Another FKA Friday 2024#13
We are looking for mentors to support the people and startups in our programmes. Very happy to talk with anyone who would like to learn more. Come join us!
Many of our portfolio companies have come out of Velocity! Such as StretchSense, Kami and Kara. This is where Bob met the Kami team as a mentor in 2012 to go full-time in 2017.
Getting early VC support has benefited many startups such as Canva. But it can be a kiss of death when the VC doesn't follow on. READ ON!
Don't be fooled by initial sales velocity! PRIME has gone subprime
He Turned 55. Then He Started the World’s Most Important Company: Morris Chang had decades of experience before he founded a business that’s indispensable to the global economy. What can other middle-aged entrepreneurs learn from him? READ!
1. HiPPO – Highest Paid Person’s Opinion
2. ZEBRA – Zero Evidence But Really Arrogant
3. WOLF – Working On the Latest Fire 4. RHINO – Really Here In Name Only
5. SEAGULL – Senior Executive that Always Glides in, Unloads and Leaves Loudly
6. DODO – Dangerously OutDated Opinions
7. ViPER – Vindictive Person Endangering Results
8. MOUSE – Muddled Opinions, Usually Swayed Easily
9. PARROT – Pretty Annoying and Ridiculously Repeating Others
10. DONKEY – Data Only, No Knowledge, Expertise or Why? ??Source