This week, one of our articles includes a plea on why you should stop working for free or asking for free services from other companies. What are your thoughts on that matter?
Also included, articles including concepts you might want to learn more about: ever heard of "agilefall" or understand all about market liquidity? After reading this week's Curated you will!
Enjoy reading,
Culture
Why I stopped working for free and why you should too
A problem-solution discussion on working for free (and why we really should stop asking people for free services or samples).
Apple, Google and other titans are snatching up start-ups to fuel innovation. The secret behind their successful corporate coupling
For a corporate it might be very strategic to partner with a startup. Read about four advantages that might arise through such a relationship.
Modern Entrepreneurship
How to launch without a product
It might sound very contradicting, but this author talks you through what launching without a product really means and why/how to do it.
How to improve your company's Net Promotor Score
"... give customers the chance to evaluate you at exactly the right moment."
Growth
Proven sales plays for skyrocketing growth
Three actionable sales plays to employ to help your company grow.
Trends
‘At what point does malfeasance become fraud?’: NYU Biz-School professor Scott Galloway on WeWork
An interview with an NYU business school professor about the events surrounding WeWork.
Finance
When are you pitch ready?
All you want to know about pitching, demystify the institutional fundraising process, and what investors look for when companies pitch them.
WTF is market liquidity?
"Liquidity is the lifeblood of marketplaces." This author helps you to better understand why it's important, and how you can measure liquidity.
Thank you
Thank you for finishing issue #244 & credits
Thank you for reading Startup Curated, and special thanks go out to Nina, and Raymond from Protium for curating!
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