TIPS TO SUCCEED WITH LITTLE RESOURCES AS A STARTUP FOUNDER

#1 TIPS TO SUCCEED WITH LITTLE RESOURCES AS A STARTUP FOUNDER?

Starting a business is a challenging journey, especially when you don't have access to many resources. However, many successful entrepreneurs have shown that with the right mindset and approach, it's possible to achieve success even with limited resources. In the connected world of business, the reality is that the people you have access to are likely the most powerful resource at your disposal.?In this article, read popular strategies that can help you do that.

#2?THE 50 MOST PROMISING ISRAELI STARTUPS

Many companies laid off workers in the last year and it seems that even these very days, after the spring holidays, there is another wave of layoffs taking place. But good management is tested precisely in times like these. Those who did not go crazy during the good times and made sure to conduct themselves responsibly and carefully, managed?to escape the waves of layoffs and will probably be able to do so in the future as well.

#3?WHY STARTUPS MAY SOON BE BUYING MORE STARTUPS

If you’re a startup, it’s likely your exit won’t be going public or selling to a big-name acquirer. Instead, there’s a good chance you or your assets will end up in the hands of another startup. Stats back up this presumption. Each year, in the U.S. alone, hundreds of funded startups get acquired by private, venture-backed companies. This year is shaping up as no exception. So far in 2023,?at least 99 U.S. startups have been acquired by other startups.

#4 WILL THE EXTRAORDINARY BOOM IN LUXURY GOODS EVER END?

Financial crises, spiralling inflation and a squeeze on the cost of living have done little to dent the rise of the luxury sector, which encompasses both personal goods and experiences — including travel and hospitality.?The ascent of LVMH, which this year allowed Arnault to overtake the likes of Tesla’s Elon Musk and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos as the world’s wealthiest person, is a testament to the startling rise and resilience of the luxury sector in the past decade.

#5?HOW TO HIRE AN EXTERNAL CEO AS AN EARLY-STAGE STARTUP

The question of whether a product-focused founder should maintain the CEO title as a business starts to scale is one that stumps many founders at the early stages of company building. On the one hand, they know the technology and the market better than anyone else, having taken an idea and built something around it. On the other hand,?they’re often not the best person to build up an organisation and steer the company’s strategy.

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