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EDUCATION
Pitch deck for a startup presentation: core slides and their design
Telling about how to present your project.
Yuliya Barilo
26 Feb 2021
Preparing a startup for an M&A deal in Belarus, Europe and the USA
Together with the lawyer at SBH Law Offices revealing the details of a startup's preparation for an M&A deal.
Ekaterina Logvinovich
15 Feb 2021
Where to find money to launch a project: 10+ ways to find funding for your startup
On the main sources of funding and help for startups.
Yuliya Barilo
10 Feb 2021
Why and how should you invest in startups
Sharing a great guide to venture investing (find the link in the article)!
Anna Mastykina
8 Feb 2021
"Foreign" as a filter for startups
How projects from the CIS countries work with investors from Silicon Valley.
Ekaterina Hova
4 Feb 2021
Corporate structuring for raising investments
How to get started, what documents should be drawn up, what to look for before raising investments.
Vitaly Tvardovskiy
1 Feb 2021
Right in the head: self-limiting beliefs in business
Time to overcome the barriers in your head and start expressing your opinion.
Olga Solonevich
19 Jan 2021
80% psychology, 20% technology: how to nail negotiations
About the formula of trust, typology of personalities and effective communications.
Valentin Mihaltsov
15 Jan 2021
POWER BI in a startup: how to start visualising data
Sharing interesting tips: about Power BI — service for processing and visualizing data.
Alexander Kovalev
13 Jan 2021
Some kind of madness ... What’s behind the failure of Theranos
Genius or insane? Taking about the failure of Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos company.
Anna Scherer
11 Jan 2021
From a dispute to a scandal: how to build communication in a conflict
Second episode of the «Maslow-ish» audio-podcast is on the air.
Olga Solonevich
8 Jan 2021
How a startup can build relationships with the media to get the maximum effect with minimum budge...
We continue the series of articles on developing a PR strategy for a startup.
Ksenia Zaikova
23 Dec 2020
Financial advisor for zoomers Cleo, Collab clip maker and other news of the last week
New Tuesday — new digest! Sharing great news of December 14-18.
Anna Mastykina
22 Dec 2020
Services for investment funds: what they are and how such software works
Talking about useful software for investment companies and the basics on how they work.
Nadezhda Yushkevich
20 Dec 2020
Why you need a lawyer in venture deals
Vitaly Tvardovskiy on legal aid in early stage investments.
Vitaly Tvardovskiy
17 Dec 2020
I won’t bother you…or how to win over the market leader
About how to enter a stable market and beat competitors for a new project.
Anna Scherer
11 Dec 2020
Getting started with Amazon Web Services 2: building an MVP
How to develop an MVP with Amazon Web Services.
Ala Minko
9 Dec 2020
Protection of intellectual property as an important intangible asset of an IT company
What you need to do to preserve intellectual property rights.
Veronika Sokolovskaya
4 Dec 2020
How not to slop developing: the basics of BizDev
We've prepared a written version of the audio-podcast from the creators of NODE PR agency.
Olga Solonevich
27 Nov 2020
#underZtanding. Zoomers and politics
Together with Yury Shlaganov talking about attitude of Generation Z towards politics.
Yury Shlaganov
20 Nov 2020
Getting started with Amazon Web Services: programs for startups
The Founders Club team held an online event with an AWS representative in September, sharing the insights.
Olga Solonevich
13 Nov 2020
Term sheet structure
Today we talked about Term sheet — a document that should be signed immediately after the investor expressed a desire to invest.
Anna Mastykina
11 Nov 2020
What questions should a startup answer to plan PR strategy
The founder of the Node PR communication agency about how to plan PR strategy.
Ksenia Zaikova
9 Nov 2020
Context is the key to a product's success
A simple analysis of the context makes significant adjustments to predicting the success of the project. Why? Find out in the article!
Anna Scherer
2 Nov 2020
Launching on Product Hunt: insights and secrets from Founders Club
How one can become the very best startup and get the maximum publications on the platform, receive the most upvotes and pop up.
Angelina Dmitruk
27 Oct 2020
Legal implication: how a startup can properly raise investments at different stages of developmen...
About how to minimize legal risks when conducting deals.
Alexey Sheverdyakov
23 Oct 2020
How to be published in the media
Hints that are useful for startup founders who want to be published in the media.
Angelina Dmitruk
19 Oct 2020
Instruments to validate product hypothesis
Today we will talk in detail about relevant instruments to validate product hypothesis.
Maks Kurpa
5 Oct 2020
Customer research: how to create a persona
How and why you need to conduct customer research and how to create buyer personas. — in a new article.
Nadezhda Yushkevich
2 Oct 2020
#underZtanding. How does Generation Z feel about modern technology?
Together with Yury Shlaganov talking about attitude of Generation Z towards technologies.
Yury Shlaganov
28 Sep 2020
The neurobiology of Apple's success: how to manage consumer behavior
How to create value for your consumer? How to manage their behavior? We will answer these and many other questions today.
Anna Scherer
25 Sep 2020
KISS — startup financing instrument by 500 Startups
Today we will dwell on KISS — one of the most popular startup financing instrument by 500 Startups
Anna Mastykina
21 Sep 2020
SAFE - startup financing instrument by Y Combinator
Today we're going to talk in detail about one of the most popular ways of raising investments - SAFE.
Anna Mastykina
7 Sep 2020
Startup Financing Instruments at the Early Stages: Convertible Note
Everything you need to know about convertible note - in our new article.
Anna Mastykina
31 Aug 2020
How and why to create the board of directors: Legal implications
How to minimize the possibility of conflicts at the stage of creating the board of directors - expert opinion.
Alexey Sheverdyakov
7 Aug 2020
Customer Journey Map: tools and approaches
In this article, we will have a look at what a CJM and its function is.
Nadezhda Yushkevich
30 Jul 2020
#underZtanding. Mental Health & Wellness technologies will be growing - talking about generat...
In this article, we will focus on mental state of generation Z
Yury Shlaganov
27 Jul 2020
Legal compliance for a startup: what documentation to take care of from day 1 to avoid problems
How to avoid bad scenarios and minimize legal risks for a new company.
Alexey Sheverdyakov
13 Jul 2020
Something you’ve most probably never heard about - 5 non-standard and flexible methodologies
In this article, we are telling about the peculiarities of methodologies that are not quite well-known in our region of approaches.
Nadezhda Yushkevich
4 Jun 2020
What is content marketing and why does every startup need it?
In this article we will explore content marketing and the benefits it can bring to your project.
Nadezhda Yushkevich
8 May 2020
Business models for a startup: an overview
Let’s figure out what are the types of business models and how each of them makes money. And of course, we will show you some examples.
Nadezhda Yushkevich
27 Apr 2020
Aha-moment: case analysis
In this article, we will find out what Aha-moment is, how it is defined and what Aha-moment is in different companies.
Nadezhda Yushkevich
13 Apr 2020
Startup development models and methodologies
In this article we are considering the most popular startup development models and methodologies.
Nadezhda Yushkevich
6 Apr 2020
5 basic metrics for marketplaces
Let's find out what is the difference between the marketplace that survived and the marketplace that died a hero's death with Yury…
Yury Shlaganov
6 Mar 2020
How design-thinking will help startups
In this article, we will explore in detail what design thinking concept is about and see who and how has succeeded due to this approach.
Nadezhda Yushkevich
19 Feb 2020
"The expert's task is to define the point of the fastest development of the technology,...
The author of the Rocket DAO startup evaluation methodology Henadzi Koltun tells about the peculiarities of conveying startup Due Diligence
Andrew Miroshnichenko
13 Feb 2020
Customer development for a startup
What is the difference between Customer development and Custdev, what it can give to products and how to build a business-in our new…
Nadezhda Yushkevich
14 Jan 2020
KPI for a startup team
In New Year with a new article! It's time to make plans, our article about KPI-key performance indicators will help to do this competently
Nadezhda Yushkevich
3 Jan 2020
How do venture investors value startups?
If you plan to attract investments,most likely one day investors will conduct evaluation of your startup. To be ready, read the…
Yury Shlaganov
6 Dec 2019
Modeling of business processes for a startup: what is it and why is it needed
In this article, we will tell what business processes are, how to model them and how this will help to make the startup's work productive
Nadezhda Yushkevich
2 Dec 2019
How to avoid discounting to investors for the “faded wallpapers”. Legal basics for startups.
In-house lawyer or outsourced? When is it possible not to pay "Google tax"? Why should you be well prepared for Due Diligence? Find out!
Aliaksandr Litvin
25 Nov 2019
Collaboration tools for startup teams
Tools which help to track team performance, time spent on tasks, and set up fruitful communication - in our new article!
Nadezhda Yushkevich
12 Nov 2019
How to value a startup?
New interview with the author of the financial model and risks evaluation methodologies on the Rocket DAO platform!
Andrew Miroshnichenko
8 Nov 2019
What metrics should be counted if you have SaaS?
Specific metrics for a SaaS startup - in our new article!!
Yury Shlaganov
29 Oct 2019
Product-Market Fit: what is this and why startup will not take off without it
In this article, we will figure out what PMF is about, why it is so important and how to achieve it.
Nadezhda Yushkevich
18 Oct 2019
How to develop team growth mindset?
What growth mindset actually is, why this mental model is a crucial component of startup success and how to develop it in own team?
Nadezhda Yushkevich
10 Oct 2019
Part 3. Community of experts in venture evaluation
The last part of the article by Head of experts Rocket DAO Andrei Miroshnichenko about the future of expert communities.
Andrew Miroshnichenko
4 Oct 2019
S.Lavrinenko: telling about where a startup should search for team members, how to gain competenc...
New interview with expert: how a startup should search for the right staff and with what team to start off?
Andrew Miroshnichenko
2 Oct 2019
Future of the experts communities. Part 2: Specific features of expert communities
Experts Rocket DAO Andrew Miroshnichenko shares his opinion about specific features of expert communities in our new article!
Andrew Miroshnichenko
25 Sep 2019
A. Drobyshevski: talking about ecosystem-based approach to market analysis, disruptive technologi...
About marketing of a startup,ecosystem-based approach to the market and hypothesis testing tools - in a new interview with Rocket DAO…
Andrew Miroshnichenko
19 Sep 2019
5 metrics that a startup must consider
There is a set of basic universal indicators that should be considered by almost any company. We will deal with them today.
Yury Shlaganov
17 Sep 2019
The Future of Expert Communities. Part 1. Forerunners of expert communities
Head of Experts Rocket DAO Andrew Miroshnichenko about how the role of expert communities has been changing in history.
Andrew Miroshnichenko
13 Sep 2019
Andrei Kuryan: shortly about methods of product distribution and differences between startup
What approaches are there allowing describe business models? What should a startups pay attention to planning to grow?
Andrew Miroshnichenko
9 Sep 2019
How do investors evaluate startups in reality?
What is important for an investor in evaluating a startup? We tell in a new article.
Nadezhda Yushkevich
6 Sep 2019
Does the disruptive product really exist, who is responsible for it in the team and what do inves...
Does the disruptive product really exist, who is responsible for it in the team and what do investors pay attention to?
Andrew Miroshnichenko
3 Sep 2019
Ultimate questions from startuppers, and vague answers to them, which you don’t get at once
Startuppers keep falling into the same trap over and over again. This atricle is about honest answers to questions that appear at the…
Eduard Mirchev
30 Aug 2019
Pre-money VS Post-money
Pre-money and post-money: founders-beginners often get confused with these notions, so let's slice and dice.
Yury Shlaganov
24 Aug 2019
How to build up growth team’s performance
Let's take a look at what this method has in basis and how using it you can create a team, able to boost your project on the new level.
Nadezhda Yushkevich
22 Aug 2019
Who and how a startup should make friends with?
Who a startup will meet during its way to the Neverland? Which sharks will be swimming around, how to deal with them?
Eduard Mirchev
12 Aug 2019
What you should not be afraid of in a startup and what you should not think about in the beginnin...
This article is based on the true story and embarrassing mistakes.
Eduard Mirchev
24 Jul 2019
Accelerator or incubator — which of them will be more valuable for you?
At a certain step of the projects' development practically all founders think about attracting external expertise and assistance.
Yury Shlaganov
19 Jul 2019
Media of liquidity
Media of liquidity is a kind of a media-mask of the liquid assets which involve other users in their operations. Here are the details.
Andrew Miroshnichenko
10 Jul 2019
Crowd due diligence. Or a new paradigm of startup evaluation.
If many people become investors today with the crowd-investing technologies, then many people must conduct evaluation of the startups.
Andrew Miroshnichenko
10 Jul 2019
Business angels and Venture funds: what is the difference?
Who should you turn to for financing, what amount of money should you ask for? Let’s find out.
Yury Shlaganov
4 Jul 2019
Startup. Through hardship to …?
Let's find out what you really know about fundraising and developing startups.
Gabil Tagiev
4 Jul 2019
How to build a unicorn startup?
High time to lift the veil of secrecy and explain how startups should get prepared for fundraising.
Andrew Miroshnichenko
3 Jul 2019
What makes winning startup teams
Is experience of the team members a the success factor for a startup?
Andrew Miroshnichenko
2 Jul 2019
Creating a successful product
Basic startup strategies include the creation of a business for income generating and selling technological solutions. Which one to choose?
Andrew Miroshnichenko
2 Jul 2019
What a disruptive business model consists of?
Business model should be evaluated on its value creation schema, value proposition potential and costs structure.
Andrew Miroshnichenko
2 Jul 2019
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