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The Cheat Sheet for Pre-Seed Startup Founders

Launching a startup is an exciting journey, but it comes with its set of challenges and critical decisions. To help you stay on track and prioritize what truly matters, I have crafted a concise cheat sheet. This checklist is designed to direct your attention to the essential aspects that will drive your company’s growth.

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The Do’s and Don’ts of Teamwork

Teamwork is the cornerstone of any successful organization. When executed correctly, it can lead to higher productivity, innovation, and employee retention. However, ineffective teamwork can derail projects and create a toxic environment. This post delves into the do’s and don’ts of teamwork, emphasizing the necessary skills, processes, attitudes, and the toxic behaviors that can undermine it.

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Navigating Business in startups: the Role of People and Competencies

In the dynamic landscape of startups, where change is constant and resources are limited, the success of a company relies on more than just a groundbreaking idea or cutting-edge technology. The real driving force behind sustainable growth lies in the assembly of a team equipped with the right competencies. As we dig deeper into the importance of competencies in scaling a business, it’s essential to recognize the central role they play in achieving growth.

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Building a business model of a sound healing application. Interview with the Wevoice.ai team.

The importance of mental wellbeing is being raised more and more often, but people still don’t know how to manage their feelings and transform them without bottling them up all the time. Today I talk to the founders of Wevoice.ai –  a sound healing and AI-based application helping us to manage stress and anxiety. They share with me their story of how they developed and commercialized their application, working at the intersection of psychology, science, technology and business.

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The power of organised and measurable approach in managing a startup’s growth

In our last interview with Magdalena Przelaskowska and Zofia Kłudka we discussed how a clear mission statement and well defined business model can help startups’ founders restore the direction when their business starts to grow and they are literally flooded with tons of decisions at the same time. Good strategy is one, but not the only prerequisite to straighten things up. Another important thing is a perfect work organisation.

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Why do you need a mission and business model when the going gets tough in your startup

Startup founder has to be a “jack of all trades” and master of everything –  he or she has to have a very broad knowledge and fix many problems at the same time. Sometimes however even “jacks of all trades” can hit the wall and feel lost when their startups grow and there are literally hundreds of business decisions to be made every day. In my interview with Magdalena Przelaskowska and Zofia Kłudka we discuss how mission statement and business model can help the startup founders to straighten things up.

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Building business model of a mobile application in the agricultural industry

MapMyApple is a mobile application based on machine learning that supports apple growers by equipping them with daily recommendations for orchard management, to help them achieve higher yields and better apple quality. Today I talk to the founder – David Blazevski about his and his management teams’ – Jovana Djdorjić and Mihajlo Milenković –  experience with developing a business model for their application.

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