Eliminating noise with the North Star Metric
Every strategic decision at the company should, in some way, consider driving momentum in the North Star Metric
Every strategic decision at the company should, in some way, consider driving momentum in the North Star Metric
Word on the street is that Spotify today is similar to what Coca Cola was in Warren Buffet’s infamous portfolio. Here is a summary memo on Spotify.
If you don’t happen to have a design background, we’ve assembled design principles together with a list of design tools and resources for you.
Our recent Demo Day marked a worthy ending to our 2020 acceleration program. It’s time to say goodbye to our wonderful batch and say hello to the 2021 teams soon. After receiving over 100 promising applications we are now about to select and decide who will be joining our program running February – November next…
Relationship between fundraising and valuations in EU countries Investors in Europe typically expect your valuation to be about 3–4x new funds raised, and that your next round should be roughly 5x more than your previous one. But where’s the starting point? If your valuation is a function or multiple of how much you managed to…
To simplify the line of thinking, you either have enough traction to put you on a private financing track, or you don’t have enough traction and need to either fall back on bootstrapping or resort to other public sources.
For the start, let me guide you through a thought experiment: Imagine you are riding a trolley. Suddenly, you see five people ahead standing on your track. You want to hit the brakes to avoid crashing into these people but realize that the trolley’s brakes aren’t working. You then happen to find yourself next to…
To simplify the line of thinking, you either have enough traction to put you on a private financing track, or you don’t have enough traction and need to either fall back on bootstrapping or resort to other public sources.
The EXIST program gives entrepreneurs freedom to start a company with almost no financial risk. With a maximum funding period of one year, teams receive both personnel and material expenses.
Team Era Zero Waste put blood, sweat and tears into their recent Kickstarter campaign, hoping to grow their community of early adopters and collect enough money to fund their first production of its self-care products that comes from nature and disappears in nature. From building a pre-campaign email list, reaching out to hundreds of journalists…