Terrain – Call Your Shot
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Terrain – Call Your Shot
Perhaps a more useful metaphor for the high growth strategy of venture capital is a moonshot. VCs are shooting for the moon. They are looking for rocket ships (startups) for which VCs will supply the fuel (cash) to get to a moon landing (exit) for the investment to pay off.
Patrick Vernon • Venture Capital Strategy: How to Think Like a Venture Capitalist
Startups also have a true north, a destination in mind: creating a thriving and world-changing business. I call that a startup’s vision. To achieve that vision, startups employ a strategy, which includes a business model, a product road map, a point of view about partners and competitors, and ideas about who the customer will be. The product is the
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Clarity of purpose Summarizes the company’s business on the back of a business card. Large markets Address existing markets poised for rapid growth or change. A market on the path to a $1B potential allows for error and time for real margins to develop. Rich customers Target customers who will move fast and pay a premium for a unique offering. Focu... See more
Sequoia Capital • Elements of Enduring Companies
How your startup can rise above the crowd with storytelling & positioning | Product Hunt
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The topics to address in the final set of slides are: Slide 8: Your current progress (rollout plan) Position your current progress on your traction roadmap and walk through your now-next-later rollout plan. If you’re just starting out, you’re at the starting line of your traction roadmap. Slide 9: How you’re going to pull it off (the team) This is
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