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Pierre Gaubil
- Jan 5
- 1 min
A Recipe to improve your Sales Skills
Most people think of sales as a character trait. This is completely false. This article will try to give you a recipe that everyone can...
Pierre Gaubil
- Mar 4
- 1 min
The importance of Culture
If you are starting a business, you will think first about the product you want to create. You will devote most of your resources to...
Pierre Gaubil
- Feb 18
- 1 min
Top 5 common mistakes at the early stage of a startup
Top 5 common mistakes at the early stage of a startup
Pierre Gaubil
- Dec 14, 2021
- 1 min
The Importance of Ambition in Creating a Startup
A startup is no easy road. If you decide to take this path, you might as well be ambitious. You will spend the same energy, go through...
Pierre Gaubil
- Sep 20, 2021
- 1 min
Is Pitching a lie?
Everyone agrees convincing investors requires a story and the CEO needs to be the chief storyteller. We look for a central character, the...
Pierre Gaubil
- Jul 21, 2021
- 1 min
Can Silicon Valley Be Recreated Online?
Recreating Silicon Valley is not easy. A lot of initiatives have been tried and failed, China being the exception. Now the COVID pandemic...
Pierre Gaubil
- Jul 9, 2021
- 1 min
Are Cohort-Based Courses the Future of E-learning?
E-learning was supposed to be a revolution. However, completion rates have been dismal. Between 2013 and 2018 completion rates for MOOCs...
Pierre Gaubil
- Jul 5, 2021
- 1 min
Positioning is everything
This is a very complex topic, no doubt. This is also a critical one. Positioning is helping potential clients understand what you do, how...
Pierre Gaubil
- Jun 28, 2021
- 1 min
Going-to-Market and Roadmap
Going to the market is often overlooked, although it might be one of the most common reasons why investors pass. I will try to give you a...
Pierre Gaubil
- May 24, 2021
- 1 min
Be a Better Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurs always look for the right recipe to increase the odds of success. Steve Blank was probably one of the “recipe” pioneers as...
pierre3487
- Apr 16, 2021
- 1 min
Inside a VC Mind
Most entrepreneurs come out of VC’s meeting with no or little conviction on their impact. It should not be that way, as every meeting,...
Pierre Gaubil
- Feb 24, 2021
- 1 min
Be strategic or Die
I am always surprised by how much the day-to-day makes you blind and narrows the thinking. It’s so bad that most startups will die if...
Pierre Gaubil
- Feb 23, 2021
- 1 min
Venture Capital is for the Elite only
Our economy has changed. I see three significant trends. A significant number of youngsters, freshly out of school, want to become...
Pierre Gaubil
- Jan 27, 2021
- 1 min
Optimism is a double edge sword
Let’s agree, there is a thin line between reality and hallucination. To be an entrepreneur, you need to be delusional, and small lies are...
Pierre Gaubil
- Dec 17, 2020
- 1 min
Early-stage is not about speed
I’ve long been wanting to write about speed. I am developing my 4th startup in solo mode, and I cannot go fast :-). Is it an issue? A...
Pierre Gaubil
- Dec 2, 2020
- 1 min
Fundraising is badly misunderstood
If there is one thing that most startups misunderstand entirely, that’s probably fundraising. Thus, they create their own mental image of...
Pierre Gaubil
- Sep 25, 2020
- 1 min
The Startup Design Canvas
Alt opening — I am excited to share my vision on Startup Design based on my personal experience. I co-founded three startups, took one...
Pierre Gaubil
- Sep 8, 2020
- 1 min
Mentoring sucks
I know that is a strong statement; quit reading if you disagree, it’s about to get worse. This is how someone might become a mentor. They...
Pierre Gaubil
- Jun 18, 2020
- 1 min
How to think about Disruption
Every startup is trying to disrupt. The common belief is that something can be created that will alter people’s behavior, change a...
Pierre Gaubil
- May 26, 2020
- 1 min
Is your startup Covid proof?
After a long confinement period, the world is starting to re-open its economy. it’s unclear if it’s going to last, but one thing is...
Pierre Gaubil
- May 1, 2020
- 1 min
Do we know what the Covid-19 crisis has changed?
The crisis hits us 45 days ago, and a lot of experienced people have shared how they think about it. Most of the reading is either very...
Pierre Gaubil
- Feb 14, 2020
- 1 min
The Startup media circus
It’s not because you say something on TV or via social networks, that it creates value, it’s because you do it successfully all the way....
Pierre Gaubil
- May 15, 2019
- 1 min
Angel investing or playing roulette
Angel investing is a relatively new phenomenon outside the US. As the digital economy successful exits reach Europe and Asia, new wealthy...
Pierre Gaubil
- Apr 9, 2018
- 1 min
The Myth of Corporate Innovation
Innovate or die. Disruption is what keeps C-executives awake at night. We live in a world where being big no longer means being safe....