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How to Show Validation When You Have None

One of the most challenging skills to develop as a first-time entrepreneur is storytelling. Most startups I’m lucky enough to advise face this problem. They’re solving a meaningful problem and have great tech but struggle to tell their story. One of the most significant parts they struggle with is how…

Fundraising

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How to Show Validation When You Have None
How to Show Validation When You Have None
Fundraising

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How to Create and Communicate Strategy to Your Startup

When our company grew from 30 to 60 people, I reached out to 10 CEOs of startups that grew their companies to around 500 people. I had one question: “What broke in your company as you doubled and tripled in size?” Everyone had one answer: communication. …

Strategy

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How to Create and Communicate Strategy to Your Startup
How to Create and Communicate Strategy to Your Startup
Strategy

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Jun 23, 2022

Peter Drucker was Wrong

This week I had the pleasure of sharing more about BenchSci’s unique culture at Collision hosted in Toronto. I’ve often written about our culture on Medium, and have had likely hundreds of conversations about it with VCs and advisors, but this was the first time I talked about it from…

Culture

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Peter Drucker was Wrong
Peter Drucker was Wrong
Culture

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Mar 28, 2022

Expect Tours of Duty at Startups, Not Lifelong Careers

Employee churn has been a hot topic in the employment market for over the past 18 months. With record-breaking statistics like 4.5 million resignations in November 2021 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, many are calling it “The Great Resignation”. The conversation is not limited to North America…

Startup

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Expect Tours of Duty at Startups, Not Lifelong Careers
Expect Tours of Duty at Startups, Not Lifelong Careers
Startup

5 min read


Mar 10, 2022

What to Expect When Joining a Startup

Do you know that meme about what my friends think I do versus what I actually do? In 2018, I had that meme moment. We had just raised our Series A led by Google’s AI fund, doubled our team size, and started working with the largest pharmaceutical companies in the…

Startup

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What to Expect When Joining a Startup
What to Expect When Joining a Startup
Startup

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Feb 28, 2022

Let Your Team Sell Shares Before Going Public

Secondary rounds for founders are very common. Usually, founders sell a small portion of their shares when their company reaches its B or C fundraising round. By that stage, founders have been probably building their company for 5+ years. The logic is that if you own shares worth tens or…

Fundraising

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Let Your Team Sell Shares Before Going Public
Let Your Team Sell Shares Before Going Public
Fundraising

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Jan 26, 2022

The Right and Wrong Way to Do a Preemptive Round

If you’re a startup CEO, you have probably heard the term “preemptive round” in the past. …

Fundraising

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The Right and Wrong Way to Do a Preemptive Round
The Right and Wrong Way to Do a Preemptive Round
Fundraising

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Nov 23, 2021

The More Time Investors Spend with You, the Less Likely They Are to Invest

When it was time for our A round, I made a list of the top investors I wanted to raise from. You can imagine how happy I was when a meeting with the top firm on my list went extremely well. …

Fundraising

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The More Time Investors Spend with You, the Less Likely They Are to Invest
The More Time Investors Spend with You, the Less Likely They Are to Invest
Fundraising

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Nov 16, 2021

Untold Stories of Early-stage Employees (Part 3)

A few weeks ago we published part 2 of the untold stories of early-stage employees. Today we are posting the third and last part. This time, I interviewed BenchSci’s Director of Customer Success, Diane Doran, who joined BenchSci in 2018, when we were a company of under 40 people. Diane…

Early Employee

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Untold Stories of Early-stage Employees (Part 3)
Untold Stories of Early-stage Employees (Part 3)
Early Employee

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Nov 8, 2021

There Is Only One Reason to Start a Startup

A few months ago, I was invited to share my journey with a group of over 30 new founders. One question they asked was why to start a company. I flipped the question back to hear why they wanted to. …

Founders

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There Is Only One Reason to Start a Startup
There Is Only One Reason to Start a Startup
Founders

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CEO of BenchSci, husband, father and constant work in progress

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