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🔔 ANNOUNCEMENT - 7th Founder Meetup is happening on Thu, Apr 25th, 6pm! 🔔 To help us understand how to transform your startup into a real business we've invited Skye Fletcher, VC Investor at Dawn Capital, Europe’s leading specialist B2B software investor to help us break down everything there is about product market fit with our Founder & CEO, Vedran Cindrić. We'll answer questions like: ✅ How does product market fit look like across different sectors and stages? ✅ How long does it take for an early stage startup to get to PMF? ✅ What metrics do investors like to see when validating product market fit for a startup? ✅ When to start scaling your product market strategy? ✅ What happens if you need to pivot? 🚨 Registration and Event Details: https://lnkd.in/d_wTjPGT 🎉 On our new segment, Startup Spotlight, CEO & Founder Nikola Komes will introduce us to InsiderCX which helps private healthcare providers improve patient retention, loyalty and satisfaction by automating feedback collection. 🎟️ Seats are limited please make sure you secure your spot on time. Empowering Startup Founders, One Meetup at a Time. #foundermeetup #meetups #founders #startups #networkingevents

🚀 Excited to Launch Our Webinar Series with Swiss Startup Association! 🚀 Huge thanks to everyone who joined our first session in the "Tech Venture Building like a Pro" series! 🌟 Your engaging feedback and questions truly enriched our discussion on accelerating venture success. In this first webinar, we delved into the tech venture building journey, outlining the critical stages of ideation, validation, launch, and scale, alongside the pivotal focus areas in product, management, and growth at each stage. A few handpicked insights along the stages: 1️⃣ Ideation: Focus on identifying a customer problem worth solving. A thorough understanding of the problem is key to creating solutions that truly resonate. 2️⃣ Validation: Demonstrating that your solution effectively addresses the problem through customer validation is critical. Even small transactions can provide significant proof of concept. 3️⃣ Launch: It’s about the speed of launching a revenue-generating MVP quickly (with Axelra within 100 days), emphasizing the importance of learning and adapting quickly. 4️⃣ Scale: Keep cost and quality under control and adapt pricing while keeping customer satisfaction. Build MRR /ARR to come to a positive cashflow. 🏆Special Feature: We spotlighted the transformative journey of GigTech fueling the Beyond Beauty Club, showcasing the profound impact of strategic tech venture building on real-world success stories. Missed it? Catch the full recording in the Swiss Startup Association member zone or contact us directly for the slide deck! 🔜 Up Next: Tech Venture Building like a Pro (2/3) -  Focus Product: Validation in 50 Days, Launch MVP and Generate Revenues in 100 Days and Pivot Successfully 📆 Date: 04.04.2024 🕐 Time: 12:00-13:00 ✅ Sign Up: https://hubs.li/Q02mPPJ00 Looking forward to welcoming you to our next webinar. Peter Zwyssig, Lucas Pelloni, Sacha Uhlmann, Emma Hörnqvist, Stephan D. Meyer #Innovation  #mvpin100days #TechVentureBuilding  #swissstartups

🚀 Exciting News! 🚀 As startups continue to pave the way for innovation and disruption, it's inspiring to see how platforms like Disrupt play a pivotal role in their journey from inception to IPO. Partnering with TechCrunch provides not just financial backing but also essential resources and community support for budding founders to thrive. 🔮 Prediction: - We can anticipate the upcoming Disrupt event to be a catalyst for groundbreaking ideas and collaborations that will shape the future of the startup ecosystem. - With the right mix of visionary minds and robust support systems in place, we may witness the birth of the next unicorn company that revolutionizes industries. 💡 General Commentary: - Disrupt's focus on empowering startups with the necessary tools and knowledge is a testament to the collective effort in fostering entrepreneurship and innovation. - The convergence of top-notch companies at Disrupt creates a dynamic environment where creativity, technology, and ambition converge to drive unprecedented growth and success. Let's stay tuned for the magic that unfolds at Disrupt as we witness firsthand the power of collaboration, community, and sheer determination in transforming entrepreneurial dreams into reality! #StartupSuccess #TechInnovation #Disrupt2024 #FutureUnicorns

I am often asked how to stand up an innovation function. I love all the various frameworks and models that can drive corporate innovation from a cost-center to a center-for-growth. Danielle was asked to create such a program from scratch and spent a year exploring models, interviewing founders, embedding in the startup ecosystem as well as talking with stakeholders within her own organization to understand how to build something to deliver tangible value. That model has continued to evolve and iterate into what I believe now is the absolute gold standard of corporate innovation. Join us tomorrow to hear about that early exploration, to learn about the challenges, the pros and cons of various approaches and to "ask her anything" about how you might apply those learnings to your own innovation strategy. #corporateinnovation #accelerators #CVC #startups #partnerships #commercialization #ama

Thrilled to be speaking at #TechMeetup #Edinburgh on Becoming CTO. Looking forward to sharing insights I've gained and hopefully encourage more of us to see leadership potential in ourselves. In a post-pandemic world, perhaps more than ever, fresh thinking and diverse approaches are how we thrive. I'll pass on some of my practical learning about building good technology and teams, along with an affirmation that leadership is how we show up, rather than a job title. It's learnable, accessible and looks a lot more like you than you might imagine. From practical detail to lofty questions, technology leadership at its best engages and challenges us to grow as a whole person. Becoming CTO is a process and a life journey that will keep levelling us up.

Join me and Fred Schonenberg Wednesday, May 1, from 12 to 1 p.m. ET for an 'Ask Me Anything,' session on VentureFuel's What's Next Now: Building an Innovation Ecosystem for Enterprise Organizations. Are you building an enterprise accelerator program or looking to pivot your model to something even more impactful to your business? Look forward to answering your questions, and sharing key strategies and insights for building internal and external collaborative innovation networks. We'll also discuss how today's accelerator models can support long-term, corporate-startup partnerships and help de-risk corporate venture investments. See you there! Click here to RSVP: https://hubs.ly/Q02t16c40 #corporateinnovation #accelerator #corporateaccelerator #startup #innovationnetworks #enterprisepartners #corporatepartners #corporateventure

Hello there! I am Abi 👋 I’m the host of our performing arts webinar. Before joining the LoveAdmin team, I worked in startups, scale ups and helped established corporate organisation's across the globe. I’ll be taking centre stage when it comes to everything marketing 🎭 Get ready to see me using my skills growing operations to add a business leader’s perspective 💪 Be there or... miss out on loads of useful growth tips ➡️ https://bit.ly/3V8hNYI #DramaSchoolGrowth #MusicSchoolSuccess #WebinarStrategies #PerformingArtsTips

ALPHA Innovation EU's Bootcamp comes highly recommended for anyone in the early startup or the "should I?" phase. An excellent opportunity to access skills, advice and support. Sign up using the link below! #innovation #startup

For #Ethiopia: #startup founders pitching to investors: Show, Don't Tell! As a BDS expert working alongside expert vetting startups for investors, I see many pitches focusing on market size and valuation before the core: does the product actually work? Investors prioritize seeing your product or service in action. Here's how to showcase your value proposition in under 5 minutes: * Demo first: Ditch the lengthy intro and dive into a step-by-step demo, like you're guiding a customer. * Prototype is king: Even at the idea stage, a prototype showcases your capabilities. * Real-world validation: After the demo, highlight market size and valuation. Social proof with big-name clients adds credibility. Focus on showing your solution's potential and real-world applicability. Investors will be more engaged and confident in your venture's success. Storytelling is important, but focus on business fundamentals. Investors are backing a business and your ability to execute. Refocus on showcasing your solution's potential and real-world applicability to win their confidence. It's time to focus on the numbers and more importantly; how those numbers are converted into $ .

This was my Monday meeting - literally. It's said a picture is worth a 1000 words, and for those from the startup world, you'll likely see the symbolism of climbing to the top of one of many summits, and the brief moment you enjoy from reaching a significant milestone. Here is what you don't see: Who took the picture? Who guided me to the top? The person who walked ahead of me to get there is the person who knew the path: Bryan Lord Do you have that person for your climbs? #startupstories #startupvision #startupstrategy #startupadvisor