Reflections of a Newby Mentor on Startup Speed Dating
This is what I learned about the startup speed dating format (5 min pitch and then 15 mins one on ...
Tag: Mentoring
2015 is when Fintech ventures spend big on consumer marketing to cross the chasm
This post was triggered by seeing the CEO of Motif on CNBC. Motifs were discussed as if they were a ...
Turn Secret Sauce Into Unfair Advantage
This is a Chapter from my book, Mindshare to Marketshare. Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies are masters at avoiding ...
7 Point Checklist To See If You Have A Fintech Unicorn
This is a “bonus chapterette” from my book Mindshare to Marketshare. This is deliberately simplistic. It is a 7-point checklist. ...
Four Pivot Gates That Unicorns Pass Through
This is a “bonus chapterette” from my book Mindshare to Marketshare. Think of these Four Gates like a funnel, with ...
How To Sell To Customers Who Are Being Disrupted
This is a Chapter from my book, Mindshare to Marketshare. The Internet fundamentally erodes the competitive advantage that large companies ...
How To Define and Lead Your Own Market
This is a Chapter from my book, from Mindshare to Marketshare. Market leadership starts with mindshare. First you win mindshare, ...
How to Engineer a Unicorn using the 10x revenue club attributes
It’s easy to create a Unicorn (over $1 billion in market value in under 10 years): Get to $100m in ...
OnDeck IPO puts focus on Customer Acquisition Costs
Alternative Credit is scaling fast today, with ventures headed to IPO. OnDeck will be the first out of the gate. ...
Full Stack Fintech vs White Label Fintech
Banks want to know: “Are these Fintech startups going to eat our lunch?” The answer, as always, is “it depends”. ...
