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Inside the crash of Fling, the London startup whose founder partied in Ibiza while his company burned through $21 million
Nardone would regularly walk around the office with his shirt off, according to multiple former employees, and had a topless portrait of himself stuck to the ceiling.
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Culture
Getting out of the startup rat race
What if “success” is building an amazing place to work where your team is paid really well and actually enjoys working there (instead of having people who jump from startup to startup playing the equity game)?
What have you done to improve your company culture?
Company culture is shaped through your daily work rituals. Habits that set the social and behavioural norms, which help to hone this culture. This read lists some examples to inspire you.
Modern Entrepreneurship
Why lengthy business plans increase the risk of failure
Business plans are great for execution challenges like building a new factory or expanding your sales force. However, insisting on a business plan when it comes to innovation and new ventures is a terrible idea.
How to start a startup without ruining your life
Startups are emotional roller coasters. One minute they make you feel like you’re changing the world and the next everything could be falling apart. This guide about how to start a startup may help.
Growth
Why to focus on limiting churn instead of growth
Five solid reasons on the why behind the need to focus on your churn before growth.
Trends
Why VCs are giving up on on-demand delivery
Well-respected VC's have collectively invested over $9 billion into 125 on-demand delivery companies over the past decade. But that flood of money has slowed to a relative droplet in the last half of last year.
Team
Read all about the Snapchat founder lawsuit. But please don't become afraid to share ideas, just be clear with one another
What happened to the third founder of Snapchat, the Stanford student who allegedly invented the concept, designed the logo, and recruited the company's CTO?
Finance
Remember: You see one VC, they see dozens of entrepreneurs
One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is not understanding the relationship they have with their investors. Don't make the mistake to consider them your friends.
VC’s are not your friends, they’re frenemies
VC’s need to satisfy their own investors. At the end of the day, they have to provide their investor partners with great returns or they aren’t going to be able to raise another fund.
