About late product releases and late fundraising Back in the days when I started BASE jumping*, I learned something that blew my mind. Unlike the many rules in skydiving, in BASE jumping, all was simple: “No matter what happens, do something!” “What do you mean? What should I do if…

The brain-children of unreasonable founders Definitions of terms At EGV, we believe in Focus and Intensity. Focus is when you do one single thing. Intensity is when you do it sixteen hours a day. When working with early-stage founders, we try to help them get Perspective and Clarity. Perspective is rapport: with the…

From pitching yourself to pitching your company I noticed something while watching founders pitch their early-stage startups: when raising their first investment round, the founders “sell” themselves as the main assets of the new venture. Everything revolves around their previous experience, their educational background, their many talents, and skills. …

Dissecting the startup pitch deck slide by slide This article is part of a series dissecting the startup pitch deck slide by slide, in no particular order. The intent is to help founders create brief, relevant, and well-structured presentations for their ventures. …

Travel-dedicated digital distribution service Everything is a story: the history of the world, the news on TV, the jokes we laugh at, the memories we have. Our life is a story and any trip just as well. The human mind needs stories to make sense of everything around. …

What not to sign as a founder Some time ago, I wrote a piece on “What matters most in an investment term sheet.” That article can be found here and was focused on the delicate balance between clauses governing control and valuation. I revisit the subject of the term sheet…

Infrastructure for events and conferences Organizing conferences or corporate events usually takes months of preparations with booking speakers, syncing agendas, hiring suppliers, engaging in marketing, and PR. …

Cybersecurity for all The complexity of cybersecurity threats has been increasing in the last years and all analyses show it will increase even more in the future. Clients of all sizes, but small and medium enterprises especially, need solutions that are both effective and simple to use, to manage, and…

Dissecting the startup pitch deck slide by slide This article is part of a series dissecting the startup pitch deck slide by slide, in no particular order. The intent is to help founders create brief, relevant, and well-structured presentations for their ventures. The competition slide is a key component of…