article thumbnail

The Traction Gap Framework: Four Pillars Of Startup Success

YoungUpstarts

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “ As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles.

Framework 127
article thumbnail

The Traction Gap Framework: Four Pillars Of Startup Success

YoungUpstarts

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “ As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles.

Framework 113
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How To Build A Startup That Doesn’t Flop

YoungUpstarts

All of these are absolutely key to increasing your startup’s ability to demonstrate the traction it needs to secure the confidence of investors and the next round of financing. Charting a course through the unpredictable waters of disruptive innovation is a perilous undertaking. You can learn more about the Traction Gap Framework here.

Cleveland 217
article thumbnail

Pros and Cons of Being Your Own Boss

Up and Running

Don’t stay in Cleveland if you prefer Klamath Falls. We needed to meet deadlines on marketing, product development, finances, the whole thing. When you’re the boss, that’s up to you. Do you like a stand-up desk, or any desk? Up to you. A good view? Good coffee in the kitchen? That’s all up to you.

article thumbnail

The Woodstock of K-12 Education

Steve Blank

While the core principles of lean work the same for building a small business versus a scalable startup, there is a big difference between size, scaling, risk, financing, decision-making, uncertainty, teams, etc. On Fire With A Vision.

Lean 284
article thumbnail

10 Entertaining Things to Check out While You’re Waiting in Line Today

Up and Running

Teresa maintains that she was completely out of the loop on the family finances and did not know this was going on. I definitely suggest reading it if you and your spouse or partner aren’t open with each other about finances. The Cleveland Clinic’s Top 10 for 2015. The super interesting news. You go girl!

article thumbnail

What Do Top Athletes and Top Executives Have in Common?

Growthink Blog

Before he won five Super Bowls with the New England Patriots, his record in his first head coaching job with the Cleveland Browns was a middling 36-44. Famed coach Bill Belichick is a great example in this regard. Yes, it is nice to have a track record of business success, and for sure it is discouraging to have one of failure.