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It’s the last episode of Startup Syndrome (for now, at least). Julia and Andreas have been going back and forth on whether to continue recording each week, but have decided to quit for now.They end up speaking about how to know it’s time to l
Julia has been speaking with a few companies recently where the founders are in exit talks, and Andreas has been looking into different types of exits and haw to strategize as a founder.They end up speaking about why some exits are more commo
Andreas has been thinking about the different growth hacks he’s seen throughout the years from both SSE Business Lab companies but also other well-known startups, and Julia has been wondering if these growth hacks can be split into different ca
Andreas and Julia has been listening in on the Activate workshops recently and were inspired by the Go-to-market workshop by Rasmus Savander to talk about the Product-Market-Model-Channel fit.They end up speaking about different ways you can
Andreas has recently been through the recruiting process of new colleagues to SSE Business Lab and Julia reminisces about her time recruiting and managing Andreas (phew!). They end up speaking about what to look for when recruiting people to
Andreas has previously gotten the request to talk about the success stories they’ve seen at SSE Business Lab, and Julia has recently gotten a similar request - but to talk about the failures.They end up choosing the former topic to be a bit m
Julia has been thinking back on a course she took about the pros and cons of diversity in teams, and Andreas recently hosted a workshop about what aspects are important for co-founders to discuss and align on in early startups.They end up spe
Andreas has been getting a lot of questions about Shareholders’ Agreements lately, and Julia has been looking into the fine print of the Startup Tools’ Shareholders’ Agreement template.They end up speaking about the different clauses that are
Andreas has been thinking about all of the different ways he’s seen startups fail, and Julia has finally read about the “Onion Theory of Risk” which Andreas has been nagging about.They end up speaking about the different risk factors contribu
Julia has been thinking about how to sell before you build after hearing Harald Mix’s comment at Breakit Funding Day where he spoke about how they built Northvolt and H2 Green Steel, and Andreas has dug deeper into when it does NOT work.They
Julia has been looking into the history of the term SaaS, and Andreas has been deep diving into why VCs love SaaS businesses so much.They end up speaking about why repeatability, scalability and profitability are three major keys, what the ru
Andreas has been reading up on the new Gemini Business by Google, and Julia loves to talk about startups competing out the big tech companies. They end up speaking about why startups have better odds to launch a new idea than the big tech com
Julia goes back memory lane to when she started the Activate program, and Andreas tells the story of why och how he started Ideate.They end up speaking about how to MVP something like a startup program and how similar it is to getting early t
Andreas has recently spoken to a company which early on did a sweat equity deal, and Julia ran into an alumni company who did the same.They end up speaking about why it is that they really don’t like sweat equity deals, what can go wrong if y
Julia has been chatting to multiple different founders about the basics of fundraising, and Andreas has been hearing more about how the US is influencing Sweden in fundraising.They end up speaking about when to start planning for your fundrai
Andreas has been mentored by an old acquaintance and Julia has been going through half a coaching program. Neither makes them equipped to give advice around mentors and coaches, yet here we are.They end up speaking about how to find a mentor
Julia and Andreas have both been on an offsite with the team, going through the OKRs for the year, which reminded them of the most important metric to track as a startup; the North Star Metric.They end up speaking about what a North Star Metr
Julia has been listening to Startup School from Y Combinator and Andreas has been wrapping up as application deadlines for the programs approach - this Sunday (Jan 28, 2024). They end up speaking about how to apply to the SSE Business Lab pro
Julia has been busy planning the annual LP dinner for SSE Ventures and Andreas has been figuring out if there’s a perfect way to manage your investors.They end up speaking about how often investors actually want to hear from founders and in w
Andreas has been reading the New York Times’ lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, and Julia has been looking into similar legal disputes from the past.They end up speaking about whether OpenAI will have to shut down ChatGPT and start from sc
Andreas has welcomed the new year as an opportunity to suddenly become a morning person, and Julia is also inspired ahead of 2024 after listening to a podcast with author Adam Alter.They end up speaking about first principles thinking as a wa
Andreas has just learned the term “one-round wonder”, a company that only raises capital once and then becomes profitable, and Julia has been thinking about what such a strategy means for the returns an investor can expect.They end up speakin
Andreas has been annoying VCs by asking them why founders should choose them, and Julia has made a near-impossible quiz guessing the VC based on what they write about themselves.They end up speaking about why branding should matter for VCs, h
Julia has a lot of learnings about the New York tech ecosystem from her 2.5 months in the city, and Andreas has been to Slush, with tons of insights from that and his previous week in Silicon Valley.They end up speaking about why Sweden is on
Andreas has discovered the flaws of his often-quoted favorite cognitive bias, and Julia has a take on the balancing between fixed and growth mindset.They end up speaking about mindset, and how it can be applied to entrepreneurship, as well as
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