“Cryptoassets: The Innovative Investor’s Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond” by Chris Burniske & Jack Tatar is a well organized book on the investing side of “bitcoin and beyond”. It breaks down the complex topic into digestible chunks of “What”, “How”, and “Why”. Below is the summary of each of its chapters: Introduction The introduction sets the stage by comparing crypto assets against the likes of internet, electricity etc. “Blockchain technology can now be thought of as a general purpose technology, …
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All blog posts related to startups by Jawwad Siddiqui
With so many educational technology startup companies (EdTechs) out there, it is sometimes hard to identify exactly what problem they are solving within the vast educational ecosystem. In this blog post I will take a look at all of the EdTech startup companies (as of January 2016) and organize them in a way in which you and I can better understand what category of problem do they solve and in what space do they operate (higher ed, K to 12 …
On one hand I have had the good fortune of growing small technology teams but at the same time – on my other hand – I’ve had the bad fortune of making some critical mistakes (or take risks) that have made the whole process of growing and maintaining a high performing team extremely difficult. Therefore, I was keenly listening when Bohdan – a Serial CTO, Advisor, and Entrepreneur – was giving a talk on lessons he learned as a technology …
In this blog post we will analyze Flipp‘s business model canvas. Flipp can be best described as a shopping application with flyers, coupons, and shopping list (soon to be adding a lot more features). The company recently raised an impressive $61M in funding after their previous $1M round. The method for this analysis is via a business model canvas – a framework that charts various elements of the business that come together to create value – a business. By the end …
Purpose: The purpose of the blog post is to share fundamental lessons regarding strategy for early-stage technology startups. A key part of this attempt will be to provide tangible frameworks that the founders of early-stage ventures can use as they are going through the discovery and customer development process to transition from a startup to a company. Scope: Early Stage Technology Startup and Pre-Product Market Fit Inspiration: This blog post comes out of having experienced articulating strategy (not necessarily effectively …