Published in Better Marketing·Pinned9 Ways to Engineer Viral Products and Word of Mouth MarketingDesigning virality and word of mouth marketing into your product — When it comes to producing hockey stick growth and exploding valuations, virality and word of mouth are the holy grail. A product that markets itself without spending a dime on customer acquisition (CAC)… That is the stuff of legends that every company strives for, but few ever achieve. Because virality…Marketing16 min read
Published in The Startup·PinnedThe Killer Startup Pitch Deck VCs Can’t IgnoreThe Ultimate Guide to Startup Fundraising Part 3: The Killer Startup Pitch Deck VCs Can’t Ignore! — Welcome back to Part 3 of our Ultimate Guide to Startup Fundraising. If you missed the previous posts, I highly recommend you read through those first before continuing. The Ultimate Guide to Startup Fundraising Part 1: Understanding Investors 101: The Pros and Cons of Angel Investors, VCs, Syndicates and Venture Debt Part…Startup14 min read
Jun 17The Ultimate Climate Tech and Cleantech Investor List500 VCs, Investors, Incubators and Accelerators Moving Climate Startups Forward! — View and download the entire climate database here: The Ultimate Climate Tech and Cleantech Investor Overview We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat…4ward.vc I’ve been working on this database for sometime now and thought it’d be helpful for climate and impact founders looking to raise and climate investors looking to connect with other top funds.Climate Change2 min read
Jun 13Is ESG Investing Bullsh*t?Did you hear the news? Fossil fuels and deep sea oil rigs are all the rage these days when it comes to ESG investing. Forget doubling down on electric vehicles, renewable energy, solar etc… All we have to do to save the world is invest in Environmentally, Socially, Governance responsible…Esg4 min read
Jun 1The Dangers of Fanatically Combatting Climate Change: A VC’s PerspectiveThe world is going to hell in a handbasket. Temperatures are rising, extreme weather events too, and we all know what will happen if warming exceeds the 1.5C “safe-ish” threshold set by innumerable climate experts to avoid the worst effects of climate change. Thankfully, although much of the world has…Climate6 min read
May 25Is Web3 Bullsh*t?News flash: The crypto and blockchain crowd have rebranded to web3. They probably thought it sounded better and didn’t want all the baggage that hundreds of scam ICOs, STOs and skirted securities laws brought with the term blockchain. In a way, it was a bit like Facebook changing its name…Blockchain10 min read
May 1914 Ways to Start a Killer Circular Economy StartupBuilding Sustainable Businesses that Scale and Change the World — We are consuming more resources than our planet can handle. Every day $111B is spent in the US alone on an insane number of consumer goods producing an unfathomable 728k tons of garbage (or 63k garbage trucks) per day filling our landfills. And that is just the US. And worldwide…Sustainable Development21 min read
May 164WARD.VC’s Controversial Climate Tech Investment ThesisIt is common knowledge these days that climate change is real and that the dangerously fast warming threatening our world is due to greenhouse gas emissions — man made emissions… and yes Fox News, that is in fact a fact. The signs are all around us. Thankfully, the world is…Sustainability6 min read
May 12The Ultimate Guide to Startup Fundraising Part 4: The Biggest Fundraising Mistakes Startups MakeWelcome back to Part 4 of our Ultimate Guide to Startup Fundraising. If you missed the previous posts, I highly recommend you read through those first before continuing. The Ultimate Guide to Startup Fundraising Part 1: Understanding Investors 101: The Pros and Cons of Angel Investors, VCs, Syndicates and Venture Debt Part…Fundraising17 min read
May 10Millions in Minutes — The Zoom Boom in Covid Era Startup FundraisingFundraising is one of the most critical aspects of any startup. You need the runway to “burn” through the learning phase (products to product market fit) as quickly as possible as you work to scale your business. Because otherwise you’ll never catch (and ultimately conquer) the incumbents. Because some businesses…Fundraising11 min read