Mohamed Ashraf
How Startups Can Generate Alternative Revenue
One of the most challenging times for an emerging startup, especially a technology-focused one, is the pre-revenue stage. In this stage,...
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Helge Seetzen
- Aug 7, 2020
- 5 min
Why and How to Introduce Diversity into your Startup
First published in 2010 Almost a decade ago, I wrote a blog post about diversity and the techniques used at TandemLaunch to leverage...
TandemLaunch Inc.
- Apr 15, 2020
- 5 min
Ten technologies for a post COVID-19 world
While confined to our homes, we in the technology scouting team at TandemLaunch are looking for solutions from researchers and inventors...
TandemLaunch Inc.
- Jun 20, 2019
- 4 min
How to Plan a Successful Startup Showcase
Planning an event is stressful and nerve-wracking, but after planning multiple successful startup showcases in the past several years, we...
Helge Seetzen
- Feb 17, 2015
- 17 min
Exiting with Grace — and Profit
It’s time to talk about the end. In previous articles, we discussed assembling a team, building a technology business, and financing it...
Helge Seetzen
- Feb 3, 2015
- 14 min
The Ins and Outs of Venture Capital
Thus far in this Venture Capital series, we have covered the fundamental three “P’s” of building a technology venture: people, product,...
Helge Seetzen
- Jan 6, 2015
- 10 min
Startup Fundamentals
A game-changing idea is only one of the ingredients you will need to launch a successful new business. Without the right team and a...
Helge Seetzen
- May 30, 2013
- 2 min
3 Simple Steps for Pitching Your Technology
One of the pitfalls of many tech entrepreneurs is pitching their solution simply and clearly. What is it? What does it do? Is it actually...
Helge Seetzen
- Dec 11, 2012
- 2 min
Is Your Startup Ready for Titles?
In a startup things move constantly, roles change and within a few months people swing from one side of the spectrum to the other...
Helge Seetzen
- Oct 23, 2012
- 4 min
Why Does Hiring Feel Like Dating?
You are managing a startup. It is growing quickly and you have personally become the entire human resources department. And admit it, you...
Helge Seetzen
- May 22, 2012
- 3 min
The CTO Role Broken Down
The CTO fills a critical role in a technology startup. The title is really broad, and people tend to cling to different aspects of it,...
Helge Seetzen
- Mar 23, 2012
- 4 min
5 Rules for Cofounder Heaven
Finding a good cofounder is a key ingredient of a successful startup. Having had the opportunity to work with a variety of co-founders...
Helge Seetzen
- Feb 12, 2012
- 3 min
Ownership versus Leadership
Any organization should be continuously on the look-out for talented people who are capable of taking on leadership roles. In this...
Helge Seetzen
- Jan 24, 2012
- 4 min
How Can a Startup Sell Its Products and Services to a Fortune 500 Company?
Are you a startup entrepreneur, have a great product, and want to sell it to the ‘big boys’? Selling to a Fortune 500 company is...
Helge Seetzen
- Dec 8, 2011
- 4 min
Why Employee Equity is an Investment Like Any Other: Entrepreneurship and Ethics
There’s been a flurry of articles and a Hacker News Poll, highlighting entrepreneurs who despite, or maybe because of their success, turn...
Helge Seetzen
- Oct 25, 2011
- 4 min
Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Different Processes, Different People
Invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship are words frequently thrown around by politicians, theorists, and entrepreneurs alike to...
Helge Seetzen
- Feb 7, 2011
- 4 min
Start-Up Titles are Dangerous
Titles are always tricky, but particularly dangerous in the startup environment. It’s the much more pedestrian titles that create equal...
Helge Seetzen
- Nov 4, 2010
- 2 min
Intellectual Property & Secrecy
The two business types use intellectual property very differently. Traditional start-ups use intellectual property to protect their...
Helge Seetzen
- Oct 19, 2010
- 4 min
Spin-Off vs Start-Up
The internet offers a lot of advice for start-ups — some good, a lot of it bad. In fact, giving advice has become a profitable industry...
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