002: How to Avoid Premature Scaling with Startup Ignition Founder, John Richards
SalesFounders - Startup Sales Strategy, Venture Capital, Entrepreneur, and Sales Development
English - March 09, 2017 01:22 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsCareers Business business entrepreneur startup entrepreneurship prematurescaling sales salesgap selling venturecapital Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
What is the difference between startups that succeed vs those that fail? That’s the question of todays podcast. It’s one thing to have a great idea. It’s a completely different thing to systematically prove that your customers agree. There’s a reason that 93% of startups that scale early never reach the 100k per month and why 74% of prematurely scaled startups will fail. My guest, John Richards, is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to building scalable businesses. In this episode, we discuss the signals of premature scaling, the business model canvas, the surprising differences between grad students and undergrads as entrepreneurs, and the single most important ingredient to a successful startup.