Shutting Down Your Startup: The Exit No One Talks About | Startups.comby Phil NadelWinding down a startup is never fun and not the outcome any entrepreneur wants or expects. But more often than not, it’s a necessary evil—so you gotta get it right. Continue
Selling a Startup: What It’s Really Like When Your Startup is Acquiredby Emma McGowanAcquisition is the goal of so many startups, but what is the process really like? Cahlan Sharp of Devmountain talks some real talk about the experience.Continue
The Most Ambitious Startups practice Anti-Lean? On the Contrary…by Josh FurnasLean Startup is critical for Moonshots too. NASA proved it 50 years ago. Literally.Continue
Why Having an Exit Strategy Doesn’t Mean I Want to Sell My Businessby Jason EckenrothWithout an Exit Strategy thought through and written down, you'll be reacting to any offers. Continue
Boring is Beautiful (with apologies to Peter Thiel)by Phil NadelThere’s no greater money-suck than when companies engage in missionary work.Continue
The Dirty Dozen: 12 KPIs You Must Know Before Pitching Your Startupby Phil NadelKPIs, if constructed correctly, give management and potential investors a cold, analytical snapshot of the state of the company, untainted by emotion or rhetoric. Continue
Drop Your Free Tierby Matthieu Varagnat“Drop your free tier” should be for bootstrapped SaaS apps what “Charge more” is to consultants: a reflex, a sanity check, a default choice.Continue
Financial Modeling For Startups: The Spreadsheet That Made Us Profitableby CayaGet on top of your Financial Model and business budget to enable managers founders to make game-changing decisions. Continue
Serverless: The Next Big Leap in Cloud Techby Ajo AbrahamVirtual machines powered the original revolution in the cloud. However, the Serverless revolution will be even bigger.Continue
Airbnb Pitch Deck: Teardown and Redesignby CayaAirbnb's deck was incredibly successful at summarizing the company vision and the huge market opportunity they had before them. We’ve added all the original slides in this article along with a redesigned version using our Slidebean pitch deck templates, and we’ll be tearing down each one of the slides.Continue