by Steve Sammartino | Jul 21, 2014 | Insights
A pivot is a nice word from startup land. It generally means that we actually failed, but gives us some “licence in language” so we don’t feel like a total douche bag for getting our infallible startup idea wrong. But sometimes the pivot, is an actual pivot and not...
by Steve Sammartino | Jul 16, 2014 | Insights
1750 It’s 1750 and the steam engine has just been invented. You’re an entrepreneur and 200 years of wealth creation and innovation lie ahead of you. If, in fact you have the wisdom to seize the day and take advantage of such an obvious entrepreneurial opportunity....
by Steve Sammartino | Jun 30, 2014 | For Entrepreneurs
There are two parts to the pitching process when it comes to startups and pretty much selling anything. The Science and the Art. The first piece of advice I’d give to anyone learning how to pitch is learn the functional elements first – the Science. The formats, the...
by Steve Sammartino | Jun 21, 2014 | For Entrepreneurs
The fact that you are reading this on the internet right now, on a laptop, possibly on a smartphone, certainly if you’re in a developed economy means that your worst case scenario in life, for most things, is not really that bad. The cost of failing as an entrepreneur...
by Steve Sammartino | Jun 21, 2014 | For Entrepreneurs
The truth of all things is that we rarely play for the big leagues without a bit on minor league practice. The good news for budding startup founders is that just like baseball we can practice the craft of entrepreneurship in a relatively low risk environment. And...
by Steve Sammartino | Jun 2, 2014 | Insights
So you want to become an entrepreneur, right? It’s understandable, startups are the hottest thing since the Beatles. Everyone wants to get their startup on. Even large companies want to start again and you know something is hot when HBO runs a TV series about Silicon...
by Steve Sammartino | May 27, 2014 | Insights
We all know that startups have a different way of doing things to large established business. And many of these business practices have a significant advantage as the world around us changes at a rapid fire pace. So what to do about? Glad you asked. Here are 5 things...
by Steve Sammartino | May 19, 2014 | Insights
There’s a whole lot of things that big business can learn from startups. Not because the people working in startups are necessarily more clever than those working in bigger, established businesses, but because we are living in times of rapid change. When any system is...
by Steve Sammartino | May 15, 2014 | For Entrepreneurs
I spent a large part of my career in a marketing capacity working for large consumer goods companies – in fact, two of the worlds biggest. In doing so, and through having such blue chip training I thought I knew a thing or two about business. I thought I’d march into...
by Steve Sammartino | May 4, 2014 | For Entrepreneurs
It’s easy to mistake our own passion in our new startup. We’re so excited we think our mum, our spouse and even our friends might be as excited as we are as we enter the launch phase of our commercial baby. But the truth is that they don’t really care, and that it is...
by Steve Sammartino | Apr 17, 2014 | Insights
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve seen the rise and rise of the GoPro camera. They’ve recently filed for a confidential IPO in the USA, and their most recent funding round had the company valued at $2.3 billion. I’m sure you know how awesome the cameras...
by Steve Sammartino | Apr 14, 2014 | For Corporates
In the past 10 years startup culture has started to infiltrate the entire business landscape. It’s not just a side show, and many of the new commercial powerhouses haven’t had their 10th birthday yet. Of the startups successes we’ve seen the large majority live in...
