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Can You Grow Your Startup Without Product-Market Fit? | by Daphne Tideman | Jan, 2024 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
What is the number one reason Product-Market Fit (PMF) work gets deprioritised? Because of the pressures to grow. In a growth role at a startup, you feel a lot of pressure to grow and to perform…
Wherever You Are, the US Is Still the Best Place to Get an Investment | by AL Anany | Jan, 2024 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
Breaking news: The US is still the best place for startups to fundraise. In other shocking news: Grass is green. Water is wet. And wood comes from trees. After all… In the world of startup…
It’s Not a Great Time to Raise Venture Capital — Now What? | by Aaron Dinin, PhD | Jan, 2024 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
As you may have noticed, 2023 wasn’t a great year for raising venture capital. Startup funding was at its lowest levels in five years. More importantly, most experts expect 2024 is going to be even…
The #1 Fail Factor Plaguing Startups Today Has Nothing to Do With Sales | by Rachel Greenberg | Jan, 2024 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
The #1 fail factor plaguing startups today has nothing to do with sales. 99.9% of business gurus today are omitting the most crucial factor in your startup's success - and it's causing massive failure.
How We Became the Top 5% of All Newsletters as a Decentralized Team | by Tak Lo | Jan, 2024 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
During the Christmas break, I discovered our newsletter, The Automated, was in the top 5% of all newsletters, possibly even 1%. Why? Because we had published more than 21 posts. Far more. We wrote…
I’ll Never Forget the Conversation That Destroyed My $10 Million Startup | by Aaron Dinin, PhD | Jan, 2024 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
I suppose I don’t know for sure my startup was worth $10 million. It’s not like someone wrote a $10 million check and handed it to me in exchange for my company. However, at the time of the story I’m…
No More Excuses: Conquer New Skills in just 20 Hours | by Daniel Rizea | Jan, 2024 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
I first learned about the 20-hour rule a year ago and thought it was rubbish. I couldn’t believe it was that simple: you could learn any new skill by practicing for just 20 hours. Only after trying…
From Zero to “Top 10 Gen AI Startups” in 289 Days: 11 Lessons From the Frontline | by Alden Do Rosario | Jan, 2024 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
Fast forward to this month: Our startup, CustomGPT, was named to “Top 10 Emerging Leaders in Generative AI” along with OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Anthropic, Cohere, Databricks, A121 Labs and…
My Journey of Building and Selling opengraph.xyz for $20,000 | by Yuyu | Jan, 2024 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
Before this happened, I thought a side project with 0 MRR was worth nothing. But now that I’ve seen what can happen when you put in the work and take risks, my perspective has changed completely…
The MVP Is Dead — How to Avoid Wasting 6 Months Building a Crappy Version of Your Final Product | by Aaron Dinin, PhD | Jan, 2024 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
In 2011, Eric Ries published a book called The Lean Startup. In it, he popularized a concept he called an MVP — minimum viable product. The basic premise of an MVP is that it’s a more efficient…
7 Things Experienced Founders Know that 1st Time Founders Miss | by DC Palter | Jan, 2024 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
When I first learned to drive a car many years ago, my father would point out things to watch for, like a driver likely to swerve into my lane or a car in front of me about to hit their brakes. After…
How to Grow from $1M to $2M ARR. Battle-tested strategies and tactics I… | by Justin Ferriman | Jan, 2024 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
Scaling a software company from $1M to $2M in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) is fun, but has its challenges. It’s a pivotal phase where your initial success is tested, and your strategies for growth…
The Key Ingredient to Success Most Founders Tragically Overlook | by Aaron Dinin, PhD | Dec, 2023 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
Steve Jobs. Mark Zuckerberg. Bill Gates. Jack Dorsey. Sean “Diddy” Combs. They have two things in common: And they’re not the only entrepreneurs who dropped out of college. Take a look at this list…
My 2024 Solopreneur Strategy: 5 Key Objectives to Outperform as a Fractional Advisor and Coach | by Marian Kamenistak | Dec, 2023 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
With no strategy, there is no focus. No improvements. Endless talks. No differentiators. No happiness. My competitors and partners would eat me for dinner.
How I Sold $19,031.26 in a Four Day Product Launch — With Only a 5K Audience On X | by Jeff Felten | Dec, 2023 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
It’s not an easy answer, I’ll be honest. We’re talking about 16 months of trying things, failing, getting small wins, failing some more, and learning, learning, learning. So instead of a step-by-step…
There’s Only One Way to Beat the Series A Funding Crunch | by Aaron Dinin, PhD | Dec, 2023 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
According to Crunchbase and the Wall Street Journal, Startupland is currently experiencing a huge Series A funding crunch. While a relatively large number of companies raised seed rounds of $1…
Why Entrepreneurs Need to Ditch Their Egos & Scrap Their Experience | by Rachel Greenberg | Dec, 2023 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
Why entrepreneurs need to ditch their egos & scrap their experience. Your business-building habits, expertise, and go-to tools are quickly making you slow, dumb, and eventually broke.
Startups: Stop Waiting for the Return of 2021 and Get Real | by DC Palter | Dec, 2023 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
Although the final totals for venture investment for the year won’t be published for a while, there’s no doubt 2023 was a painfully slow year. According to a Crunchbase report, seed and angel funding…
This Is How to Make 6 Figures as a One Person Business in 2024 | by Tim Denning | Dec, 2023 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
But most won’t and that’s okay. We’re not here to shame anyone. I like the idea of helping people learn to make 6-figures instead. It’s more realistic and allows the average person to leave their job…
10 (More) Inspirational Sports Quotes To Make You a Better Entrepreneur | by Aaron Dinin, PhD | Dec, 2023 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
Lots of readers seemed to enjoy my previous article discussing 10 inspirational sports quotes in relation to entrepreneurship. As the article mentions, I decided to write it after encountering a list…
When to Rebrand Your Company and How to Succeed | by Dave Schools | Dec, 2023 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
This article dives deep into rebranding examples, some that haven’t been written about, and you’ll come away with a handbook for your own company rebrand strategy, including a list of principles and takeaways at the end.
How to Build an Effective Trial for Your Product | by Dan Layfield | Dec, 2023 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
A “try before you buy” sales experience has become a pillar of the Product Lead Growth/self-service sales world; however, getting a trial right is more nuanced than you might think. We implemented a…
Could the Professor Who Inspired Star Wars Make You Better at Raising Venture Capital? | by Aaron Dinin, PhD | Dec, 2023 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
If you’re an entrepreneur struggling to raise venture capital, it’s probably because you don’t know the work of a literature professor from the 1970s named Joseph Campbell. I realize the kind of…
Why The Most Dangerous Way to Innovate is the Most Effective Way | by Richard Chin | Dec, 2023 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
In 1963, Seymour Cray’s team at Control Data, based in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, built the world’s first supercomputer, the CDC6600. At the time, IBM was the Google of computers, except more so…
How Should Founder Mental Health Feature in VC Investment Decisions? | by Daniel Kang | Dec, 2023 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
This piece was co-written by Carin-Isabel Knoop, the author of Compassionate Management of Mental Health in the Modern Workplace and the Executive Director at Harvard Business School; and Daniel…
10 of the Most Inspirational Sports Quotes That’ll Make You a Better Entrepreneur | by Aaron Dinin, PhD | Dec, 2023 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
Entrepreneurship is a lot like a sport. To be fair, it wouldn’t be an exciting sport to watch. After all, if you think golf is dull, imagine spending the same four hours watching someone craft a…
Kill Or Be Killed: Why You Need To Constantly Stalk Your Competition | by Justin Ferriman | Dec, 2023 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
For whatever reason, in recent years, it has become trendy for startups to declare their disdain for competing. They like to emphasize how they are “focused on their own mission” instead. As if their…
Are You Fundraising for the Wrong Reason? | by Aaron Dinin, PhD | Dec, 2023 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
I recently had a conversation with a founder who just raised a little over a million dollars. And while his startup is growing fast, his small team is still trying to do everything themselves. “I’ve…
“Add some blockchain into it.” — What an Investor Told My Client. | by AL Anany | Dec, 2023 | Entrepreneur's Handbook
Picture this. You’re at your local Blockbuster (Yes, Blockbuster still exists in this scenario) — picking a DVD to rent for family movie night. “You should totally watch this documentary instead…