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What Is Product-Market Fit? A Normal Person’s Definition with Simple Examples
Product-market fit, or product/market fit, is often mischaracterized and misunderstood even by “experts.” Contrary to popular belief, product/market fit is not a well-defined state that a product or startup has achieved or did not achieve. Instead, product-market fit is the degree to which a product meets the needs of a
You Don’t Need a Co-Founder for Your Startup
The advice that single startup founders need co-founders to be successful is simply wrong. Before you rush into partnering with a co-founder, consider what the data says, potential downsides, and alternatives. In this article, I explore why there is ample evidence to suggest that co-founders are often not worth it
How to Find Angel Investors – Full 34-Page Guide
This is the full 34-page guide on how and where to find, reach out to, and pitch angel investors. This epic guide is meant to help any founder find angel investors for their startup, even if you don’t have a huge network or a diploma from a fancy university. My
Top Women Angel Investors According to Data
Who are the top women angel investors? We’ve got a list of top female angel investors in the U.S. ranked by the success rate of their portfolios and investment rate. In this article, we look at the most active women angel investors, with at least 20 investments, as well as
Top Venture Capital Funds Bias Strongly Towards Founders with Pedigree
As early-stage investors, we’ve been hearing for years an undeniably loud chorus of founders lamenting that many venture capital funds, particularly top-tier ones, won’t even take a meeting with them because they lack a Stanford or Harvard University diploma. We also heard over and over again that founders who lacked
NOMA AI: Real-Time Risk Assessment of Medical Complications for Doctors
Beta Boom is happy to announce our investment in the pre-seed round of NOMA AI. The company, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is developing a machine learning platform that analyzes hundreds of real-time and historic clinical variables about patients to help clinical teams proactively identify risks of medical complications. The key
TAM, SAM, SOM: Why No One Can Agree What They Mean
Why can’t someone explain, in simple terms, what TAM, SAM, and SOM mean? That’s because no one can agree what they actually mean! But don’t worry, we’ll try our best to demystify these terms! In this guide, we’ll tell you how others define TAM, SAM, and SOM in real, normal-person
WEDEVX: Upskilling Blue Collar Workers into $100K+ Tech Jobs
Announcing Beta Boom‘s recent pre-seed investment in WEDEVX. WEDEVX helps blue-collar workers such as taxi drivers and warehouse workers train for and land $100K+ tech jobs at top companies like Apple and Amazon. WEDEVX upskills people with zero coding background into high-paying and in-demand tech jobs by combining the intensity
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