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How To Win Startup Competitions
Competitions provide start-ups with the invaluable means to improve their reputation, enhance their profile and help them on the road to expansion and success.
Startup 101: “Open Source” Start up Legal Documents
Legal docs don’t have to be a source of stress when you’re trying to set up a business.…
The Psychology of Influence in Online Startups
You have a few seconds to persuade a user to use your product or service in this age of information overload. VC Cafe brings you six techniques of persuasion researched by Prof Robert Cialdini and applied on the world of online startups and mobile apps. Are you convincing your user enough to buy?
Games of Luck vs Games of Skill and What it Means for the Tech Industry
There’s been a lot of talk recently about small startups being over funded. Sean Parker, founder of Napster,…
Paranoid Angels: does your investor suffer from Paranoid Personality Disorder?
I was chatting to a friend that had ‘investor problems’ and we came to the conclusion that many…
MVP Testing – How to Drive Traffic to your Website
A few months ago, my colleague Jalin Somaiya and myself (Eze Vidra) gave the below presentation to a group of 20 entrepreneurs who participated in Launchpad, a London-based accelerator organized by Launch48.
20 US Startup Trends: Get Inspired and Launch in Your Country
Alley Insider, one of my favorite tech blogs, published an interesting post yesterday, titled "If We Hear About Any More Startups Like These, We'll Scream", listing some of the latest startup trends in idea buckets. Their frustration is coming from the sheer number of startups doing the same thing in the US, but for all of us living out of the US, the question should be: Is it currently being done right your country?
10 Tips for Startups Raising Money from Angels
This summer, I had the pleasure to be a mentor at the Entrepreneurship Summer School, an elective at London Business School (my alma mater) where students are tasked with testing whether their startup ideas can turn into a fundable business over the course of three months. Check out the tips for raising funding from angels after the jump.
Bitesize Weekend – quick reads
Bitesize Weekend - quick reads
Thoughts From The Front [CEO guest post]
Gil Rozenberg - co-founder and CEO of Ineze.com, an early-stage technology startup based in Israel, shares his lessons learned on starting a tech startup for first time entrepreneurs. In spite the fact that we've already made some nice achievements, and that the future looks promising, I know that our biggest challenges are still ahead.