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Do You Still Need a Business Plan?
By J. Gary McDaniel, TCV Growth Partner- "Do you really need a Business Plan? Is writing a Business Plan really the best use of your...
Jan 9, 20234 min read
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Is Your Business Scalable or a Hobby?
By Doug Zeisel, TCV Growth Partner - I have been involved in many startups over the years in various roles ranging from Founder to CFO to...
Dec 19, 20224 min read
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Customer Discovery - Find the Pain!
By Rob Meissner - TCV Growth Partner - If you worked in the entrepreneurial world for any length of time you have undoubtably heard of...
Jul 14, 20222 min read
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Defining Your Mission
By Rob Meissner, TCV Growth Partner - A mission statement is a brief description of an organization’s purpose. Early in my career, I...
May 3, 20224 min read
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Breakthrough! Avoid Stagnation and Thrive
By Doug Zeisel, TCV Growth Partner- Founders and CEO’s of companies that have achieved positive cash flow are to be congratulated on...
Apr 18, 20223 min read
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Are You a Product Company or a Services Company?
By Hillel Glazer, CEO, Entinex - That was the first question I asked the CTO of a client company about 10 minutes into the overview...
Mar 21, 20224 min read
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Is Your Company Committed to Innovate? 7 Questions to Ask
By Jackie Luo, TCV Growth Associate- Innovation is the key to grow any businesses to a significant scale. Many businesses have started...
Mar 7, 20223 min read
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Pitch Decks 101
By J. Gary McDaniel, TCV Growth Partner- Let’s start at the beginning. What is a pitch deck? A pitch deck is a short presentation, most...
Feb 15, 20225 min read
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Planning for Growth in 2022? Critical Considerations
By Douglas Zeisel, TCV Growth Partner If you are a CEO or founder and you want to see aggressive growth next year, you seriously need to...
Dec 15, 20213 min read
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5 Pillars for Growth
By Douglas Zeisel, Managing Partner, TCV Growth Partners - Preparing a company to scale up its growth is a daunting task and requires a...
Oct 5, 20214 min read
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5 C's of Business Success
By J. Gary McDaniel, TCV Growth Partners - Over the course of my career, I have observed that there are some common themes that lead to...
May 20, 20213 min read
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How to Win That SBIR Grant
By Rob Meissner, TCV Growth Partner- Each year, the National Science Foundation awards over $200 million is SBIR grants. With $225,000...
May 4, 20214 min read
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Crossing the Valley of Death
You Have Seed Funding - Now What? By Doug Zeisel, TCV Partner - Startup enterprises that are between seed stage and VC/PE funding face a...
Apr 9, 20213 min read
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Four Questions to Ask Before Partnering to Start a Business
By Jackie Luo, TCV Growth Associate - Starting a business is tough. Doing it with partners seems to make it a bit easier, but it has its...
Feb 15, 20214 min read
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Successful Grant and Business Plan Writing - Do's and Don'ts
By Rob Meissner, TCV Growth Partner. With the success rate for winning a SBIR grant somewhere around 15% and success at getting seed...
Sep 18, 20202 min read
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To Patent, or Not to Patent - That is the Question
By J. Gary McDaniel, TCV Growth Partner. In today’s world, having a strong intellectual property portfolio is one of the keys to...
Jul 6, 20202 min read
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The Post Pandemic World Represents an Opportunity for Pivoting Your Business
By Jackie Luo, TCV Growth Associate - Recently, I read a story about an owner of a $2M specialty vodka and gourmet tea company pivoting...
Jun 19, 20203 min read
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Customer Discovery - Lessons Learned
By Rob Meissner, TCV Growth Partner - If you have worked in the entrepreneurial world for any length of time, you have undoubtedly heard...
Feb 28, 20202 min read
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Building a SaaS Business – You Love it… and You Hate it.
By Jackie Luo, TCV Growth Associate - The market for Software as a Service (SaaS) applications is one of the fastest growing markets....
Feb 18, 20203 min read
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Angels and Unicorns
By Doug Zeisel, TCV Growth Partner - Is the age of Unicorns over? Probably not. However, while investing in Unicorns can be intoxicating,...
Jan 14, 20203 min read
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