August - 2017

Archived: The Tech Startup Founder Blog

CEO/founder perspective posts from a startup entrepreneur. Mostly written over a two-year period in response to specific, but rarely discussed startup challenges

The posts published here represent my previous tech startup experiences as a founder, mostly dating from 2012 - 2019. These days I'm too busy on my latest startup to write here - plus times and the preferred means of sharing of information change. So, if and when I have something new and useful to say, I will post the article on LinkedIn and add a link to it from here.

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Product market fit: what is it and what next if you don't have it?

If, like me, you have ever found yourself searching for the term "do I have product market fit?" - you definitely haven't got

My tips on raising money for your early stage startup

Do not think of raising money as what you need to do so you can start - think of creating value for a paying customer, or compelling commerc

Historic Posts

Why strong friends can help your startup thrive in uncertain times

How to find your startup problem worth solving

You don't need adult supervision

Do less, tell more. Advice to my 22 year old self

How to get further in the first 6 months of your startup

How to bounce back from a startup failure

What to avoid when you build your first board

Difference, ethnicity, diversity and enterprise

Exit myth busters: why that startup big exit you're dreaming of probably won't happen

My new startup launched this week, here's how it happened

10 signs a startup leader needs to scaleup or step back

How to cope with an involuntary pause

How to nail your Q and A to secure your startup investment

Sharks, snails and starvation - 3 things that destroy founders and their companies

Funding your startup in desperate times

10 important lessons I learned from other people in 2017

Networks, tribes and advisors

New Entrepreneur Agony Aunt Podcast

Three sad facts about startup money

How to startup as a first time founder - part 1 (the how)

Productivity problems in your startup?

Startup fears we really need to talk about but don't

Five ways to innovate with data

10 ways you must sweat your startup numbers

Stop telling entrepreneurs that it's not personal

Leaders: measure what really matters to your business

10 things about business life I wished I'd learned sooner

How to come up with ideas for a startup

10 mistakes that cost startup founders their companies

Can startups survive selling to enterprise customers?

10 people challenges startups have to overcome to succeed