 2022

You’ll receive the best practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. A founder’s guide to startup due diligence What are your chances of actually getting funded by a top VC? The trick, according to private equity lawyer Baz Banai , is to think like a VC , and vet your startup accordingly. Let’s get to it.

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Paul G. Silva

APRIL 12, 2019

Previously I shared Brad Feld & Neeraj Agrawal’s descriptions of how hard it is for a startup to achieve product/market fit… and the ramifications of that failure. This article is pure gold. After benchmarking nearly a hundred startups with his customer development survey , Ellis found that the magic number was 40%.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 18, 2023

19 Strategies for Managing Risk in a Startup In this article, we explore nineteen different strategies for managing risk in startups, shared by founders, CEOs, and other industry professionals. If I was launching a product, I would launch two or three simultaneously. Services should always be profitable. Products take time.

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StartupNation

JULY 21, 2021

In this article, we’ll explore what a crisis communications plan is, why your startup needs one and why it’s important to make the creation of a plan one of your top priorities. Since no business is immune, your startup needs to ensure it is prepared for anything that could have a negative impact on its reputation and brand.

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Gust

AUGUST 12, 2012

A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. Because this document is “outward facing” the tone and level has to change to be understandable by customers and investors. It’s definitely positive to have a product plan.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 2, 2022

So, if you’ve recently started a business and you’re looking for some apps to make your life easier, this article is for you. Below, we’ve put together a list of 10 of the best apps to help you stay organized and keep your startup running smoothly. Microsoft To Do. This way, you can keep a record of everything and anything. Quickbooks.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

As of this writing, 103,767 workers have been laid off from 345 startups so far in 2023. Slashing your personal spending and polishing your LinkedIn profile is the right move, but investors tell me that now is still a good time to launch a startup. Many tech workers have never experienced a job market like this one.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 6, 2024

It doesn’t matter if you work for a startup or a thriving multinational corporation: Client-facing projects take priority. You can draw out the basic idea on a piece of paper or even create a document that has a bulleted list of what needs to be on each page of the app! and more articles from the EO blog.

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Gust

MAY 25, 2014

Every startup with any traction quickly reaches a point where they need to hire employees to grow the business. A key success element is to start by avoiding the known list of interviewing and hiring mistakes that have been documented many times by human resources professionals. Invested Interests entrepreneur hiring startup'

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Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 15, 2023

[This is part of a series on the KISS Canvas ] For over twenty years I’ve had the pleasure of co-founding a handful of ventures and mentoring hundreds of startup and intrepreneurial teams. In general, a startup wants to validate from the top and work their way down.

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Gust

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Having taken stock of the main legal documents and actions involved in forming and operating a new startup, let’s crack open the “case” (disregarding the warnings about voiding your warranty) and examine a few of the steps, documents and key decisions to be made in getting a new startup ready for business.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This article is the third of four installments in our new series, How Fintech Companies Can Simplify Their Funding Strategy. In this series, we have explored a variety of funding options for startups looking to launch a new financial product as well as terms to consider when negotiating your first warehouse facility.

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