Startup blog for early age startup

Why startups should not be raising capital from family offices

Why it’s not a good idea for startups to raise capital from family offices.

5 tips for choosing a startup CPA 🤓

If you're a startup company looking for a CPA, there are several factors that you need to take into consideration.

Your how-to guide 👍 on how to get pre-seed funding

How to secure funding, where to find investors and how to best pitch them.

Be faster than a VC in calculating pre-money vs post-money valuation

Nail your business model slide

"What is your business model" is often an puzzling question for first time entrepreneurs. It doesn't have to be.

What must an entrepreneur assume when starting a business?

9 assumptions to safely make when starting your entrepreneurial journey.

Reverse vesting - the entrepreneurs guide

Many first time entrepreneurs are surprised by the concept of reverse vesting. Don't be that entrepreneur.

Four Ways to Drive Results With These OKR Examples for Growth

Whether you’re a small startup or an established corporation, these OKR examples for growth can help you achieve your goals and objectives.

When should you abandon your idea?

It's hard when to push on an idea you had, and when to decide it's time to move one. Here are some tips to help you make the decision.

What does cla stand for in business?

Convertible Loan agreement, SAFE, Convertible note, convertible debt, venture debt. Financing your startup can take many forms.

Understanding Employee Stock Options in a Startup

Are you a startup CEO thinking of offering employee stock options? Then continue reading to learn all the details of how stock options work.

Killing your startup with a minimalist landing page startup validation

Do not validate your startup idea with a landing page unless you’ve mapped all of the traps on the journey. Share with fellow entrepreneurs.

What's the difference between product vs. feature vs. company?

The ultimate guide to feature vs. product vs. company continuum. Find out what’s most important – hint, it’s none of these.

How to Create a Status Report that Mobilizes Your Audience

Whether you're setting up an investor's status report or an executive status report, we'll talk you through the various options.

Startup Founder and Co-Founder. Is there a difference? Does it Matter?

Confused between the Founder vs. Co-Founder title? Here's everything you need to know about the differences between the roles of a founder and co-founder.

Your startup idea means sh*t

Instead of focusing on your idea validation, it's much better to decide which customers you will serve first and then build a product for those customers.

Get Investors To Invest In You - Your Pitch Deck Team Slide

For early stage fundraising, you can talk about the opportunity for hours, but the investors mostly care about you. So while you should nail every other slide - you must nail your team slide.

Getting your startup through five years and beyond - how to avoid the 90% casualty rate.

This submission aims at highlighting the things you - as a startup entrepreneur - should pivot on without the frills, bells, and whistles.

How To Develop A Cost-Effective Marketing Strategy For Your Start-Up

Creating a marketing strategy for an early-stage startup can be overwhelming. This will guide you through the considerations, what to plan and prioritize in your early marketing strategy.

Digital marketing strategy for new product launch

By definition, before you find your product-market fit, you will be searching for it. In this, we'll provide some dos and don'ts regarding to the marketing strategy you use in your search.

Preparing for a Kick-Off Meeting with Start-Up Investors: Everything You Need to Know

Before meeting an investor for the first time, you need to prepare. Yourself, your team, your material, and your pitch. Also worth getting to know the people you meet.

How to Find Investors for My Start-up

Finding start-up investors is not a simple task, and it does require a lot of time and effort, but most importantly, it requires a process.

Which Business Models Do Investors Prefer?

When thinking of your start-up and its business model, you must consider how you will fund it and whether the chosen business model will be agreeable to the investors you could realistically engage.

Business Plan vs. Lean Start-up vs. Business Model Canvas: What's right for you?

Should you create a business model canvas or should you validate your startup using the lean startup approach?

How to Prepare an Investor-Ready Business Plan

As business plans were the first step in starting any traditional businesses, the format stuck. However, in this day and age, your business plan needs to deliver and scope on a ton of content.

The Importance of Getting Advisors to Invest in Your Startup

Startup advisors come in many shapes, but it's critical to get the advisor aligned with your company, and getting them to invest helps that. There are other benefits such as networking and more.

Is the importance of team building reflected in your schedule?

The importance of team building in startups creates a unique opportunity for the startup CEO to engage and mobilize his team, getting the full benefits of team-building not \available to corporates

Hiring your first freelancer

Sooner than later, you’ll hit some walls that will hinder your progress. Some of these walls can be overcome with more “firepower,” and outsourcing can be a great idea if it's done right.

What is your market size - part 2

Understand the power and risks of market potential, as well as what affects your realistic market size.

What is your market size - part 1

The benefits of market analysis are faster fundraising, better messaging, and overall focus.

V2MOM template for startups - entrepreneur beacon and company alignment

Startup founders and CEOs can complete this in under an hour .

How to protect yourself from bad investors

What to look for, what to avoid and how to due to diligence Startup investors

Early-Stage Startup Financial Metrics

Liquidity ratio, current ratio, Berry ratio. Before you dig into each one of them, what ratios do you really need and how to use them

7 items to tick off as a first time CEO’s

First-time CEOs are facing the challenge of being required to fill many gaps both in their knowledge as well as in their skills game. This could lead to being overwhelmed. This checklist will help.

Think you reached Product market fit? Break it down to potential investors

Understanding your level of Product market fit level is key to both understanding which investors you should target, as well as what to expect at the table

Your startup funding is lagging. Here is why.

Investor research is a key step in successful fundraising. If you are planning a fundraising round or if your feeling stuck in your current fundraising efforts this is for you.