Customer Segmentation: A Step by Step Guide for Growthby The Startups TeamIn this section of our Funding Series, we will show you how to use customer segmentation to improve customer service, customer experience, customer relationships, customer retention, and customer feedback.Continue
Operating Modelby The Startups TeamA good Operating Model focuses on showing that you’ve thought carefully about how your processes will handle critical costs and streamline operations across business units. In this section of our Funding Series, we cover everything you need in your Operating Model.Continue
Revenue Modelby The Startups TeamYour revenue model can be broken down into two areas — how you will make money and how that plan will scale. In this section of our Funding Series, we'll dig into how you’re going to talk about the mechanism of how your revenue model works.Continue
13 Best Books on Entrepreneurshipby Sarah HumphreysWhy go at it alone, when you can learn straight from the source? Business books that have already helped millions of entrepreneurs can guide you along the way to obtaining a sustainable business. Here are the 13 best business books that will help "lead" you on your path. Continue
The Pitch Deck How it Works Slide — Pitch Deck Perfectionby The Startups TeamThe "How it Works" slide is where we begin explaining the mechanics of our solution in a pitch deck presentation. In this section of our Pitch Deck Series, we'll explain how the best pitch decks walk venture capitalists and angel investors step-by-step through their products.Continue
Market Size Slides | Pitch Deck Perfectionby The Startups TeamOf all the slides in a pitch deck, the Market Size slide is what potential investors use as a make-or-break decision. In this section of our Pitch Deck Series, we share the best practices for how to present the market size slide and how to do market sizing.Continue
The Solution Slide — Pitch Deck Perfectionby The Startups TeamThe Solution Slide in an investor deck explains exactly how our startup company will solve the issue we set up in our Problem Slide. In this section of our Pitch Deck series, we'll walk you through the formula of the best decks in a single slide you can easily replicate.Continue
How to Contact Investorsby The Startups TeamYou’re now ready to conquer the final frontier: actually engaging with potential investors. But how exactly to go about it? In this section of our Funding Series, we break down the investor outreach process at every turn so you can tackle this head-on in the wild with confidence.Continue
How Much Equity do You Give Away in a Seed Round?by Sarah HumphreysThere are many different areas of startup funding to understand before diving into a funding round. In this article, we hope to demystify how much equity should be given away in a seed round and instill confidence in startups embarking on their early funding rounds.Continue
Investor Outreachby The Startups TeamThe path of raising money is not linear. It’s a series of starts, re-starts, step back 3 paces, and so on. In this phase of our Funding Series, we talk about Investor Outreach and everything you need to know to get your investor strategy started off right.Continue