Startup Planning for Q4: What to Lock In by September
The last quarter of the year is short, busy and full of holidays, which means most of the decisions that shape it have to be made before it starts. If you run a …
Category
Startups
From idea validation to product-market fit: practical playbooks for early-stage founders.
How to Write a Startup Operating Plan
A pitch deck tells investors where you are going. An operating plan tells your team how you will get there this year: what you will build, who you will hire, …
Startup Hiring in Autumn: Planning Your Next Hires
Autumn is one of the busiest hiring windows of the year. Candidates are back from summer, many are thinking about a change before the new year, and teams are …
How to Run a Startup Win-Loss Analysis
Every closed deal, won or lost, holds a lesson about your product, pricing and sales process. Most startups never collect it. A simple win-loss analysis turns …
Building a Startup Customer Community Online
For an early-stage startup, your first customers are more than revenue. They are your best source of product ideas, your most credible references and often the …
Startup Pricing for International Customers
The first international customers usually arrive by accident: a sign-up from Berlin, an email from Sydney, an invoice request from Toronto. Before long you need …
Product-Market Fit Surveys Explained
A product-market fit survey asks your users one uncomfortable question: how would you feel if you could no longer use this product? The answers, sorted and …