I’m a big advocate of giving yourself few minutes every day to make space for new thoughts. This will not only improve your productivity but also do great good to your personal life. For the past 5 years, Varun Sharma has been working closely with offline businesses as well as…
Meet Varun Sharma – Co-founder and Growth Manager of UpReports
Be selective about the people you take advice from and the people who join your team. Not all ideas are created equal, and not everyone should be part of what you’re doing. Adam Root is a founding partner at Tricent Capital, a venture capital firm based in San Francisco,…
Life is all about resilience. There are plenty of things that will rock you, but that’s part of life. You’ll be knocked down, but you can’t spend too much time being a victim. It’s more important to learn a lesson, get back up, and try again as quickly as possible….
One of the most insightful things our team learned during the launch of our product in public beta is that the presentation of information is as important as the information itself. Jehan Hamedi is a social network analytics and digital marketing expert who is the Founder and CEO of Adhark,…
Coach, delegate, empower and let go, especially when it comes to operational and executional stuff. Italian born, Federico has spent most of his adult life in London. His career has been mainly in consumer market research (Kantar Worldpanel) and insights (Procter & Gamble, L’Oréal). He has worked on the…
So my advice would be to listen more. Learn, listen, learn, and repeat. Listen to a variety of people who have done it before, who are proven entrepreneurs, and who have built and run successful businesses. Mark Minevich, author and world-renowned visionary in the fields of digitization and artificial intelligence,…
Don’t do it if you don’t care. Dmitri Saveliev is a startup veteran with an extensive Silicon Valley background. His experience in developing banking software for Fortune 500 companies has prepared him to lead a venture of his own, ServiceWhale. Derived from his own personal frustrating experience shopping for…
Learning from your users is the only way you can find ideal market fit. Mr. Waldeck has a 20 years of diverse experience ranging from technology development to product management to sales and marketing. All attune to listening, understanding, and meeting the needs of marketers through the combination of technology…
Simplicity scales, complexity does not. David Nilssen, Co-Founder & CEO, Guidant Financial: A serial entrepreneur, David has successfully launched a number of companies over the last 15 years within financing, digital media, real estate development and business services. He’s also an active angel investor who has helped seed companies in…
I always try to be where I am. I’m not talking about location, necessarily, but rather about focus. No matter where I am, I try to be present in the places and moments in which I find myself. Brian Botch is a founding partner at Tricent Capital, a venture capital…