A few weeks ago, after almost a decade of pitching, the tables turned, and I was on the other side of a pitch competition – judging the founders sharing their ideas. Eight companies gave presentations, and I’ve decided to provide unified feedback to all of them in the form of this article.
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My Friend Is Launching a Startup. Here Is My Advice to Him.
Five Easy Strategies to Increase Resume Response Rates (Recent Graduate Series)
All Business Ideas That I’ve Had. Lessons Were Learned. (Part 2)
This is a second installment of the story of all random, silly, funny, failed business ideas I had before I finally co-founded the one that worked. Read Part 1 here.
All Business Ideas That I’ve Had. Lessons Were Learned. (Part 1)
All Startups Are the Same
Startup Lesson 4: Obsess Over Retention
Startup Lesson 1: Vitamin vs. Painkiller
If you are anything like me, you probably have 5 tubs of vitamins hanging out in your cupboard, many of which expired years ago. No matter how often I am told that taking vitamins is good for my long term health, it is just too easy to forget to take them. Why? There are simply no immediate consequences for my not taking them.
On the other hand, if one is suffering from jetlag, the flu, a wild night… no one forgets to cure their splitting headache with an ibuprofen. Unlike vitamins, painkillers are more than “nice to have”, they are an urgent necessity.