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The Early Team Mess: A Founder's Guide to Creating Clarity

The Early Team Mess: How to Create Clarity When Everyone's Wearing Multiple Hats

Using AI to Research, Validate & Launch Your Product

Building Smart as a Solo Founder.

Aayush Arora – Meet the Mentor

I’m a seasoned JavaScript developer and Google Developer Expert with a passion for mentoring and empowering developers to build impactful projects. With experience as a founder and educator, I’ve guided over a million students in web development, open-source contributions, and startup strategies. My goal is to simplify complex concepts, making tech accessible and actionable for everyone.

Executive Presence Coaching Success Stories to Learn From

Real-life case studies of executives and founders who have significantly benefited from executive presence coaching.

Rohit Arora – Meet the Mentor

I am Rohit Arora, Founder & CEO at Mavenwit, a Serial Entrepreneur, Trader and Investor. I been in a business for over a decade now, and have a proven track record working with Fortune 500 companies and world biggest Influencers and entrepreneurs.

How to Identify Problems and Talk to Users: A Founder's Journey

In co-founding my food photography app, I encountered numerous challenges and learned valuable lessons about identifying problems and effectively communicating with potential users. Here’s a guide based on my experiences.

Finding Product-Market Fit: Questions Founders Ask Me Most

What It’s Really Like to Hit 'Magical' Product-Market Fit

Márcia Monteiro – Meet the Mentor

I am Márcia Monteiro, a seasoned COO and founder with extensive experience in guiding early-stage startups to operational excellence and customer success. Passionate about Lean processes and team development, I drive growth and innovation. With a strong B2B SaaS background, I bridge visionary strategies with practical solutions to help startups thrive.

The Unspoken Rules of Fundraising: Navigating Social Contracts

Understanding and navigating social contracts—unwritten rules of engagement—along with honing social skills, are crucial for founders seeking funding, as they significantly impact investor perceptions and relationship-building. These elements, encompassing cultural nuances, appropriate attire, authentic engagement, and follow-up strategies, can set founders apart and increase their chances of securing investment.

The Oasis Fallacy: Navigating the Mirage of Breakthrough Innovation

Something I often hear from highly technical founders is that they're working on something really hard, a true breakthrough, or a "holy grail" problem. Now bear with me, I'm going to geek out a bit and coin a new term for this because I see it so often: the "Oasis Fallacy."

The Superpower of Successful Founders: A Unique Blend of Logic and Creativity

Successful founders often possess a unique blend of logical and creative thinking, with many excelling in strategic games like chess and engaging in creative pursuits such as music. This combination of analytical rigor and innovative thinking enables them to effectively tackle business challenges and drive groundbreaking solutions.

The Hard Truth for New Founders: Expertise Does Not Guarantee Startup Success

Entering the startup world can be as exhilarating as it is perilous, especially for first-time founders with extensive backgrounds in corporate or specialized fields. There's a prevalent yet misleading assumption that expertise in one area seamlessly translates into effective entrepreneurship. This belief is as dangerous as it is widespread, and understanding why can help prevent new founders from making costly mistakes.

The Journey of a Founder: challenges and overcoming them — Part 2

Ready to revolutionize your startup journey? Discover strategies to turn obstacles into opportunities and thrive in the entrepreneurial world!

Navigating SaaS Growth: Implementing the T2D3 Marketing Method to go from MVP to $100M ARR

With only 3% of SaaS startups ever reaching $100M Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), the journey is both exhilarating and fraught with challenges for founders. Making the most of your resources and implementing the right marketing strategy for every growth stage is key to overcoming these hurdles. So, how do you implement marketing properly to increase your chances of transitioning from a humble startup to the top 3%?

The Journey of a Founder: challenges and overcoming them — Part 1

The article explores the common obstacles entrepreneurs face, such as balancing personal and professional life, time management, and lack of capital, offering strategies to navigate these challenges.

Miky Bayankin – Meet the Mentor

My name is Miky, I'm an entrepreneur, startup founder, and a product manager. I have a background in product, operations, business and people leadership. Most of my career, I have been launching new products and businesses - both as standalone companies and within the larger companies.

Lea Skrinjar – Meet the Mentor

I’m a seasoned Product Strategy Consultant and the Founder of Pax6 Design Consultancy with a decade of experience in Product under my belt. I began my career as a teaching assistant and researcher in the fields of Architecture and Urban Planning which has contributed to the knowledge and approaches I use now. Besides work, you'll often find me immersed in my passions—competitive tennis and piano.

Milad Mahdian – Meet the Mentor

Milad is a tech lead at Google, with a focus on improving automated bidding at Google Search and Shopping ads. Previously, he was the founder and CEO of the Turtles app, a customer marketing and engagement platform for brick and mortar small businesses.

Product-Market Fit and Pivot

A Blueprint for a Startup Founder

Walking the Tightrope: Balancing Decisions as an Early-stage Product Manager or Founder

Understanding how to work as a product manager or early stage founder in a startup can feel like a complex task. This article shares some useful ways to make good decisions quickly and plan effectively in this fast-paced environment.

Karl Schmidt – Meet the Mentor

I’m a Fractional CTO, formerly a game programmer, game studio co-founder, indie game developer, and head of engineering in fintech. I’ve been in software professionally for over 17 years and shipped projects on 13+ platforms. I've learned a lot (still learning!) and have a lot to share.

Cold Calling for Startups: A Founder's Guide to Effective B2B Sales

Do you know what stands between you and your next big client? It’s just a phone call away. Yes, the art of cold calling is often misunderstood and underutilised. However, it still holds a strong place in the sales game.

How To Validate Your Startup Idea In 6 Weeks?

Have you ever wondered if your startup truly achieved Product-Market Fit? In this blog post, we explore the 7-Fit Framework, a comprehensive approach to help startup founders reach and validate their PMF, focussing on the first with of Customer-Problem fit (a.k.a. Idea Validation) and providing actionable insights for each step.

Stuart Megarry – Meet the Mentor

Stuart Megarry, London-based Serial Entrepreneur with plenty of success and failure under his belt. Mentor to start-up founders and those working in start-ups.

The Only One Guide to B2B Services Sales

A list of books, resources, and best practices that helped me to start my +8 years adventure as a B2B Sales focused co-founder, so you don't have to do it.

Andrea Hobby – Meet the Mentor

My name is Andrea and the Founder of Health Data Science Newsletter. Also, I work as a Data Scientist at Accenture.

Yoel Frischoff – Meet the Mentor

I am a Product and strategy consultant, working with technology startups and founders. My focus is on strategy formation where I help founders find their value proposition, laying the ground to successful funding rounds.

Headcount Planning for Seed Stage Startup

Headcount is one of the biggest expenses of running a startup, so it pays to plan ahead. This guide is designed for pre-seed to late-seed-stage founders, executives, and recruiters alike to simplify their headcount planning process and sharpen their hiring skills.

Sebastian Scheerer – Meet the Mentor

Hey there, I’m Sebastian. Founder and designer of the world's most loved productivity tool „Wunderlist“ (sold to Microsoft in 2015) and Germany‘s first paperless private health insurance company.

What to ask to a start-up founder before accepting any offer

If you are joining a start-up, you will probably not receive any salary. Understanding the product and tech stack used is not enough. As you are leveraging risks, you must know the company's current financial state, the expected founding rounds, evaluation, cost-per-user and long-term goals of the co-founders (exit strategy).