The Startup Velocity Question: Selling to CFOs under Tightening Budget Conditions

In a tightening market, budgets are under scrutiny.

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Colors: Blocks X

I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and business, as I am about art and culture. In this series, I will typically publish a piece of art – one of my paintings – and I request you to spend a minute or two deeply meditating on it. I urge you to watch your feelings, thoughts, reactions to the piece, and write what comes to you, what thoughts it triggers, in the dialog area. Let us see what stimulation this interaction yields. For today – Blocks X

Blocks X | Sramana Mitra, 2022 | Watercolor, Pastel, Ink | 8  x 8, On Paper

Positioning a Generative AI Startup: Erik Severinghaus, Founder and CEO of Bloomfilter (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: It’s much more than that. We come up with this issue all the time. I recently published a series called The Startup Velocity Question, and the thesis of it is, ‘why do venture funded startups not achieve velocity?’, which equates to failure basically, because we see that trying to go from zero to a $100M in five to seven years. If you don’t hit velocity, you’re considered a failure. Why? So you may find this series interesting.

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The Startup Velocity Question: Large Companies ALSO Have Problems

Many large companies with hundreds of millions in revenues are currently facing slowdown.

June 6 – 642nd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 642nd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, June 6, 2024, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST.

If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others can register to “attend” to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat.

You can learn more here and REGISTER TO PITCH OR ATTEND HERE. Register and you will receive the recording by email, even if you are unable to attend. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be interested. All are welcome!

641st 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

Roundtable Recap: May 23 – Ideation Needs Rigor

During this week’s roundtable, we discussed three businesses and a lot of related methodology.

Orykl

First up, Huenu Solsona from Cape Town, South Africa, pitched Orykl, a 2-sided marketplace for spiritual healers.

Global Driver’s Club

Next up, Jay Velayutham from Dallas, Texas, pitched Global Driver’s Club, a concept-stage venture.

eNano Technologies

Then Alex Moreno from Berkeley, California, pitched eNano Technologies, a miniaturized BlueTooth chip.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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The Startup Velocity Question: AI Blah Blah Blah

There’s an AI blah blah blah phenomenon right now all over the industry!

“Product growth is plateauing or declining but we have AI that will rejuvenate everything …”

Well, AI will do what?

What is the exact positioning of your AI offering?