Software as a Service, Life as a Service. Where will the subscription models end up?
Life as a Service! B2B, B2C, B2B2C where will it all end? You know I love SaaS. It is simple, a no-brainer and in particular for Businesses it makes sense. However, I think we are soon due for a new model. Today’s world is turning into big subscription services, pay to listen to music, fixed...Continue reading→
Learn to Speak The Investors Language. Key points when fundraising for your startup
If you are lucky enough to read this in time you can join me for a live session today at 15:00 CET on zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85182217882#success In today’s session, I will tell you what investors really want to hear, the basic information you need to present them with, and finally how to make your pitch memorable and...Continue reading→
The Fire App that saved the mountains: An example of exemplary entrepreneurship
The million dollar question & The Fire App that saved Mijas mountains last weekend. These are the two questions I ask entrepreneurs at each event. 1) What would you do if you won the lottery tomorrow? 2) What would you do if you never received any funding? Here is the best example I can give...Continue reading→
Fundamentals of fundraising for early stage startups
Over the past few years, I have seen a craze in Europe with early-stage VCs backing startup teams that have nothing but an idea. They throw money at them and hope that one or more of them would live to see the light of day. Almost 10 or more years behind USA, I have heard...Continue reading→
Fundamentals of Fundraising for startups. Be clear about how much money you really need
I mentioned in my last post that I will analyse the second pitch I had heard and I also made it clear that the pitch was unclear to me. So here is how it started. I got an overview of what the product is and honestly, it sounded very interesting. He told me all about...Continue reading→
Fundamentals of Fundraising- What is missing in your pitch deck
Yesterday I did two one-to-one mentoring sessions. Once again I found both founders to be pitching a great idea. One in the early stage of the idea and all it was missing was just a few small changes to address the investment proposal. The other, well the other I am not quite sure. what to...Continue reading→
10 day entrepreneurship challenge
For the next two weeks (11 to 22 July 2022), over ten days I will be joining the team of Bart Jenezon from 1inspring to help entrepreneurs start their entrepreneurial journey. Over the course of two weeks, more than 10 experts will come together to help you as entrepreneurs tackle each part of your journey...Continue reading→
How to find a real investor for your startup
On one of my free zoom calls one of the entrepreneurs said \”You know, what I really need is a real investor\”. Hmm, I was intrigued? what is a \”real investor\” and how should I go about finding one? So after she presented me with her 15 minute pitch and wonderful idea, I had the...Continue reading→
Fundamentals of fundraising. Learning how to speak the investors\’ language
Do you have a startup? Are you fundraising and sometimes find that it is a struggle to get through to investors? Have you ever asked yourself if you speak the investors\’ language? It might sound like an odd question. You may say if the investor speaks the same language as you. then the answer is:...Continue reading→
What do restaurant service and leadership have in common?
How do you choose the restaurant you go to? And what can that teach you about #serving and #leadership? Is it because of the good customer service, the food, or both? In both cases, there is an aspect that makes that place special, the service. Whether it is the waiters or the kitchen staff or...Continue reading→