8 Hard-Earned Insights Into Raising Startup Capital
Approaching investors for the first time is a daunting exercise for any startup. Regardless of whether you’re raising venture capital, approaching angels or
Read More →For TechStars Startups, Life Beyond the Pitch
As a startup, “if you cannot nail a presentation, you’re done.” That is what Katie Rae, managing director of TechStars Boston, said after the accelerator’s Demo Day yesterday
Read More →3 Ways to Stop Fighting With Your Team!
Conflict between founders and team members is among the most insidious problems that can cripple a startup company. Problems can arise on teams of just
Read More →Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Continued International Participation
True to the international dynamic of 1M/1M, during today’s roundtable we had entrepreneurs from the U.S., India and Israel pitch their businesses. And in the audience, there were people from at least 30 different corners of the world.
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Read More →Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: New Assessment Tool For Entrepreneurs
We have done almost 90 roundtables so far and, based on this extensive experience of learning directly from entrepreneurs about their core issues, 1M/1M has just launched a new assessment tool for entrepreneurs.It is a quick self-assessment that you ca…
Read More →Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Exciting Companies Lined Up For Microsoft Startup Grant Finals
During today’s roundtable, we had four Microsoft BizSpark Startup India Challenge grant finalists present.
Two of them, Freshdesk and Bizosys (10Screens), are 1M/1M premium members, and we have already been working on their strategies for a few weeks…
Read More →Reinventing the Startup Board Meeting: Part 2
Startups now understand what they should be doing in their early formative days is search for a business model. The process they use to guide that search is “Customer Development”; and to track their progress startups now have a scorecard to document t…
Read More →What’s Wrong With Today’s Board Meetings: Part 1
As customer and agile development reinvent the startup, it’s time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Board meetings that guide startups haven’t changed since the early 1900′s. It’s time.
Reinventing the b…
Read More →Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs – Silicon Valley: The Next Renaissance
During today’s roundtable, we had the program split into three segments. The first was our usual entrepreneur strategy discussion. The second was a scenario from one of our premium members around lead generation and qualification that we collectively s…
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