Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2016

Forecast revenue growth that defies business principles. Every business takes time to scale and penetrate a market due to organizational growth, hiring, training, brand building and customer adoption. Hire helpers in lieu of people who are smarter than you. Hire people who can train you rather than ones you need to train.

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VC Cafe

JULY 25, 2017

If you think about it, Messaging apps are the most viral. Source: Messaging App Usage Worldwide: eMarketer’s Updated Forecast, Leaderboard and Behavioral Analysis. The Verge summarised it well in this article from June 2016: “So Google has three different ways it’s trying to get back into the messaging race. WSJ, June 22 2016.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Between January 2015 and January 2016, we grew our platform Slidebean from $1K to $20K in monthly recurring revenue. I strongly believe that the first few hires of a startup should belong to the growth department, whether they’re marketers, community managers, or salespeople (selling your product is the best way to learn how to improve it).

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. While it’s useful to be able to have a sales forecast and expense budget early on, it’s not something you need until you’ve validated your idea. The Recommended Sales Forecasting Method.

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