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...
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- Dec 19, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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- Jul 14, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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- May 3, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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- Apr 18, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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- Mar 21, 2022
- 4 min
Are You a Product Company or a Services Company?
By Hillel Glazer, TCV Growth Partner- That was the first question I asked the CTO of a client company about 10 minutes into the overview...
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- Mar 7, 2022
- 3 min
Is Your Company Committed to Innovate? 7 Questions to Ask
By Jackie Luo, TCV Growth Partner- Innovation is the key to grow any businesses to a significant scale. Many businesses have started with...
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- Feb 15, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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- Dec 15, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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- Oct 5, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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- May 20, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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- May 4, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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- Apr 9, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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- Feb 15, 2021
- 4 min
Four Questions to Ask Before Partnering to Start a Business
By Jackie Luo, TCV Growth Partner. Starting a business is tough. Doing it with partners seems to make it a bit easier, but it has its own...
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- Sep 18, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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- Jun 19, 2020
- 3 min
The Post Pandemic World Represents an Opportunity for Pivoting Your Business
Recently, I read a story about an owner of a $2M specialty vodka and gourmet tea company pivoting her business to sell hand sanitizers....
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- Feb 28, 2020
- 2 min
Customer Discovery - Lessons Learned
If you have worked in the entrepreneurial world for any length of time, you have undoubtedly heard of the term “Customer Discovery”....
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- Feb 18, 2020
- 3 min
Building a SaaS Business – You Love it… and You Hate it
The market for Software as a Service (SaaS) applications is one of the fastest growing markets. According to Gartner, the worldwide SaaS...
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- Jan 14, 2020
- 3 min
Angels and Unicorns
Is the age of Unicorns over? Probably not. However, while investing in Unicorns can be intoxicating, Angel investors should think long...
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