How to Get More Out of Entrepreneurs
Thursday, 12 December 2024
Whether you are an investor, a founder seeking advice, a business owner, or someone working through a city to encourage economic growth, we can be certain that you engage with people who are entrepreneurial. Certain of that, having read the body of works about entrepreneurship, the studies about entrepreneurs, and even the psychological works related
- Published in Insights / Research, Startup Ecosystems, Startups
You Can Develop the Personality Traits that Correlate with Startup Success, Here’s How
Thursday, 21 November 2024
Launching a startup demands resilience, creativity, and a touch of audacity. Like it or not (and even agree with it or not), the research is well established finding that certain personalities, and the characteristics of a person, to some extent more than experience or skills, determine success or failure. Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, University
- Published in Insights / Research, Startups
Using ChatGPT for Your Startup’s Success
Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Imagine having a tireless, ever-learning partner in your startup journey — one that adapts to your style, anticipates your needs, and delivers actionable insights in seconds. AI isn’t just a tool; it’s a catalyst for your decision-making, growth, customer discovery, testing ideas, fueling creativity, and getting things done (execution). While many tools and other platforms
- Published in AI, Insights / Research, Startups
Does Early Marketing Hurt Startups? Why Founders Should Think Differently
Friday, 15 November 2024
Some founders wonder whether starting marketing too soon could hurt their startup’s focus. Could it take attention away from refining the product or identifying the right customers? Or, on the flip side, is it essential to build buzz and gain traction from day one? It’s a question worth addressing because, frankly, the misconceptions surrounding early-stage
- Published in Advertising, Insights / Research, Startups
Rethinking Startup Ecosystems to Build What Investors Really Want
Monday, 28 October 2024
In most of the world, startups are in disrepair. No more effectively can we just reboot or defrag a computer to actually fix it, than we can try again and again to host demo days, networking events, and run incubators, expecting different results, when there is a virus in the system. Begging the question, that,
- Published in Economic Development, Industry, Insights / Research, Local, Startup Ecosystems, Startups
Seeking Better Startup Founder Agreements
Monday, 28 October 2024
Ever see a pie chart like this, or can you at least envision one, wherein a partner of yours (or God-forbid, you), expect a majority control of a startup? I get asked all the time, about how to handle retaining control when it was my idea or how to deal with a cofounder who wants
- Published in Insights / Research, Startups