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How to Find a Great Co-Founder for Your Startup: The Ultimate Guide
Not sure what kind of co-founders you need or where to find co-founders? No problem, this guide will help answer both those questions! Keep reading. Chapter 1: Do You Even Need a Co-Founder? Although it’s possible to build a successful tech company as a lone founder, there are many advantages
The importance of depth in a tech startup ecosystem
Kauffman Foundation, SURGE, Blink, Global Entrepreneurship Network (Startup Genome), among others all offer individual rankings for the entrepreneurial ecosystems across various regions. Each includes a measure of the density of either high-growth companies or mature ones. The fact is both are important indicators that can also influence another metric —
The Secret Formula to Growing Your Startup: 1-10-100
All startup founders dream of the following scenario: You press the big red “launch” button. Your app (or whatever) goes live. The user counter is spinning like crazy, and your user graph shoots straight up like a rocket. You’re getting so many users that you have to rush to allocate
Why the next tech boom will be led by a different type of founder
The next tech boom will be led by outlier experts–not hackers or business types–who have a master-level knowledge of their customers and problem space but have been largely overlooked by investors. They are doctors, mechanics, parents, dentists, accountants, managers, case workers, etc. They are people that have lived their specific problem for years. Who better than these outlier specialists to build tech companies that can provide solutions to their problems at scale?
Launching a startup? Here’s what you can expect
Having worked with a number of founders on the earliest stages of their startups, I have seen quite a few promising folks drop out prematurely. It’s not that they are not tough enough or that they lack passion, but it seems that many first-time founders are not prepared for how
Want your startup to thrive? Listen to your customers
The number one reason why startups fail, according to CB Insights, is that they never find a market need for their product. The sixth most common reason why startups fail is that they create a user-unfriendly product followed closely by not listening to customers. Think about that for a second. Three of the top mistakes that startup founders make can be solved simply by talking to your customers. Doing customer research can be intimidating given that there are many techniques, which are complex in their details. This article will hopefully help you get started.
Have a startup idea? Here are the first things you should do
People say that ideas are a dime a dozen, but many entrepreneurs—even experienced ones—struggle to come up with promising product ideas. The fact that you have an idea that excites you is a great milestone, and even though the startup journey is long and arduous, you at least have got
Founders building partnerships
A solid foundation:No lasting partnership can’t be built based on deception or untruths. Gauge early talks for transparency and honesty. Without these, there is no need to go forward.
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