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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. It would take 2 years to catch up but believe me they have the capital to do so. Validate data. Validate firmly held positions. That is how great businesses are built. We did the planning work up front. Or would you go to a disruptor in stead?

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Extra Crunch roundup: Lordstown Motors’ woes, how co-CEOs work, Brian Chesky interview

TechCrunch

Oh, it also needs more capital. Join TechCrunch reporter Ron Miller and Patrik Liu Tran, co-founder and CEO of automated real-time data validation and quality monitoring platform Validio, on Thursday, May 27 at 9 a.m. PDT/noon EDT for a Clubhouse chat about ensuring data quality in the era of Big Data.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Jam City SPAC, startup PR, telemedicine market map, more

TechCrunch

billion blank-check deal with DPCM Capital. Perhaps that will unlock more late-stage capital for hardware-focused upstarts. According to data gathered by Rob Olson, partner and head of data strategy at venture engine M13, startups that have two or more experienced founders tend to exit 33% faster and raise 34% less capital.

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