Tips for attending trade shows (as a startup)
Image via Wikipedia A couple tips from me, fresh after visiting AdTech London Today. Hopefully this few points will help you get the most of your time an d budget. Don’t pay for it. These events...
View ArticleCall corporate people
Image via Wikipedia I don’t know how many emails corporate people receive, but judging by their response time and frequency they’re probably getting more regular mail then I’m receiving spam. Most of...
View ArticleThe length of the bizdev cycle
Doing business development and early stage sales in a startup is often frustrating. Many of your actions like reaching out to potential customers and establishing a constant communication take week....
View ArticleTips on building a (sales) team from Matt Blumberg
Today I had the luck to attend one of the unique meetings Seedcamp organizes for it’s winning teams, and (in my case) alumni. Over breakfast Matt Blumberg, the CEO of ReturnPath shared his tips on...
View ArticleWe are not in a ‘let’s do it cheap’ business
Image by ~νєℓνєT-∆-Tωєяρ~ via Flickr Are you proud of using open-source software to leverage super smart and savvy community of developers, or do you live by ‘We don’t pay for nothing’ rule? It’s a...
View ArticleBetter is the enemy of done
Image via Wikipedia Author Jim Collins once noted that ‘good is the enemy of great’ having in mind that companies that ‘do well’ rarely have the incentive to really innovate and push things to the...
View ArticleOn all the advice you’re getting
Image by laughlin via Flickr The Seedcamp Week took off Today. Smart entrepreneurs are getting plenty of advice – quite often from people that didn’t have the balls to start their own business. Often...
View ArticleEast vs West – Slides and Video from Aulery 2012
My thoughts on how entrepreneurs and their environment differ between Poland (Eastern Europe) and UK (Western Europe). Not without some language hiccups.
View ArticleAlways Be Closing (v. 2.0)
I do a fair share of meetings. Some of them are necessary to get a deal done. Others are essential to build or maintain my network of contacts, which is probably the most valuable asset a business...
View ArticleThe Startup Highway
Panorama of Vilnius downtown (Lithuania). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Last Friday I spent a day with the participants of Startup Highway – an accelerator programme in Vilnius, Lithuania run by Rokas...
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