SC

London based #cyber #security #insurtech #startup. What's your security credit score?

[SC @SimpliCompli]

SC is happy to be selected to part of @MassChallengeUK #East #London 2016 #program. #Entrepreneurship #Mentoring #StartupLife

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

All 84 startups from Y Combinator’s S19 Demo Day 1: https://t.co/B6HUpTQBSH

[Matthew Bradley @mattyjam]

Is the mission statement dead?

The We Company (WeWork) mission is "To elevate the world's consciousness" . . . perhaps that's 'peak mission statement', it's very treacle-y

This is a great article about how to rethink the mission statement

https://t.co/egRgBtUH6i

[#ANGELS @HashtagAngels]

The first in a series of blogs by our founding members: "Going back to Coding" by @janamal.

https://t.co/4TiATK8UKg

[Neil S W Murray @neilswmurray]

0) The #1 question I get from founders:

"What's a typical valuation & round size at pre-seed in the Nordics?"

Poor understanding of this has 100% contributed to shitty cap tables.

So, here's what I'm seeing, hope it's useful for founders & investors alike!

#cphftw #sthlmtech

[ForbesWomen @ForbesWomen]

"Black women and women of color, we need fewer friends and fewer mentors; we need more checks,” says venture capitalist Arlan Hamilton. https://t.co/OFmi4LMhxT

[Naval @naval]

The closer you are to the truth, the more silent you become inside.

[Kate O'Flaherty @KateOflaherty]

New on @Forbes and @ForbesEurope

A Florida city has just paid out a $600,000 ransom payment. Wowsers.

Thanks to @phat_hobbit and @paperghost for great comments

https://t.co/Mj4YTE2p2x

[Leslie Miley @shaft]

1/ Today @slackhq went public. Many people of color, including myself earned some financial breathing room. I want to acknowledge the hard work they did to put themselves in this position. However I feel very empty after $WORK #SlackIPO #Slack

[Ryan Hoover @rrhoover]

Founders, if the problem is obvious you’ll encounter a ton of competition and a graveyard of past failures.

Obvious problems require non-obvious answers.

[Christoph Janz 🕊 @chrija]

Hi #SaaStrEuropa19 folks, any SaaS founders here with these characteristics:

- €10-50k MRR
- Adding €4-5k of net new MRR per month in the last 3 months
- Not-too-crowded space

Would love to meet. :)

PS: This is just one of several ‘segments’ @PointNineCap is interested in.

[Alyson Shontell @ajs]

How to start a company: Ultimate guides for founders on launching, raising money, and becoming wildly successful https://t.co/f86pEoDzDV

[Josh Wolfe @wolfejosh]

1/ In the PRESENT + FUTURE we take for granted the PAST

-in science: we stand on the shoulders of giants
-in citizenship: born into a country of hard-fought wars + laws
-in family: sacrifices of our ancestors
-in sports: records set + inspiration of past greats

[AlexDunsdon @alexdunsdon]

Debate

A friend of mine wants to start a company.

Do you advise:

1. Start now. Take the risk in your 20’s before you start a family.

2. Take risk in your 30’s. Learn in corporate jobs first with some assets behind you

She is very good and 22.

Thanks

[Harry Stebbings @HarryStebbings]

Asked today what advice I’d give myself starting again:

1.) Work f******* hard. You can out work your competition.

2.) Don’t attach happiness to future outcomes. It = excitement not happiness.

3.) Make friends not connections. Give first, be vulnerable. This s*** is hard. 👍

[Pejman Nozad @pejmannozad]

1/ Categorizing startups by $ amount raised/raising is misleading to both founders and investors.
You could have raised $millions and still in pre-seed stage or with few $100K you can achieve product market fit.@pearvc

[Semil @semil]

The amount of free information online today, even for startup knowledge, is incredible.

Just to start a list:

YouTube
Khan Academy
MIT Open Courseware
First Round Review
Hacker News
Quora
Harrison Metal General Mgmt

All open online, all free.

*not counting web access costs*

[Andy Cook @AndyGCook]

Do any VC firms offer a psychologist/therapist on staff as part of their platform that founders can talk to privately? Seems like that would be a hugely value-add offering for both founders and the investors.

[Harry Stebbings @HarryStebbings]

Interviewing 900+ CEOs @twentyminutevc:

The good CEOs appreciate and are able to hire themselves out of their role every 3-6 months.

However, the great CEOs realise this means they must be master capital allocators:

Recruiting.

Expansion into new markets.

Vendor spend. 👍

[tyler hogge @thogge]

One thing should be clear after a dozen great companies IPO this year:

Silicon Valley — and the finance of innovation also known as venture capital — is alive and well in 2019.

The model works.

[⭐️Danielle Guzman ⭐️ @guzmand]

The #futureofwork challenges us to always be learning — here are 12 ways to get smarter via @VisualCap (#infographic) cc: @pierrepinna @rosycoaching @jblefevre60 https://t.co/wWQRPY5Rhb #skills #DigitalTransformation #jobs #career #innovation