Now, I would like to share some methods on how you can validate your ideas to see which ones you should pursue as a business. In my experience, most businesses don’t fail because they are undercapitalized, but because not enough research, testing and preparation were done initially. Read more>>
Monthly Archives: May 2018
This company wants to put ‘brains’ in electric scooters and bikes to keep riders safer
Superpedestrian, a Cambridge, Ma.-based company, has been known until now for its electric Copenhagen wheel, which a user attaches to his or her bikes and operates through an app. It’s essentially a circular unit that houses a motor, a battery and sensors and is placed in the middle of the rear wheel, measuring how fast and how forcefully someone is riding and adding a little electric oomph when a bike’s pedals are pushed. Read more>>
The Mindset Your Company Needs to Grow Organically
M&A is central to many companies’ growth strategies. But you can’t grow by acquisition alone. Companies with more organic growth generate higher shareholder returns than those relying on acquisitions alone. But organic growth remains elusive. The problem is that many companies have the wrong “operating system” for organic growth. Read more>>
When to Raise a Series A
One of the hardest questions to answer when considering an A is “when is my company ready?” This is another one of those questions for which there are hundreds of answers on the internet, none of which are particularly satisfying. The reason these answers don’t work is that each rule has so many exceptions as to make the rule seem silly. Read more>>
No sun? No problem — this solar panel harvests energy from raindrops, too
We are used to solar panels which can harvest power from sunlight during the day. But how about a new type of solar cell that is able to generate power from raindrops, even when the rain falls in the middle of the night? Yes, it sounds impossible, but it’s actually just been demonstrated by researchers at China’s Soochow University. Read more>>
With at least $1.3 billion invested globally in 2018, VC funding for blockchain blows past 2017 totals
Although bitcoin and blockchain technology may not take up quite as much mental bandwidth for the general public as it did just a few months ago, companies in the space continue to rake in capital from investors. One of the latest to do so is Circle, which recently announced a $110 million Series E round led by bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer Bitmain. Read more>>
ClassPass’ Founder on How Marketplace Startups Can Achieve Product/Market Fit
In 2011, ClassPass founder Payal Kadakia had just joined startup accelerator Techstars. Within months, she’d been on the cover of Inc. Magazine and featured in Mashable, Business Insider, Gigaom and most every tech and business blog. Kadakia advises founders to constantly return to on one all-important question: what problem in the world are you trying to solve? Read more>>
the future, the reality Operating System, an enabled landscape
“What it will be, what it can be, I think it’s profound”, Tim Cook on Augmented Reality. What if the world’s knowledge was not a click away, but at a glance? What if technology enabled your narrative to intersect and interact with the land around you? And what if this was accessible not to a few, buy everyone? This type of ability is within reach and is what I call the enabled landscape. Read more>>
What To Know Before Going Into Venture Debt
Entrepreneurs who are lucky enough to receive funding from a Venture Capital firm are eligible for a double whammy: Venture Debt. According to Maurice Werdegar, the CEO of Western Technology Investment, venture debt makes up about 10% of the venture market, and it’s growing every year. So what is venture debt all about? This additional form of financing has its merits and some dangers to look out for. Read more>>
How We Bootstrapped Our Startup to 1M $ in 12 Months (And You Can Too).
Too many times I hear folks from the tech scene advising other entrepreneur to ask investors for money to start…up. In some cases investors are the only way to kick off big projects, but I firmly believe that most startups could really make it on their own and validate their ideas by making sales first. Here is a list of 11 strategies we used to bootstrap 1M $ in just 12 months, that can help your startup too. Read more>>
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