Our Investment Framework Post-COVID-19
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Per Seat or Per Use Pricing: A Framework for Evaluating the Right Strategy for Your Startup
Tomasz Tunguz
AUGUST 28, 2021
Madhavan provided an excellent framework for answering this question, in addition to a multitude of other insights. Many people think of pricing as monetization, but just as important to think through it as an acquisition strategy. Those are some of the chestnuts from the session, and they provide a rough framework.
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14 Methods for Ensuring Accountability Within Startup Teams
Startup Blogpost
JANUARY 5, 2024
14 Methods for Ensuring Accountability Within Startup Teams Accountability is a cornerstone of startup success, and we’ve gathered insights from CEOs and Founders to learn how they maintain it within their teams. The best way to ensure this accountability is by creating a culture of trust and reliability among employees.
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14 Pieces of Advice for Resolving Conflicts Among Startup Team Members
Startup Blogpost
MARCH 15, 2024
14 Pieces of Advice for Resolving Conflicts Among Startup Team Members Navigating team conflicts in a startup environment requires wisdom and practical strategies. Too often in fast-paced, pressure-packed startups, there are simple misunderstandings. It’s not first grade.
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Point Your CEO in the Right Direction: Operating a Customer Council
The Seraf Compass
MARCH 22, 2023
You know that many startups fail to take advantage of one of the best kept secrets of product management and company strategy, the customer council. Here is how to operate one and some important traps for the unwary that you can use as a framework when you talk to your CEOs about the concept.
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The hamburger model is a winning go-to-market strategy
TechCrunch
MAY 13, 2021
RIBS: The messaging framework for every company and product. Bottom-up SaaS: A framework for mapping pricing to customer value. Bottom-up SaaS: A framework for mapping pricing to customer value. Should your SaaS startup embrace a bottom-up GTM strategy? The hamburger go-to-market strategy. David Cahn.
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TechCrunch+ roundup: Summary slide showcase, video SEO strategy, how to value AI startups
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 13, 2022
“I once had an LP ask, ‘Have you invested in any startups I’ve heard of?'” How to implement a video SEO strategy. In a guide for first-timers, SEORadar creator Mark Munroe shares a checklist for preparing a video SEO strategy that boosts traffic and generates leads. How to implement a video SEO strategy.
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Here is How to Make Sense of Conflicting Startup Advice
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 30, 2014
Many startups now go through accelerators and have mentors passing through each day with advice – usually it’s conflicting. There are bootcamps, startup classes, video interviews – the sources are now endless. Draw from Frameworks. On investment strategies I have “ Deflationary Economics ” 6.
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What Customer Demand and Your Startup Balance Sheets Imply about Your Startup's Strategy
Tomasz Tunguz
APRIL 16, 2020
Among the most useful frameworks I’ve found to manage a company in this era is the 2×2 matrix above. Both are equally viable strategies. Venture capital, debt, or negotiating better cash collections (multi-year prepay) are all viable strategies to position the business to press its advantage. Fortune favors the bold.
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Breaking Barriers: Japan’s Startups Embrace Cryptocurrency Capital
AsiaTechDaily
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
Register Japan has relaxed regulations to permit startups to raise investment funds through cryptocurrencies. With this, the Japanese government now allows startups the flexibility to secure capital using crypto assets in addition to conventional stocks. Japan’s Five-Year Development Strategy unveils KANSAI Startup Night Vol.
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Japan Launches Silicon Valley Hub for Startups: Innovation Campus in Palo Alto
AsiaTechDaily
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Register Japan has opened a new base for Japanese startups in Palo Alto, California. With a focus on industry-academia-government collaboration, the base will play a key role in supporting Japanese startups’ overseas expansion efforts. The Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry held an opening ceremony on the 12th.
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PM Pham Minh Chinh’s Roadmap to Drive Vietnam’s Startup Ecosystem
AsiaTechDaily
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Register Vietnam is intensifying efforts to become an innovation hub in the global startup industry. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh focused on the role of startups and innovation in driving economic growth while speaking at the “ TECHFEST – WHISE 2023 ” imprint program in Ho Chi Minh City on November 25.
Indonesian Startup BintanGo Raises $2.2M to Accelerate Live Commerce Expansion
AsiaTechDaily
AUGUST 7, 2023
Register Jakarta-based startup BintanGo , a platform facilitating content creators in monetizing their work, has recently secured $2.2 This infusion of capital takes the total funds raised by the startup to $4.8 Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?
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How to Balance Vision and Execution in Startup Leadership
Startup Blogpost
AUGUST 25, 2023
How to Balance Vision and Execution in Startup Leadership Balancing vision with execution is a key challenge for startup leaders. From implementing the Vision-to-Task Framework to prioritizing high-output efficiency over perfection, discover how these leaders have successfully navigated this delicate balance.
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Turn your startup’s pricing strategy into a powerful growth lever
TechCrunch
JULY 11, 2022
How to evolve your DTC startup’s data strategy and identify critical metrics. A bad pricing model will impede growth, and can even doom an otherwise promising startup, whereas a good model will capture some of the value that a product creates as revenue, and keep growth flywheels humming along.
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Building Your Early Startup Core Team
Dream It
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
In the early stages of startup growth, it is critical to have a balanced and strong core team of founders. We brought on Caya (CEO of Slidebean ) to provide a smart framework on how to find the right cofounders that can hit this mark. Here’s why those two words matter. CTO/COO market salaries are roughly $150k.
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What’s the board’s role in an early-stage startup?
TechCrunch
AUGUST 4, 2021
What’s the board’s role in an early-stage startup? Startup founders frequently ask me about the role of a board of directors. A board can be a crucial asset in an early-stage startup. It is the governing body that provides company oversight and helps set business policy and strategy. What problem am I solving?
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AHG Lab Secures $4M in Funding to Boost Philippine Startups
AsiaTechDaily
AUGUST 11, 2023
The Philippines-based AHG Lab intends to utilize the raised funds to develop further the more than ten startups it is currently nurturing under its wing. Established in 2020, AHG Lab operates under the umbrella of the Alternative Housing Group, which functions as a real estate startup and prop-tech incubator in the Philippines.
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Europe’s tech leaders define a strategy to create tech giants
TechCrunch
JUNE 15, 2021
A group of 200 startup founders, investors, associations and government members are backing a manifesto and a set of recommendations in order to create the next wave of tech giants in Europe. 30 European startup CEOs call for better stock option policies. The third topic revolves around Deep Tech startups. or in China.
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Navigating Startup Growth: The Hero’s Guide to Success
AsiaTechDaily
JULY 21, 2023
Register Unlocking growth is a critical milestone for startups, marking their journey from survival to prosperity. This approach and a repeatable GTM process pave the way for sustainable growth and transform startups into unicorns. Mastering this approach proves to be an exhilarating experience for startup leaders.
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What Customer Demand and Your Startup Balance Sheets Imply about Your Startup's Strategy
Tomasz Tunguz
APRIL 16, 2020
Among the most useful frameworks I’ve found to manage a company in this era is the 2×2 matrix above. Both are equally viable strategies. Venture capital, debt, or negotiating better cash collections (multi-year prepay) are all viable strategies to position the business to press its advantage. Fortune favors the bold.
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4 strategies for deep tech founders who are fundraising
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
The best way to succeed in this evaluation framework is to ensure that everything you share is relevant and exciting to a diverse audience of even nontechnical folks. Investor pitch meetings are not dissertation defenses. You are being evaluated on your potential for impact rather than the intricate details of your research.
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MVP versus EVP: Is it time to introduce ethics into the agile startup model?
TechCrunch
JANUARY 5, 2022
The rocket ship trajectory of a startup is well known: Get an idea, build a team and slap together a minimum viable product (MVP) that you can get in front of users. Startups do not have to scrap the lean business model in favor of a more risk-averse alternative. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Anand Rao is global head of AI at PwC.
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Why Startups Really Fail, and How To Fix It
Entrepreneur's Handbook
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Photo by Matthew Osborn on Unsplash As founder of six startups, advisor to founders, and a startup strategist at IMD ( #1 ranked business school ), I see many mistakes being made and have made many myself. Good leadership is the secret sauce of a successful startup. You don’t even need a real product. Just not too often.
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Every time OpenAI cuts a check for training data, an unlaunched competitive startup dies. Without a ‘safe harbor,’ AI will be ruled by incumbents.
Hunter Walk
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Companies like the New York Times are willing to litigate this issue (at least as a negotiation strategy). What I do believe is that we need to move quickly to create a ‘ safe harbor ‘ for AI startups to experiment without fear of legal repercussions so long as they meet certain conditions.
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Startup Funding Explained: How to Raise a Bridge Round
Dream It
JULY 20, 2020
In this #DreamitDose, Managing Partner Steve Barsh gives founders tips on how to frame their bridge round ask, overcome assumptions investors often make, and provides a general way to structure startup bridge round pitches. In just 5-minutes, you’ll learn and be able to avoid common obstacles founders confront while raising a bridge round.
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AMD to acquire data center optimization startup Pensando for $2B
TechCrunch
APRIL 4, 2022
AMD announced today that it intends to acquire data center optimization startup Pensando for approximately $1.9 Patrick Moorhead, founder and principal analyst at Moor Insight & Strategies, who keeps a close watch on the chip industry, said that this gives AMD a key set of software tooling inside data centers.
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Marketing Cube founder Maya Moufarek’s lessons for customer-focused startups
TechCrunch
JULY 20, 2021
Today, her London-based firm works with startups around the world — and her startup clients have raved about the results, based on what we’ve heard in our TechCrunch Experts growth marketing survey. Nikki O’Farrell of KatKin told us that “[She has an] expert ear and eye from the world of startups/scaleups and growth.
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Lok Yek Soon, Founder of Awesome Ventures: Empowering Impactful Startups for Lasting Change
AsiaTechDaily
JUNE 5, 2023
Register Led by an eminent team of investors and industry captains from around the world, Awesome Ventures brings together a wealth of experience in strategy planning and diverse sectors. At the helm of Awesome Ventures is Lok Yek Soon, a visionary entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience within the startup ecosystem.
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Pangyo Techno Valley: Leading the Charge in ESG Management and Building a Sustainable Industry Ecosystem
AsiaTechDaily
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Register The startup ecosystem, including Pangyo Techno Valley, is rapidly aligning with the ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) trend. Moreover, governments worldwide are laying down frameworks for ESG-related protocols. Here, environmental stalwart Lee Yu-jin shed light on strategies for carbon neutrality and green growth.
The Great Acceleration of the Rise of the Rest (Part II): Does your City have a Moat?
Revolution
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
I’ll frame my response in the same context that I used for Part I of this series: first, we must appreciate that cities are just like startups. And to take full advantage of this moment, cities need to act more like the breakout startups who forge their own identities instead of staking claim to being a “Silicon X” city.
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Here’s a peek at what’s happening on day one at Disrupt
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Yeah, baby, we are ready to jump right into a jam-packed day dedicated to the growth and success of the entire early-stage startup ecosystem. Head to the expo hall each day to check out early-stage Startup Battlefield 200 exhibitors and sponsor booths. Billionaire Marc Lore sold his startup to an everything store, twice.
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TechCrunch+ roundup: 7 VCs who are taking pitches, AI best practices, zero-based budgeting
TechCrunch
MARCH 17, 2023
It’s too early to determine whether SVB’s downfall heralds a new era for venture capital, but based on anecdotal evidence, off-the-record discussions and chats with co-workers, it seems like we’re back to business as usual as far as pre-revenue startup fundraising is concerned. Más o menos.
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Japan’s EdgeCortix Closes $20 Million Funding Round, Collaborates with Renesas Electronics
AsiaTechDaily
OCTOBER 4, 2023
This approach adopted a software-first strategy. More from Asia Tech Daily: Breaking Barriers: Japan’s Startups Embrace Cryptocurrency Capital Japan’s Five-Year Development Strategy unveils KANSAI Startup Night Vol. Sakyasingha Dasgupta.
Why Half of all Startups Fail and the Surprising Secret to Success
Smart Hustle Magazine
APRIL 24, 2021
Jill Soley, an executive at Issuu unpacks how we can get more startups to not fail. The scary startup failure rate. In the book, I brought in 50 business leaders to advise you on how to grow your business from your basic idea through to your eventual exit and summarized it into a step-by-step framework. You are not alone.
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Digital health startups can incorporate clinical expertise into business models – here’s how
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 27, 2022
Early indications show funding to digital health startups in Q4 2022 fell so much , they’re close to levels last seen in 2019. Here’s a framework that digital health startups can consider: Bring clinicians into senior leadership. Robert Krayn is the co-founder and CEO of Talkiatry. I speak from experience.
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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. I love how transparently Danielle lives her startup (& encourages other to join in) because it provides much needed transparency to other startups. Let’s set up a framework. Gross Burn vs. Net Burn.
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A Framework for Maximizing Startup Marketing Effectiveness
Tomasz Tunguz
MAY 4, 2014
At a board meeting last week, one of the VPs of Marketing I’m lucky to work with presented a brilliantly simple way of explaining the evolution of a startup’s marketing tactics. Faced with this litany of options, how does a startup maximize their marketing effectiveness?
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Cross River Bank goes from tiny to mighty, with a $3B+ valuation and a crypto-first strategy
TechCrunch
MARCH 30, 2022
Financial technology startups raised $121.6 At the time, the move by investors in a number of Silicon Valley’s fintech startups was seen as rare. Its goal is to offer its partners a regulatory compliant and approved framework to increase their crypto offerings and expand their reach. “We
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Japanese Regulator Plans to Double Crowdfunding Investment Cap for Retail Investors
AsiaTechDaily
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Register Japan’s Financial Services Agency plans to double the cap on the amount of money retail investors can invest in unlisted startups. At present, through crowdfunding, retail investors have a limitation of investing a maximum of 500,000 yen annually in individual unlisted startups. Furthermore, around 32.9% While the U.S.
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6 crypto investors talk about DeFi and the road ahead for adoption in 2023
TechCrunch
JANUARY 10, 2023
Both events brought down a lot of smaller startups and big players who intermingled with those now defunct market players. As the market looks toward the future, some venture capitalists are revamping their investing strategies, while others are holding to their current plans, with perhaps a small tweak or two.
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Why the top 1% of founders quit their startup
Entrepreneur's Handbook
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
In this week’s edition, we discuss: Why the top 1% of founders quit their startup Why cracking the trust code is the key to growth Why the top 1% of founders quit their startup “If you can just avoid dying, you get rich. That sounds like a joke, but it’s actually a pretty good description of what happens in a typical startup.”
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SE Asia-based ESG and sustainable finance startup GoImpact raises Series A funding
AsiaTechDaily
APRIL 13, 2022
The support from these prominent investors is a recognition of GoImpact’s unique strategy in driving ESG adoption in Asia, and closing the knowledge gap in ESG and Sustainable Finance, the company said. Its learning framework includes synchronized and asynchronized learning programmes and workshops.
Commercializing AI in Healthcare: The Enterprise Buyer Perspective
Andreessen Horowitz
OCTOBER 12, 2023
As Paul Uhrig, Chief Legal and Digital Health Officer of Bassett Healthcare Network and Executive Director of Bassett Innovation Center told us, “if we can get the ultimate user excited and to be champions about this, that I found to be very much the winning strategy.” Each organization’s culture around these questions is different.
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