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David Cohen, Co-Founder and Chairman at Techstars.


"One of my recent “pitch practice” sessions offered a clear example of the challenge many founders face in reconciling vision with focus.


When pitching investors, it’s always important to sell an intriguing vision for that investor to buy into. Your vision tells the investor this is an opportunity to do something big.


If you start your pitch by describing the specifics of what you are focusing on right now, you may lose an opportunity to excite an investor about the long-term potential of your startup.


Of course, what you’re focusing on right now is still important! That’s why your pitch should include a bridge from vision to focus that explains why what you are doing right now is something clear and valuable that puts you on the path to achieve your vision.


I wrote about the issue of vision and focus in this blog post: https://davidgcohen.com/2014/08/29/reconciling-vision-and-focus. It explains how your current focus—your startpoint—needs to be understood as part of a trajectory that builds towards a much larger theoretical endpoint.


It’s something every founder should think about when fundraising: How do you create a pitch that allows investors to buy into your vision but also helps them understand how and why your current focus will help you get there?


Remember, when it comes to vision and focus, it's not an "either-or": Sell a vision that excites investors about achieving something that can change the world. And back it up with the context of how your current focus is helping you get there.


If you’re working on a pitch, here's a checklist to help you choose the most relevant aspects of your story. And scroll down for a link at the end of this post if you want to grab a spot on my calendar to get some one-on-one feedback: https://davidgcohen.com/2022/01/24/practicing-and-perfecting-your-60-second-pitch"

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Danil Kislinskiy and Nadia Yakoob, an immigration lawyer in the US, shared with you all possible options. You may watch the talk on our youtube, please like it and subscribe: https://youtu.be/hxUUjmjdvRY

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Hey GoGlobers!
Please take a look at our recent demo day of Batch 4 and meet the selected startup founders who did significant improvements in their pitching and strategy since the program started. We are glad to see them having direct communication with some of the interested global investors.
Also, our common network is there to help them raise their investments.
The following startups have participated in the Demo Day of Batch #4:
1. Play Out Apparel
2. Vinny Software
3. Pinsteps
4. Green Growth

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We are happy to tell you about our partner the Vibranium.vc!

Vibranium.VC is an international early-stage venture capital fund. It focuses on investing in fast-growing IT startups operating in various sectors and ready to enter their first foreign market. The basic requirements for startups are: IT solutions with B2B business models based on advanced technologies and a high potential for rapid growth and scaling. The average investment check of the Fund is $200-250 K. Besides money, Vibranium.VС is ready to share the expertise and network with their portfolio companies. Build your unicorn with Vibranium.VC.

Apply to a new batch of Andreesen Horowitz Accelerator https://a16z.com/programs-a16z-start/

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Let's talk about Startup Visa Canada on 05 May at 9 AM (PDT) and HQA Visa Portugal on 11 May at 9 AM (PDT).

The speaker: Shawn Olson, VP Business Development at the Innovative Incubator Empowered Startups Ltd.

Customer acquisition strategies by LETA Capital
https://medium.com/letavc/handbook-for-startups-10-free-customer-acquisition-strategies-2bcc7df53f4a

Let’s see how LGBTQ+ founders are supported in the US. Ron Zakay, an Angel Investor and a startup advisor shared his story and tips.
https://youtu.be/FHvfAlvOO5c

Hi GoGlobers!

We are glad to introduce you Danil Chernukha, CEO of vend.agency. Today he has prepared for you a great case study in the niche of a specific medical equipment!
Read more here: "How to make an unprofitable Facebook advertising campaign to get over $150'000 revenue per month."

Let us know, what ideas you guys have in the comments on the website: https://www.goglobal.world/post/how-startups-should-prepare-for-the-market-crash-in-2022

Hi GoGlobers!

We are excited to announce the start of the “Networking Hour by Go Global World" to meet global community members!

Every two weeks we will do video networking and discuss different business-oriented topics. We believe you might have many questions to discuss with other founders around the world or help out each other.

We can't wait to see you all there soon!
Register here.

Hey GoGlobers!
We invite you to a closed master class in the Coaching format with Polina Kudryashova.

"12 ways to show your value"
from Wes Kao, Co-founder at Maven.

"Most companies suck at communicating the value of their product or service. Here’s how to instantly show your value:

1. Pour salt on the wound: No pain, no sale. People will only value your solution if they value their problem. If they don’t think their problem is that bad, they won’t pay you to solve it. When in doubt, emphasize the pain. Painkillers sell better than vitamins.

2. Use before-and-after: An effective before-and-after skips all the boring parts. It’s like a jump cut in a movie. It emphasizes *contrast*. This heightens drama and interest. The best before-and-afters make you say wow.

3. Don’t jump right to the solution: Instead, explain how much $ the problem costs and how it’s making your customer’s life hard. Then talk about your product & how you’ll make their problem go away.

4. Show, don’t tell: I came across AI-driven software that reduces background noise on Zoom calls. Their website has a toggle on/off button where you can hear a sound sample without vs with their tool. That demo was worth 10,000 words.

5. Increase desire, don’t just decrease friction: People jump through hoops for things they want. Did you pick your spouse because they were the most convenient option? Of course not. You picked them despite obstacles.

6. Explain "why now?": Most folks AGREE that your product is great--but they still don’t buy. What they’re really thinking: “Do I need this enough to pay $ right now? Or can I do this later?" Later often means never.

7. Be/Do/Have: This is a classic framework in leadership coaching but applies to marketing. What does your product let your customer *be* that they weren’t before? What can they *do* now that they couldn’t do before? What do they *have* now that they didn’t have before?

8. Aim for “no-brainer status": You need to aim for an instant yes. Not a yes after 100+ touchpoints of nurturing. Think about what would get that reaction. You likely won’t get an instant yes. But if you aim for it, it’ll speed up getting there.

9. Do what makes their eyes light up (ELU): You can tell when people listen to be polite. But there are moments when aliveness flashes in their eyes--you just said something they care about. Watch for ELU. It's data on what to do more of.

10. Avoid backstory scope creep: It's easy to get carried away sharing background info. Remove 90% of it. You need less backstory than you think.

11. Focus on what your customer wants to hear, not what you want to talk about: This is an easy way to trim from your pitch.

12. Consider overhauling: If you’re struggling to describe your product’s value, figure out if the problem is (A) the marketing or (B) the offer itself. If your underlying offer isn’t good, no amount of improving the marketing will help."

Singapore tops list in VC funding per capital

Singapore has attracted more venture capital investment per capita in 2022 than all other countries receiving over $1 billion. Startups in the Southeast Asian city-state pulled in $4.1 billion, equivalent to around $695 for each person, PitchBook data showed.

Other small nations have performed well comparative to their size at a time when the fundraising environment for startups across the globe has been more constrained. Israel has taken second place in the list, raising $506 per capita. Finland also performed well, coming in fifth.

The US, the world's largest VC market, ranked third with $357 in VC dollars per person.

©️Pitchbook

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Copywriting (or copy) in the E-Commerce niche from Danil Chernukha.
For some reason, many entrepreneurs and marketers don’t pay enough attention to this important part of any type of ad campaign and then their own profit suffers from this.
Of course, sometimes you just put a CTA (Call To Action) under your ad creative and see the ROAS going up, but in most cases, it is not enough.
There is no “100% profit” formula, everything is checked by testing and only in this way, but we’ve designed some patterns which could help you to write your texts with less effort and more easily find a connection with your target audience.
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WHY SHOULD YOU SAY “NO” TO INVESTORS MONEY?

Many startup founders mostly believe that they need to create an idea, build an MVP and then get investor funding or earlier if they are lucky.

Well if you are serious about running a business and really want spent 5-10 years delivering on your mission then you may want to know the downsides of taking money and the benefits of avoiding them. It doesn't apply to all, but as a wise founder you should have a complete picture.

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Hey GoGlobers!

Boston has so many advantages for running a business but it also has a lot of disadvantages for startup founders at an early stage.

We invited Steve Walsh to share his practice view and recommendations for early-stage founders. Steve is an angel investor and a founder of "Hands on Angel", he is based in Boston his whole life and he is deeply integrated into the local startup ecosystem.

Watch our podcast here.

"Y Combinator this week announced Launch YC, a platform where people can sort accelerator startups by industry, batch and launch date to discover new products. The famed accelerator, which has seeded the likes of Instacart, Coinbase, OpenSea and Dropbox, invites users to vote for newly launched startups “to help them climb up the leaderboard, try out product demos and learn about the founding team,” it said in a blog post. "
©️TechCrunch

Hey GoGlobers!
How to incorporate LLC in the US, how to file taxes yourselves.
We discussed it in detail with GGW Tax Advisor Tigran Haratunyan.
Specifically, he advised on the right forms to use, time frames, tax scenarios and so much more.
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