Prioritize Your Understanding Of Data: A Startup Founder’s Guide To Automate Data Collection and Reporting

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Over the past years I have been focused on understanding how data can help a startup reach the growth phase, and support growth and scalability once it got there. It is a trend nowadays when every startup speaks of data-driven processes, but for many as I discovered this is merely plug and play external tools into their regular channels and dive into predefined reports.

Podcasts for Startup Founders

11 Podcasts for Startup Founders

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How do you manage your business and grow as a founder when your time is spread so thin? A good solution we found are podcasts. They are one of the best ways you can keep up to date with the latest trends, strategies, tactics, and a great way to get to know how investors think and how other startups approach challenges.

Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing: A Guide to Implementing OKRs and Building an Accountable Team

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Build operational excellence, and define the right performance culture for your startup by using the Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) framework. This article offers a practical way of implementing OKRs, based on my 20+ years of experience as a founder and on my many mistakes.

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Starter Kit for Startups Looking to Automate Operations

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If you were building just another business your life would probably be much simpler. But building a startup takes some serious investment especially when it comes to energy. Our experience has shown us that most teams spend time with repetitive tasks that could be easily automated. Such tasks range from marketing and sales to human resources and project management. We hope this material will help you automate your workflow and integrate your efforts toward one goal: making your startups successful.

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Starter Kit for Startups Looking to Automate Marketing and Sales

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If you’ve postponed important things because of small repetitive tasks for the fifth time this week, it might be time to look into some automation tools for startups who want to make the most of their human, time and financial resources. We have gathered a list of the most commonly used platforms that can help you take your mind off the small stuff and back to the growing your business part.

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Deal Flow Automation For Startup Investments?

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Can we do deal flow automation in the current environment, and where are the main challenges? Technology is available but can it be used efficiently?

Accelerator Success Metrics

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The reason an accelerator exists and its business model impact the way it selects and tracks its metrics. Choosing these metrics should focus on three simple pillars: why, what and how. These pillars often trump complex management or strategy consulting frameworks, and they are a great way to ensure that all the stakeholders are aligned from the start, that the brand of the accelerator is built with consistency across all messages, and that everyone in the team works toward the same end goal.

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University Accelerators

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Entrepreneurship has become a study subject in itself and university accelerators offer students the opportunity to practice what they are taught.

Corporate Accelerators

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The different mentalities that startup and corporate entities possess make them an unusual match. There are over 200 corporate accelerators looking to make a difference in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, but their efforts are most often seen as PR stunts.

“Our Job Is to Empower and Make Ourselves Not Required”: A Conversation With Catapult’s Mike Boorn Plener

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What are the reasons for startup success and failure, the importance of data vs gut feeling and choosing the right business model?