"Because no matter what you’re pitching, your most formidable obstacle is adherence to the status quo..."
This quote is taken from our must-read this week, which offers some practical insights into how to improve your pitch(es). Often we're inclined to talk about the problem we want to be solved, but this isn't the right way. Your story should focus on and name a change in the world. What's the change you want to bring about?
Must read
Great pitches start with change
But, great pitches don't just start with any change: this read provides a few criteria to help you out.
Interested to learn more about feedback for pitches? Read here about differences in feedback for innovation project pitches in comparison to execution projects.
Culture
Silicon Valley money isn’t enough to create new tech hubs
"Your backyard is the largest backyard …why would you silo yourself like that?”
Many startup founders doubt extent of sexual harassment
If 78% of women in the startup world have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, how can you doubt its extent?
Modern Entrepreneurship
One lean startup experiment per week
"tl;dr: We should target at least one experiment/research per week."
Your startup's most important investment is customer education
Edutainment as a content strategy: in other words, content should go deep and wide to engage customers.
For up-and-coming tech hubs corporate partnerships are vital
Startups and corporates often need each other, and enabling them to work together locally is vital to a strong startup ecosystem.
Promoted
A startup on email hacks: use the Kanban method to finally hack your email inbox
"I know that we have something in common speaking about email overload. We hate emails that pile up, emails that bury the important ones, emails in a long row that never ends."
How much of the actionable emails you receive are efficiently completed, hassle-free? You see. My pain is yours too. And my joy to finally find a way to hack my email inbox is about to be yours too. Boost email productivity with Flow-e.
Trends
No CEO needed: These blockchain platforms will let ‘the crowd’ run startups
Is this the next player in the startup world? An insight into the development and emergence of DOAs: decentralized autonomous organizations, which are capable of running themselves thanks to blockchain technology.
Team
Finance
Does your startup have a spending strategy?
"So how do you know what tradeoffs to make when it comes to allocating resources to build a new business?"
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