Business plans are full of assumptions. Startups are where those assumptions are tested. At the startup stage, you don’t yet know if your idea can stand in the market. You…
A startup is not a company. A startup is on a search. You are searching for two things as a startup: A repeatable model – something that works year after year. A scalable…
The biggest mistake entrepreneurs make is doing the wrong thing at the wrong stage. At the seed stage, you should be researching and raising funds, not chasing customers. At the…
Too many entrepreneurs confuse startups with companies. They believe that once they register with CAC, they’re automatically running a “company.” That mindset is dangerous. A startup is not a small…
Every business goes through stages, and each stage demands something different.The cycle is simple but powerful: Seed Startup Early Growth Later Growth Expansion Maturity Revitalization Exit At the seed stage,…
Decline is inevitable in every industry. The only insurance is innovation.Innovation doesn’t always mean inventing something new. Sometimes it means packaging the same value in a new way. Podcasts didn’t…
Imagine raising billions today to build the biggest newspaper company.. You will still fail. Not because you lack capital, but because the medium has declined. People no longer buy print…
