Canvas session done and dusted? For what comes next, you’ll need your brain
The ‘lean startup methodology’ and the canvases available to practice it surely has its benefits. But only if you think critically too.
How to craft a perfectly worded email introduction that will open doors for your startup
A well-worded, warm introduction can help founders rise above the background noise and capture the attention of influential people.
Beating the statistics: The underlying reason so many startups fail
Is there a common tie between all the reasons startups fail? One ‘core reason’ that fuels all the others which entrepreneurs can learn from?
Tell Me Baby raises $5.5 million to launch e-commerce platform and take on the “massive” Chinese market
Baby product review startup Tell Me Baby has raised $5.5 million, as it gears up to enter the lucrative, and very large, Chinese parenting market.
How Qualie bagged international clients, including Google, and raised $1 million to boot
With no marketing and very little media coverage, market research startup Qualie bagged Google as a client. Now, it’s raised $1 million in seed funding.
Dear Human: I’m really good at giving up
"I’m really good at giving up. It’s a real problem and probably the thing that keeps me from the level of success I really want to attain in life."
Startup maths: What is a valuation and how do I get one?
Equity and valuations are two things you need to understand before you start asking people for money because ignorance could cost you the deal.
Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra aims to “advance financial inclusion” — but it could do the very opposite
Libra is meant to replace the cash in your wallet with a digital equivalent. But unlike other cryptocurrencies, it will be directly backed by assets.
“The conversation is changing”: Circle In secures $1.5 million for platform supporting parents at work
Working parents platform Circle In has secured $1.5 million in funding, after securing big-name corporate clients and fielding interest from overseas.
Meet the entrepreneur striving to help 100 million people by 2030 — partly through facial recognition for cows
Last month, MoooFarm won the Worldbank Agtech Challenge for its facial recognition insurance solution for small-holder dairy farmers in India.
“Beyond expectations”: Construction startup Ynomia bags $3.6 million from the investors of its dreams
Melbourne construction startup Ynomia has bagged $3.6 million in seed funding, from a group of heavyweights in the sector.
Pitch in and pitch up: Will Smith and Jay-Z take a stake in ‘Airbnb for camping’ startup Hipcamp
Will Smith and Jay-Z have become the latest investors in Hipcamp, a US startup designed to get millenials out of the city and enjoying some fresh air.