Life unexpected
A near death experience is one event that can change everything. A businessman had such an event and after staring death in the face he used his experience to create a new business from scratch. Keeptree has already raised a significant amount and is touching thousands of lives with its product. This shows that something unexpected can turn out to be a great opportunity.
Buffer just laid off 10 of its employees, which is never something to cheer about. But, in true Buffer style, Joel lays it all out and shares what they learned from the ordeal. This is exactly the kind of article we created Startup Curated for. For lessons learned, from other founders, to be spread to all founders interested. If you write these kind of articles, head to the footer.
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Tough news: we’ve made 10 layoffs
Joel from Buffer shares their mistakes and lessons learned related to scaling up too fast.
How staring death in the face inspired this father and businessman to launch a startup
After staring death in the face this father one day sat down in front of a camera and pressed record, turns out it was the first step towards a startup.
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Culture
Why most of London’s tech sector believes Brexit will prove a disaster
Opinions from VCs and CEOs on the effect of a possible Brexit on the startup scene in London.
Only in Silicon Valley could Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes lose $4.5 billion she never had to begin with
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Modern Entrepreneurship
Andy Rubin explains his $300M bet on the future of hardware
Why did Rubin leave Android and Google to start a Hardware focussed incubator?
Growth
Ordering in with a ‘unicorn’
An Interview with a unicorn. This company has the potential to become a 90% net profit company, so it has to grow.
Product
Apple is bringing the AI revolution to your iPhone
"...Apple uses “long short-term memory” neural networks, or LSTMs. They can 'remember' the beginning of a conversation as they’re reading the end of it, making them better at grasping context."
Design
The future of branding is debranding
We need fewer and better quality products and experiences. Not better stories.
How to develop the right buyer persona for your brand
Align your content with buyer personas, based on your real customers, to improve conversion and click-through rates.
Finance
Bucking Europe's venture capital malaise
Europe's venture capital sector has traditionally underperformed compared to their US counterparts. Is that about to change?
'We're in a Bubble'
'We're in a Bubble' .... Maybe someday they will be right. But they have been saying it for a long time! This list of articles since 2007 shows that the media has been predicting doom and despair for a while now.
Make it count: 7 Questions founders must ask any VC during a first meeting
An investor should not choose you, you choose an investor. These questions will help you find out what type of investor you have in front of you.
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