Startup Funding Espresso – How To Monitor Your Sales Forecast
[audio src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/angelconnect/05.how_to_monitor_your_sales_forecast_.mp3"][/audio]How To Monitor Your Sales Forecast Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Forecasting revenue is an important skill because investors want visibility into it. To forecast better, use the Trailing Four Months model. In this…
Startup Funding Espresso – Mistakes in Scaling the Startup
[audio src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/angelconnect/04.mistakes_in_scaling_the_startup_.mp3"][/audio]Mistakes in Scaling the Startup Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The seed stage grows the business from 0 to $1M. The growth stage grows from $1M to $10M. The scaling stage grows from $10M…
Startup Funding Espresso – Investors Look for Execution, Not Ideas
[audio src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/angelconnect/03.investors_look_for_execution_not_ideas.mp3"][/audio]Investors Look for Execution, Not Ideas Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Startup founders often believe their idea will carry the day with the investor. They propose their idea to spark interest. While that may…
Lessons From Napoleon for the Startup
Napoleon never ran a startup, but his life provides many lessons for the startup founder. Here are some lessons to take away from his life: Underestimating risk -- Napoleon underestimated the harshness of the Russian winter and suffered great losses. The startup should consider carefully the market to pursue before…
Product Strategy for AI
Artificial intelligence is a disruptive technology that promises tremendous benefits to the tech industry. Current products will be upgraded to use AI. New products will be introduced using AI from the get-go. Here's a list of product strategies for AI: AI-based applications that use large language models called LLMs. This…
