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The Real Startup Danger: You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know.

The Real Startup Danger: You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know.

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You’ve heard it a million times, but with the various AI assistants now available, has that changed?  It’s now much easier and affordable to found a startup, that’s for sure. Thanks to vibe coding and the like, you don’t even need a tech team or a team at all, or so it would seem.

Partner differences is one of the big reasons why startups fail. The new trend in the founding team? Having your AI as your co-founder.

Y Combinator founder Paul Graham gave an excellent masterclass a while back on why most startups quietly fail. While the tech landscape has changed considerably since he gave the talk, the basic advice hasn’t. Read More...

Everything You Need to Know About the Investor Dog Whistle

Everything You Need to Know About the Investor Dog Whistle

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Basic to every startup/newco is having a pitch deck. An executive summaries as well, and while you know this, we wonder if we have pitch decks all wrong. Or if you believe that there’s a set order of slides to which you must strictly adhere.

Wrong.

Charlie O’Donnell of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures’ somewhat unofficial mantra is ‘Always Be Selling’ and truth be told, no matter what your official title is in your startup/newco, you’re doing sales. Especially in a lean company: unless you’re in a completely non-public facing role, you’re a salesperson for your company, which brings us to your investor presentation, your deck and everything in between. Read More...