Startup AddVenture

04/11/2016

Honored to being doing a guest lecture at ANJE for the BGI-IUL MIT Accelerator program

08/04/2016

Another measure for seed fund performance

Follow me for my random, sometimes relevant thoughts on the world of venture capital.

06/04/2016

Winter didn't miss Europe. investment € down 30%, deals down 50% YoY

04/04/2016

How do you build instant, meaningful connection with someone? You only get one chance at that first impression and maybe only 60 seconds to make your pitch. You need to be someone who no one will forget.

- NEVER beg for attention!
- High level energy attracts people,
- Be open,
- Always tell them how great you think they are and they might believe you,
- Be empathetic,
- Have a positive attitude,
- Be excited about your idea,
- Smile and infect others with it.

Good luck!

04/04/2016

Pick your co-founders carefully, team breakups are harder than divorces. Forbes has an article about the 10 tips for healthy co-founder relationships. What would you add to the list?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2014/05/07/10-tips-for-healthy-co-founder-relationships/

If you're lucky enough to have a co-founder at your startup, it's in your best interest -- and the company's -- to make the relationship work. These 10 tips can help.

01/04/2016

Q1 stats out, show continued major drops in financings and exits. Good news: good deals averaging more $

28/03/2016

: “I have the best idea ever. And we have no competition! Should I be excited or worry? Thanks for your answer.”

Vitaly Golomb: You always have competition. A person’s right to simply do nothing is probably your biggest competition. Hopefully, you have a better, faster, cheaper way of solving that problem then the status quo. But if you truly have no competition, it probably means there is no problems to solve and no business to build.

28/03/2016

They say “anything that is worth copying will be copied.” But what if you have something impossible to copy? Think about your unfair advantage. It will usually be your experience and insight in to a problem someone is trying to solve in the market. No one can tke that away from you.

28/03/2016

There’s nothing more lonely than starting a company by yourself. You have to put on a show for your employees and investors every day. You have to say how happy you are and how you’re “killing it”. Everything is always great. But most of these people are goin home terrified and crying. They wear a mask every day because Silicon Valley will chew you up and spit you out if you don’t fake it till you make it.

28/03/2016

Have you worked in the corporate world and in a startup? How would you describe the differences between the two lifestyles? Comment below!

28/03/2016

I founded Startup AddVenture as a startup cultural exchange to bring knowledge and inspiration from the industry’s best and to showcase local startup starts of tomorrow. It is a gathering of entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem leaders that has helped them build the future in seven countries already.

Startup AddVenture brings some of the world’s top startup experts to tomorrow’s high-potential startup hubs. A startup cultural exchange bringing knowledge a...

28/03/2016

Unfortunately, very few entrepreneurs get a chance to go through the top tier programs such as Y Combinator, Techstars and 500 Startups. I’ve been an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley since my teenage years. I’ve made lots of mistakes and I’ve learned lots of lessons the hard way. For the past few years, I’ve been fortunate to have the opportunity to give back by mentoring and teaching at a number of world class accelerators. I’m writing this book to give you a shortcut to success. You can be anywhere in the world and build virtually any kind of business with the insights it will give you.

A topic covered in great length in Accelerated Startup: https://publishizer.com/accelerated-startup/