Christmas reading list 2020
Our SWG family has been reading a lot (if not even more) this year as well. And now that the holidays are starting and we will all have more time in our hands, wouldn’t it be nice to have a…
Virtual meetings, but better!
The world is digital. The world is virtual. Suddenly ZOOM is a verb (like google) and even my septuagenarian parents know their way around Skype and WhatsApp. I am not sure I should be horrified or pleasantly surprised that my…
Delivering kickass webinars online
The last 8 weeks have been a huge shift, shift in the way we live, eat, drink, and work. More importantly, one of the basic human urges to learn has been completely changed. Isolation and quarantine have re-ignited the primal…
Pitching Online: ‘Can You Hear Me?’
During the past weeks, I’ve done webinars with over 150 founders ranging from Oman to Poland. Just over a month ago I’d be preparing them for high-stakes presentations in front of packed conference halls. Today, the limelight got replaced by…
Startup Wise Guys Bookshelf
#SWGMafia is reading non-stop and we’d love to share with you the books our mentors, investors, partners, and team members suggest. Keep this saved in your Bookmarks list as we will be updating it once in a while with more…
Working from home, the right way
To help prevent the spread of coronavirus, companies around the globe have switched to remote work. Some people are veterans at working from home but others are facing this challenge for the first time. For them, it is important to…
Stuck working in your business rather than on your business? Here’s how to...
The problem Many startups fall into the trap of working in their businesses rather than on their businesses, without realizing it. You’re grinding away at keeping your startup afloat because it’s been stretched over capacity, instead of looking forward at…
4 LinkedIn tips for startups without a budget
There’s so much information and data on how powerful LinkedIn marketing is for B2B companies, how filtered the targeting can get when you work with LinkedIn Ads and what are the benefits of LinkedIn Premium. But let’s talk about the…
Christmas holiday reading list from Startup Wise Guys Mafia
#SWGMafia has been reading non-stop this year! We have had suggestions coming in on books about customer development and pricing, negotiations, successful investments, coaching, digital marketing, teamwork, letting go and going after a better life and so much more! So…
Communicate or Die
Your Product Owner needs to treat your team as a squad in the army (and be a part of it). Period. Spoiler 1: it’s not the constant shouting of orders or a stiff chain of command. Spoiler 2: It is the internal…