Venture Capital
If your company has achieved at least $10M in recurring revenue with predictable future growth, low churn and proximity to cash flow positive, then...
It is in traversing the traction gap that most startups fail. The ability to tackle that journey will determine their success. Our favorite stories feature...
Minimum Viable Traction (MVT) marks the final value inflection point, the end of the Traction Gap. Once you arrive there, congratulations! You have successfully...
The go-to-market phase — as outlined in the Traction Gap Framework — begins with a startup’s first product release, and ends with market validation and a foundation to scale....
The Traction Gap Framework offers a way to think about the key stages in a startup’s early life. However, the go-to-market phase isn’t a straight...
Some use “venture debt” to describe any loan provided to a venture backed startup — whether it be the seed stage convertible note, the commercial bank...
To succeed, every startup has to pass through three phases: Go-to-Product, Go-to-Market, and Go-to-Scale. In the go-to-product phase, founders are blessed with a massive...
The evidence is clear: More than 80% of startups fail. Every year, somewhere between 4,000 and 5,000 startups are founded. (And the real number may...
Once you have passed Minimum Viable Product and are closing in on Minimum Viable Repeatability, you enter the realm of early-stage VC investing. As...
The journey of company building is marked by value inflection points. As you progress from Minimum Viable Category to Initial Product Release to Minimum...
Six steps take you from term sheet preparation to a closed financing. They are: Prepare for term sheet negotiations Hold term sheet negotiations Line...
