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A non-profit organisation helping founders build great businesses & avoid the common mistakes. #StandWithUkraine

[🇺🇦Sampo Accelerator🇺🇦 @sampoAccelerate]

Happy Star Wars day eveyone!

[🇺🇦Sampo Accelerator🇺🇦 @sampoAccelerate]

Wondering what the heck PLG is?
this guide not only explains it, but gives examples of how you could do it https://t.co/E8XPrDTP2z

[🇺🇦Sampo Accelerator🇺🇦 @sampoAccelerate]

Applications for the Spring 23 batch of The Forge are now open.
Learn more at https://t.co/SoF9YSkTwW

[🇺🇦Sampo Accelerator🇺🇦 @sampoAccelerate]

Deadline for applications for the Winter 23 batch is tomorrow, don't be late.
https://t.co/QPJ1cEAsdy

[🇺🇦Sampo Accelerator🇺🇦 @sampoAccelerate]

High-lights - timing is the core, but team is the most important.
Show this with data/metrics, not guesses

https://t.co/oI2x7Ieww8

#startups #metricsMatter #earlystage

[🇺🇦Sampo Accelerator🇺🇦 @sampoAccelerate]

Enjoy the National fay of Finnish literature, or Alexis Kiveni Päivä

[Vendep Capital @vendepcapital]

Today is @sergei_ 's day! How to deal with the fear of losing control – or were you in control in the first place?
Join the session: https://t.co/Ai8aEwVFMh

#freewebinar #saascamp #saas #founder #vendep

[we're done here @monkchips]

Start with people skills. Empathy, care, teamwork.

[🇺🇦Sampo Accelerator🇺🇦 @sampoAccelerate]

Seems mostly still true 24 years later https://t.co/1WFuxfd8vg expect a return #understandvcinvesting #entrepreneurship

[🇺🇦Sampo Accelerator🇺🇦 @sampoAccelerate]

things every founder learns on the journey...

[Jesse Pujji @jspujji]

Starting a business can be painful.

You feel lost 97% of the time - the ups and downs are gut-wrenching.

I wish I had a cheat sheet of principles for my first startup.

So I wrote one.

Here are 20+ learnings about entrepreneurship I wish I knew sooner:

[🇺🇦Sampo Accelerator🇺🇦 @sampoAccelerate]

Change is scary...
https://t.co/tXrjD7Lmsd

[🇺🇦Sampo Accelerator🇺🇦 @sampoAccelerate]

How much are founders paying themselves (mostly USA data, but worth a look)
https://t.co/RlmaLL9xxk

[🇺🇦Sampo Accelerator🇺🇦 @sampoAccelerate]

Quality AND Quantity - https://t.co/vRBMJIp7gi

[Evan Armstrong @itsurboyevan]

For every successful use of a framework or founder archetype, I can find a tech company that took the exact opposite approach and was successful. What gives? Why isn't there a theory to rule them all?

I tackled that conundrum this week for Napkin Math: https://t.co/AscyCLYBuJ

[🇺🇦Sampo Accelerator🇺🇦 @sampoAccelerate]

A list of things the startup "industry" looks for in founders.... https://t.co/KdGuw7RtNf

[Jarrid Tingle @jarridvtingle]

I asked partners from VC firms like Sequoia, Bessemer, and Lightspeed what traits make founders successful.

Between seed stage and unicorn status, the business model or market can change, but the founder has an outsized impact.

Here's a thread on the 7 traits they identified 🧵

[🇺🇦Sampo Accelerator🇺🇦 @sampoAccelerate]

The leader, the fixer and the coach https://t.co/hsxHRHGBF7

[rands @rands]

The Coach and the Fixer: https://t.co/8qcD8IiJ1j

[Britt Smith @bamariesmith]

Getting ready to mark raising our first $1m from investors & VCs. As female founders without ivy league backgrounds or prior exits... here is some advice I wish we had when we first started, a thread 🧵

[Matt Schnuck @mattschnuck]

There are 4 behaviors that kill a partnership, team, or culture.

Understanding them has saved me millions of dollars.

Here’s what they are (and how you can avoid them):

[Nathan Baugh @nathanbaugh27]

Most storytelling advice sucks.

So I crowdsourced tips from actual experts – Rowling, Nolan, and Jobs.

Here are 10 dead-simple tips to become a better storyteller:

[Kurtis Hanni @KurtisHanni]

Bad KPIs can cause a business to fail.

Use this step-by-step process to identify the best KPIs for your business: