25 Apr 2024
How to Fundraise as a Startup Founder Without Surrendering Leverage
Henri Suhardja explains why leverage and timing matter more than pitch skill, and how to choose investors without losing control.
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What the community has learned the hard way, written up from the talks at the meetups. The recordings themselves live in the video library.
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22 Feb 2024
How to Shift from Doubling Your Business to Tenfold Scalable Growth
Founders who aim to double revenue only multiply their own workload; a tenfold mindset with single focus and recurring revenue is the real path to scale.
21 Okt 2021
How eFishery Built a Profitable, End-to-End Aquaculture Platform from a Single Feeder Device
eFishery founder Gibran explains how he pivoted from a hardware-only idea to a full ecosystem serving smallholder farmers, using customer validation, co…
25 Apr 2024
How to Avoid Predatory Investors and Build Real Fundraising Relationships
A Y Combinator alumnus warns founders to avoid investors who demand control, prioritize relationship-building over flashy pitches, and treat rejection a…
25 Nov 2014
How to Validate a Startup Idea Before Building It: A Framework from Jakarta Digital Valley
A workshop at #StartupLokal Meetup v48 outlines a three-step model to test startup ideas before investing time in development, focusing on validation, t…