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Avoid these 3 Startup Fundraising Mistakes in 2023
Avoid these 3 top mistakes in 2023 to land funding fast and with healthy terms.

Pitching Your Startup? Don’t Confuse Solution and Product Slides
A startup is a temporary organization searching for a repeatable and sustainable business model. Therefore, in the early stages of your...

Top 3 Critical Slides in Your Startup Pitch Deck
Your pitch deck should be between 8 to 12 slides. Each slide counts toward selling your startup and getting VC funded. But some slides...

8 Pitch Deck Slides Must Have In Your Startup Fundraising
The pitch deck is your essential tool if you are an entrepreneur ready to fundraise for your startup. Fundraising is not an easy process....

The Art of War and Strategy for Entrepreneurs - Situational Awareness
Great strategy requires situational awareness I discussed in a previous article the importance of a strategy to position your startup for...


Entrepreneurs, Don't Start Without a Strategy
Stay ahead of everyone else with a bit of strategic thinking While a startup journey starts with an idea, building and growing a startup...


Prioritize Impact and Maximize Energy
Whether you are still bootstrapping your startup or doing it full time now, you are probably juggling between many priorities and tasks....


Early-stage startup CEO 2020 learned lessons
While we had a lot of challenges in 2020, our sense of optimism should never fade. Optimism is about believing in the bright future ahead.


Looking Ahead - Episode #1 With Timothy Chen
Below is my interview transcript with Timothy Chen talking about the impact of AI and machine learning on cloud infrastructure...


There Has To Be A Different Way
A struggle that engineers go through every single day! When I joined my previous company as the director of engineering, my manager asked...


Are We Heading Off Of A Cliff?
The consequences of infrastructure as a code It was the typical heavily raining Seattle day on my first day at Microsoft Azure. I was...
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