For most founders, the deck is a cornerstone of their seed fundraising process. Unfortunately, most decks are terrible. They’re often difficult to understand, too detailed, or missing key details. The goal of the deck is to provide a clear, simple overview of your company and encourage investor questions to begin…

Today we’re talking about how to get feedback on your MVP without building very much at all. 1. Even if you are good at building apps, waiting until you have some idea of what customers want will prevent you having to rebuild the app multiple times. 2. Screenshots, animations, and…

For most startups, their first customers are people they know or friends of friends. After that, distribution becomes a daily problem for every startup. Here’s a quick review of the various different techniques you can use to grow. Referrals What: Satisfied customers recommending you to others. In most cases, this happens…

Today we’re talking about focusing on repeated feedback. 1. In the early days of testing, customers will often give you broad feedback across a range of areas, making it very hard to know what to work on. Especially as you should be talking to lots of people. 2. I recommend…

This month, we’re putting the spotlight on Sahil Chopra, CEO & Co-Founder of Empower Sleep. How did you come up with the idea for Empower Sleep? When I was completing my medical training as a pulmonary & critical care fellow, I was frustrated with how broken our current sleep healthcare system was. It would take months for patients to be seen…

Now that I’ve been an investor for over 5 years, it’s probably time to accept my fate and begin sharing annual predictions, inevitably demonstrating that my crystal ball is just as broken as everyone else’s. Here’s what I expect in 2023: Stock Market What: I predict the Nasdaq Composite will be down…

Today, we’re talking about minimizing the work for your first version. 1. First, start with a basic workflow based on screenshots. You will have to iterate on those many times to get good feedback, but then you can build out an interactive prototype. Most founders use tools like Figma during…