Proposing your business model is not always a straightforward task. To convince an investor of the credibility of your business model requires an explanation of the assumptions detailed in your model,...
For every entrepreneur looking to raise funds, producing a pitch deck that is crisp and concise, short, and sweet, which details the fundamentals in a concise and bitesize manner, is no easy task. For...
Every early-stage entrepreneur will have heard of the proverbial elevator pitch: the all-encompassing, punchy, pithy one-liner that is supposed to summarise your company and product excitingly and ent...
Having a brilliant product idea is one thing, but having a complimentary, skilled, ambitious and expert team of founders, with that same novel and exciting idea is a whole other story. Here we have ou...
There comes a point in a fundraising conversation when a VC can potentially tune out: the moment you reveal your burn rate and how much you are looking to raise, indicating you’re hoping to rais...
Finding your feet in the startup world is no easy task. However, getting to grips with all the tricks of the trade couldn’t be made easier with our list of go-to books. Here we present ou...
As the world continues to watch the events of COVID-19 unfold before their eyes, the confinement and lockdown measures have caused major disruption to many face-to-face businesses. However, for the en...
As the world watches the events of COVID-19 unfold from the comfort of their homes, it is certainly not a comfortable time for many start-ups. With the demand for such companies dropping significantly...
Back in 2008, an ambitious group of young entrepreneurs at the University of Cape Town set out on a mission to improve transport links for students. Fast forward ten years and the well-established, po...
Fundraising is a process of soliciting outside investors to finance your start-up or the development of a business. There are two distinct types of financing, which depends on the maturity of the com...
