During COVID-19, the world of business has come to an abrupt halt – nearly every industry, sector, and business type (products and services) have been and will be impacted by the pandemic. If you are on the fence still wondering if now might be a good time to start your new business, I say, “Yes! …
Happy New Year and welcome back to my Startup Tip of the Day. I remember being 20 years old, sitting in front of a blank Excel spreadsheet without a clue in the world as to how I was going to build an accurate forecast for my first startup. Without proven revenues or associated costs, the …
Looking back on 2019, I’ve had the privilege of speaking with and advising many different entrepreneurs. I’ve compiled my list of the top 5 most frequently asked questions asked by founders: 1. Do you think this is a “good” business idea? What’s interesting, is that the most frequently asked question of “Do you think this …
What exactly is corporate culture? Can we see it? Does it emanate from a business plan, an un-written code of ethics, or a placard on the wall? Last night we got to sit in on a fireside chat with Ben Horowitz (VC, Andreessen Horowitz) and John Zimmer (Co-founder, Lyft) to discuss culture, and moreover, the …
Startup Tip of the Day One of the most confusing areas for first time founders is managing the capitalization table, often referred to as the “cap table”. The cap table outlines all equity owners, the percentage of ownership of stock, debt or convertible debt (debt that turns into equity at a given date …
Yesterday I had the privilege to sit down (virtually) with two founders who are running companies in the online grocery delivery and offsite construction management space.
Two very different verticals, serving very different customers (B2C and B2B), but both growing quickly (despite the current economic climate).
The companies are part of the portfolio of a Silicon Valley seed venture capital firm I am advising.
We covered a range of topics ranging from high level branding, down to unit-economics, user journey mapping, and deploying digital advertising campaigns that truly move the needle.
One thing that impressed me about these founders was their focus on creating great companies, built to endure.
The founders demonstrated a focus on both the little details to ensure an incredible customer on-boarding experience today, while also keeping the larger (future long-range) vision in their sights.
Above all, they were open to learning and asked a lot of unique questions - two undervalued traits I believe great founders possess.
Being inquisitive and open to feedback is a formula for success.
Early stage companies are experimental by design - iterations are certainly part of the formula to success - but moreover for a CEO, developing the ability to zoom quickly in and out of the micro and macro to see the entire picture of the solution they are building, helps maximize early wins and prepares their ventures for scalability.
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Had a fantastic time advising a fast-growing #startup in the #agtech space last night.
AGTools is amazing - they’re revolutionizing the #farmingindustry with a leading platform that leverages #ai #ml and #DataScience to drive key managerial decisions for #farmers, #distributors, commodity #investors and #retailers.
As Founder & CEO, Martha Montoya explained to me, “It’s like Bloomberg for the Agriculture Industry.”
There - in just two seconds, I got the pitch and vision.
She absolutely nailed it by jumping right into the platform, the myriad of challenges farmers face on a seasonal and down to a minute-by-minute basis in timing everything from water cycles, to harvest schedules, to shipping logistics - all that drive bottom line economic growth.
The platform eliminates supply chain waste, delivers millions of data points that empower growers and retailers to make smarter decisions with easy to understand dashboards, tools and machine learning algorithmic recommendations.
After raising over $1 Million in a seed round from leading #angelinvestors, signing on a number of large clients from around the globe, and joining Parallel18’s accelerator program, Martha and AgTools is growing from seed to sequoia at record speed.
To learn more, check out: www.agtechtools.com/
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that will improve your buys. Know your market options each day in terms of product availability, surplus,shortfalls and basis for shifts in pricing.Imagine if you never had to recharge your electric car...two Stanford University grads are building Nature Electronics - a company aiming to do just that by wirelessly charging objects (cars, robots, warehouse machinery, etc) while in motion.
Wirelessly charging electric cars as they drive
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Stanford engineers have taken a big step toward making it practical for electric cars to recharge as they speed along futuristic highways built to "refuel" vehicles wirelessly.
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