Tag: Startup’s

How to Fuel Your Startup’s Growth Engine

To keep close to the startup community, I chat with founders often. I’ll frequently get asked about what growth is, how you apply it to startups, and when you should focus on it. So to help with those conversations, I put together a quick “Growth 101” doc to answer some of the most...

6 Ways I Sabotaged My Own Startup’s Culture

Over the many years which I had my last business, our culture went from truly amazing to absolutely toxic. At one stage, we had a culture so fantastic that one guy literally burst into tears when I told him he could join us. We were the envy of everyone. I have heard many a story since of founder...

How to tell story of your startup’s Cap Table

Asa founder, you’ve probably been told to read up on cap tables. And yet, a cap table is really nothing more than a spreadsheet that shows who owns how much of your company. Each row may list a shareholder, their ownership percentage, the number of shares that percentage represents, the value ...

Let’s Figure Out Your Startup’s Valuation

Tell me what your startup is worth. I dare you. There is no murkier exercise in business than figuring out the valuation of a company. This is especially true when the company is a startup. You can do a search for how you might value your own company, you can even ask ChatGPT, and I’d be...

How to tell story of your startup’s Cap Table

Asa founder, you’ve probably been told to read up on cap tables. And yet, a cap table is really nothing more than a spreadsheet that shows who owns how much of your company. Each row may list a shareholder, their ownership percentage, the number of shares that percentage represents, the value ...