How to assess an early-stage startup
This is my homemade methodology to assess early-stage startups. It's a simple but thorough checklist that prospective founders, investors, and employees can go through before committing their time or money.
| Jul 06, 2020
How to build a startup pitch deck
This playbook is my home-made, battle-tested process to prepare the structure, content, and design of a typical early-stage startup pitch deck. These 2 hours of prep work will save you 10x more time down the road, I promise.
| Jun 03, 2020
Pitch deck for startups - 7 templates compared
It's really hard to find a good template to build your startup pitch deck. Most of what you find online - both free and paid - sucks. Either the slides are ugly, or the deck is poorly structured, or both.
| May 02, 2020
Startup financial models - 12 templates compared for SaaS
Need a financial model for your startup? Fear not. I have extensively compared the top 12 templates, free and paid, so you don't have to do it.
| Apr 20, 2020
Amazon, Walmart and the crumbs - A new world order in retail
While Amazon and Walmart are redefining the shape of retail, what are other players doing? Learn about the strategies and approaches to exist in that new world order.
| Aug 27, 2018
How corporate arrogance kills large organizations
Corporate innovation is difficult. We all get that. However, you cannot always hide behind the company’s process to excuse one more disruption. Sometimes, leadership just screws up. The 4 cases presented in this article — Kodak, Blackberry, Microsoft
| May 07, 2018
The Startup Lifecycle: From Garage to Unicorn
A typical tech startup lifecycle consists of 3 major stages: Garage, Growth Machine, and Unicorn. Framework based on Steve Blank, Reid Hofman, Brian Balfour, Morgan Brown.
| Jan 16, 2017
How to value a startup - 9 methods explained
A startup is like a box. A very special box. The box has a value. The more things you put in the box, the more its value increases. Add a patent in the box, the value increases. Add a kick-ass management team in the box, the value increases.
| May 30, 2016
A real-life VC investment framework - The 7+1 model
Discover the investment framework a real VC uses to evaluate deals: problem, solution, business model, team, scalability, and capital efficiency.
| Sep 07, 2015