5 Ways to Make the Most Out of Your Startup Accelerator
Being selected for an Accelerator Program can be the key moment in your Startup life. Here's how to make the most out of it.
Your customers are lying to you… (but here’s how to avoid it)
EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU. Big statement? Well, yes. But, think about it. If you ask your customers if your business idea is good they will lie to you, at least a little (just like your mom did). Why? Because you’re totally missing the point and you’re asking the wrong questions. So, how can you talk [...]
Inside Sales: Why You Need to Explain Your Product to Your Grandma Before Talking to Anyone Else
Every time my grandparents ask me what I do for a living, I find it almost impossible to explain it to them. So, how do I explain big data or SaaS?
What House of Cards can teach you about pitching your startup
Alright, I must admit, I’m a huge House of Cards fan… It’s just one of those TV shows that gets me on the edge of my seat. However, just the other day, when I finished watching the latest season, I realised how we could all learn from it, when it comes to startups and pitching, [...]
A Beginners Guide on How to do Customer Service for Early Stage Startups
Remember that essay from Y Combinator’s Paul Graham called “Do Things That Don’t Scale”? It is, without a doubt, one of the best essays for early stage startups, where Paul talks about several unscalable things that startups should focus on while trying to grow. And as it turns out, one of those things is actually [...]
How Can Big Corporations and Startups Work Together?
For the past few years, we’ve seen some of the most disruptive startups shape entire industries with their innovative technologies and business models. You find companies like Uber and Airbnb, that took entire markets by storm to quickly implement their businesses and grow at an unsurmountable passe. This growth and disruptive mindset has definitely shaken [...]