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What’s Causing all these Tech Layoffs? – Disintegrating Valuations in VC

What’s Causing all these Tech Layoffs? – Disintegrating Valuations in VC

Posted on August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 by Alexandre Nossovskoi

For my friends not in the VC space, I wanted to share some learnings about what’s been happening in the market over the last year and how this is related to all these layoffs you see in the news and on LinkedIn.

Learnings on Effective Marketing from Mark Ritson and 50 Years of Effie Data

Learnings on Effective Marketing from Mark Ritson and 50 Years of Effie Data

Posted on December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 by Alexandre Nossovskoi

Here are my learnings (from least to most effective), from Mark Ritson’s immensely insightful talk looking at 50 years of campaign data, and what really works in marketing.

ICO Handcuffs: A Leash on Lean Startup Growth

ICO Handcuffs: A Leash on Lean Startup Growth

Posted on November 9, 2017November 9, 2017 by Billy Lai

In case you missed it: check out my primer on ICOs here!  In 2017, ICOs have raised $3.3 billion USD across 203 different offerings. This works out to an average of $16M per project. Seems a bit excessive – especially…

New Dog, Old Tricks: Demystifying AI, Machine Learning and More

New Dog, Old Tricks: Demystifying AI, Machine Learning and More

Posted on October 13, 2017October 13, 2017 by Alexandre Nossovskoi

You’ve heard this before, AI will take your job, cook your dinner, and then eat it for you. There’s been a lot of hype around “artificial intelligence”, “machine learning”, “neural networks”, “big data” etc, so if it still feels like…

Hopping on the Golden Bandwagon: Start-ups & ICOs

Hopping on the Golden Bandwagon: Start-ups & ICOs

Posted on October 6, 2017October 6, 2017 by Billy Lai

China & South Korea aren’t too pleased with it. Paris Hilton and Ghostface Killah love it. Some say it marks the end of venture capital as we know it. For better or for worse, initial coin offerings (ICOs) have been…

Stealing is Good: 8 Ways to Growth Hack Your Startup

Stealing is Good: 8 Ways to Growth Hack Your Startup

Posted on August 28, 2017August 25, 2017 by Alexandre Nossovskoi

Growth hacking does not involve an axe or a stretcher, but a healthy lack of common sense in getting the growth you want from a business without spending too much money. To sum it up in a single line: Growth…

Feeding the Monster: How to Get Cash for Your Tech Startup

Feeding the Monster: How to Get Cash for Your Tech Startup

Posted on August 11, 2017August 11, 2017 by Alexandre Nossovskoi

Getting cash for a startup is hard, don’t make it harder by not knowing who to approach or when. Don’t panic, here’s some good stuff to get you started…

Why Bigger isn’t Always Better: Thoughts on Market Sizing

Why Bigger isn’t Always Better: Thoughts on Market Sizing

Posted on August 11, 2017August 11, 2017 by Billy Lai

More often than not, the market sizing slide in a start-up’s pitch deck is useless. The problem is that founders view market sizing as as an exercise to strictly answer the following question(s): Is my market size greater than $1…