Startups
Financial health check: key metrics every startup should track
Unlock the potential of your startup by understanding its financial health. This blog will guide you through the essential metrics that every startup founder should track for long-term success and sustainability.
Startups
Finding a co-founder: a comprehensive guide
Discover how to find the perfect co-founder for your startup. This comprehensive guide breaks down the qualities to look for, where to find potential candidates, and how to forge a strong partnership for long-term success.
Startups
Maintaining customer service quality during rapid growth
Growth is a double-edged sword. While it brings in revenue and expands your brand, it can strain customer service. Read on to explore the challenges faced in upholding service quality during rapid expansion and how to overcome them.
Startups
When to scale customer acquisition: a timely guide for early-stage founders
Discover the right time to scale your customer acquisition efforts with this practical guide for early-stage founders. Learn the signs, metrics, and strategies for a timely and effective scale-up.
Startups
How to acquire your first 5 customers: a hands-on approach for early-stage startups
Unlock the secret to acquiring your first 5 customers with this hands-on, step-by-step guide. From leveraging your network to using incentives and social proof, discover actionable tips that will turn your startup idea into a revenue-generating reality.
Marketing
Balancing digital dominance with traditional marketing: a startup's journey to €13M ARR
Discover why traditional marketing still holds power in a digital age and how you can harness its potential.
Startups
Unlocking success: the lessons from a high-achieving portfolio company
My portfolio company achieved its annual revenue goals as early as September. In this blog post, we will dissect the key takeaways from this remarkable achievement
Startups
The key traits of founders who can scale startups: a VC perspective
Unpack the traits of startup leaders who can truly scale, from visionary thinking to financial savvy, in this light-hearted, insightful guide for pre-seed VCs.
Marketing
Navigating ROI in the post-GDPR, cookie-less marketing landscape
Navigate the new marketing landscape with a more holistic, customer-centric approach.
Startups
The resilience mindset
I've been having some thought-provoking conversations lately, and it's become abundantly clear that resilience is the magic ingredient that separates the dreamers from the doers.
Startups
Founder's guide to SDR: mastering founder-led sales with LinkedIn Sales Navigator
In this actionable guide, we will focus on using LinkedIn Sales Navigator to empower founders with little or no SDR experience to kickstart their founder-led sales efforts.
Marketing
Beyond the surface: analytics is more than just reporting raw numbers
While raw numbers are the lifeblood of analytics, they represent just the tip of the iceberg.
Startups
You can't save something “a little bit” – why startups need to talk about their big idea
As a startup founder, it's important to talk about that big idea. Here are the reasons why.
Startups
Why can't CEOs lead the growth?
Let the CEO rest and have the right person do the job. Look for CGOs or create your own growth team.
Startups
Building a winning startup team
The success of a startup hinges upon the strength of its team. Building a winning startup team is not just about finding talented individuals; it's about finding the right combination of skills, expertise, and personalities that will drive your business forward.
From idea to MVP: a step-by-step guide to validating your startup concept
Transforming a brilliant startup idea into a viable Minimum Viable Product (MVP) requires a systematic approach to ensure its market
Startups
The art of bootstrapping: how to start a business with limited resources
By adopting a lean mindset, focusing on essentials, leveraging cost-effective tools, tapping into your network, and prioritizing customer acquisition and retention, you can build a strong foundation for your business's success.
Growth
Overcoming idea paralysis in growth hacking
In this article, we will explore effective strategies to break free from the shackles of idea paralysis and ignite your growth hacking engine.