1 of t/ top reasons #startups fail is not having enough capital, or not raising $.
@i_JaspriyaKaur & @Sahiba_Gambhir take #founders through using #Finance as a #moat.
More on bad math vs healthy financial practices & building a strong foundation frm day 1 👇
#TuesdayTalkies 🧵 2/ Don’t confuse revenue w/terms like GMV, ARR, Bookings etc. Revenue is a key metric which determines business depth and valuations; however it can be easily misinterpreted/misunderstood.
#TuesdayTalkies @i_JaspriyaKaur @Sahiba_Gambhir
#Surge05 #GetReadyToSurge

New things have to be learned as you go from early stage to growth stage and the journey is a long one. @gvravishankar talks to #Surge03 #startups about each stage of a company’s growth and how to keep learning and evolving as a founder. #getreadytosurge Thread 👇 1/ In early stage co's it’s all about speed - but when scaling it’s all about becoming efficient. Don’t attempt to run a marathon the same way you’d attempt a sprint. To endure and be a long-term business, you have to make the shift and go from speed to efficiency.

Startups and movies have more in common than we might think, says @buckhouse. Here are some nuggets from @sequoia’s in-house guru of storytelling and design. #surge03 #getreadytosurge Thread. 1/ Make a product like you’re making a movie and think of your user personas as characters in that movie. The only thing that matters in film is the story. And great stories start with great characters. #surge03 #getreadytosurge

1/6 Amazing to see @qoalaid surge so quickly! The # of policies sold per month have grown 15x in the last six months -- shows that #TheTimeisNow for #InsurTech in Indonesia and #ASEAN. 2/6 In many emerging markets, FinTech evolution starts with payments, then moves to lending, then to insurance and wealth management. We’re clearly at the inflection point: 80% of @qoalaid customers never purchased insurance before!