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How Startups Can Generate Alternative Revenue
One of the most challenging times for an emerging startup, especially a technology-focused one, is the pre-revenue stage. In this stage,...
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Helge Seetzen
Aug 6, 20205 min read
Why and How to Introduce Diversity into your Startup
First published in 2010 Almost a decade ago, I wrote a blog post about diversity and the techniques used at TandemLaunch to leverage...
TandemLaunch Inc.
Apr 14, 20205 min read
Ten technologies for a post COVID-19 world
While confined to our homes, we in the technology scouting team at TandemLaunch are looking for solutions from researchers and inventors...
TandemLaunch Inc.
Jun 19, 20194 min read
How to Plan a Successful Startup Showcase
Planning an event is stressful and nerve-wracking, but after planning multiple successful startup showcases in the past several years, we...
Helge Seetzen
Feb 17, 201517 min read
Exiting with Grace — and Profit
It’s time to talk about the end. In previous articles, we discussed assembling a team, building a technology business, and financing it...
Helge Seetzen
Feb 3, 201514 min read
The Ins and Outs of Venture Capital
Thus far in this Venture Capital series, we have covered the fundamental three “P’s” of building a technology venture: people, product,...
Helge Seetzen
Jan 6, 201510 min read
Startup Fundamentals
A game-changing idea is only one of the ingredients you will need to launch a successful new business. Without the right team and a...
Helge Seetzen
May 29, 20132 min read
3 Simple Steps for Pitching Your Technology
One of the pitfalls of many tech entrepreneurs is pitching their solution simply and clearly. What is it? What does it do? Is it actually...
Helge Seetzen
Dec 11, 20122 min read
Is Your Startup Ready for Titles?
In a startup things move constantly, roles change and within a few months people swing from one side of the spectrum to the other...
Helge Seetzen
Oct 22, 20124 min read
Why Does Hiring Feel Like Dating?
You are managing a startup. It is growing quickly and you have personally become the entire human resources department. And admit it, you...
Helge Seetzen
May 21, 20123 min read
The CTO Role Broken Down
The CTO fills a critical role in a technology startup. The title is really broad, and people tend to cling to different aspects of it,...
Helge Seetzen
Mar 22, 20124 min read
5 Rules for Cofounder Heaven
Finding a good cofounder is a key ingredient of a successful startup. Having had the opportunity to work with a variety of co-founders...
Helge Seetzen
Feb 12, 20123 min read
Ownership versus Leadership
Any organization should be continuously on the look-out for talented people who are capable of taking on leadership roles. In this...
Helge Seetzen
Jan 24, 20124 min read
How Can a Startup Sell Its Products and Services to a Fortune 500 Company?
Are you a startup entrepreneur, have a great product, and want to sell it to the ‘big boys’? Selling to a Fortune 500 company is...
Helge Seetzen
Dec 8, 20114 min read
Why Employee Equity is an Investment Like Any Other: Entrepreneurship and Ethics
There’s been a flurry of articles and a Hacker News Poll, highlighting entrepreneurs who despite, or maybe because of their success, turn...
Helge Seetzen
Oct 24, 20114 min read
Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Different Processes, Different People
Invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship are words frequently thrown around by politicians, theorists, and entrepreneurs alike to...
Helge Seetzen
Feb 7, 20114 min read
Start-Up Titles are Dangerous
Titles are always tricky, but particularly dangerous in the startup environment. It’s the much more pedestrian titles that create equal...
Helge Seetzen
Nov 3, 20102 min read
Intellectual Property & Secrecy
The two business types use intellectual property very differently. Traditional start-ups use intellectual property to protect their...
Helge Seetzen
Oct 18, 20104 min read
Spin-Off vs Start-Up
The internet offers a lot of advice for start-ups — some good, a lot of it bad. In fact, giving advice has become a profitable industry...
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