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🚀 New Webinar Alert: GovCon Visionaries: Meg Vorland, Co-Founder of Dcode 🚀 Join us as OnFrontiers CEO Brian Caouette sits down with Meg Vorland to kick off our GovCon Visionaries series! Dive into Meg’s journey in federal innovation, insights on scaling startups in GovCon, and the big question: Is federal contracting for everyone? https://lnkd.in/g4mG5Zv5

Want to learn more about how your business development team can win more contracts in the federal space? Check out this conversation on Nov. 20th between Meg Vorland (Co-Founder of Dcode) and Brian Caouette (CEO of OnFrontiers).

✨ Exciting News! ✨ OnFrontiers is kicking off its GovCon Visionaries webinar series with none other than Meg Vorland, Co-Founder of Dcode! Join in on November 20th at 10 a.m. ET for an engaging webcast with OnFrontiers CEO Brian Caouette to discuss Meg's invaluable expertise in navigating the federal market. Get insights into: 👉 How Meg has driven innovation and transformation in federal contracting 👉 Lessons learned from scaling startups and helping them succeed in this unique space 👉 The biggest pitfalls to avoid when entering federal contracting Reserve your spot at the link below! #GovCon #Innovation #Webinar #Dcode

Scaling a startup without outside funding isn't just possible—it can be attainable. And Steli Efti is going to teach us all how to do it. Starting TOMORROW, you'll be able to get a peek inside how Steli and the team grew Close to $30 Million ARR (and beyond) with no outside funding. Here's the trailer to get you as excited as we are (link to subscribe for updates below)

Completed a half-marathon in 1:53 🏃♂️ Here are some parallels with startups that I have in mind: 1. Newbies tend to rush too much at the beginning 2. If you aim to achieve a personal best, you must be capable of tolerating pain 3. When the goal is tough, your brain finds a 100 reasons to give up and exit the race 4. Having a partner and a team running nearby will keep you moving forward 5. If you are running a long distance, you should plan for optimal resource usage 6. The final 15% is the hardest 😤

Here are my top 3 takeaways from today's panel on "From Concept to Market: The Hardtech Journey": - The idea of building a hardtech startup alone is a myth. - Validate the product market fit at every step of your hardtech journey. - Build a solid roadmap because hardtech is not simple. Thanks to my fellow panelists Artmiz Golkaramnay, Diana Horqque Ratto and Suzie Dufour for a great discussion and a big shout out to Startupfest and Garage&co for hosting this first #HardtechFest! Looking forward to tomorrow - come and see me if you want to dive deeper into these topics. BXVentures #hardtech #venturestudio #climatetech.

If you are attending Dallas Startup Week sponsored by Capital One next week, come check out my session on Thursday morning called "What you should know before talking to investors". This session will be jam-packed with actionable insights for software startups on the key answers they need to know about developing their software product before approaching investors.

Sam Altman on how to get your first 100 users “Everyone thinks they’re going to put up this website, tell one person about it, and it’s going to take off like wildfire. But that’s not what usually happens.” Source: Stanford Online --- We curate the top 1% of startup advice from the world’s best founders and investors. Join 7,000+ founders who read the free newsletter at https://lnkd.in/dNtku53e

Listen to the new episode with Yazan Masafah, co-founder of BusinessChat, to learn more about the role of APIs and their impact on tech startups

🤔 "The Cart Is Driving The Horse" is a perfect analogy for challenges faced by startups without a good product-market fit, that received funding, but ultimately failed. There is a noticeable shift in the market dynamics with startups receiving less funding than in the past. Maybe with this shifts we will get better outcomes 🤷♂️ Check out more insights about this topic in this article: https://lnkd.in/dqrzbURG ❓ Question: what kind of information are you adding now in your pitch decks