Entrepreneurs Jargon made simple (or how you can fool yourself 😊) 2« Our Market is huge” means “Our potential Market is really Big but our accessible market still needs to be defined”Sep 23, 2022102Sep 23, 2022102
Entrepreneurs Jargon made simple (or how you can fool yourself 😊) 1.“Our Projections are conservative” is the phrase I hear from probably 90% of the entrepreneurs that I meet. That’s kind of interesting…Sep 22, 202253Sep 22, 202253
Mathieu Translates Investor jargon — “I like your project, but it does not fit with my investment…“I like your project, but it does not fit with my investment strategy” means… I don’t like your project, and I don’t want to invest in it.Mar 1, 202289Mar 1, 202289
Venture Capital vs Bootstrapping: Mathieu Carenzo On How To Determine If Fundraising Or…Thank you so much for doing this with us! Before we dive in, our readers would love to learn a bit more about you. Can you tell us a story…Apr 8, 202182Apr 8, 202182
What Mistakes Are Killing Your Start-up? #8: Obstinacy, Mathieu CarenzoRecently I had the chance to moderate a panel of entrepreneurs in the Sports Industry Conference we organize every year in IESE in the…Feb 25, 202165Feb 25, 202165
What Mistakes Are Killing Your Start-up? #7: Fights Between Foundersfounder conflict is very common. Founders, being ambitious people, are almost bound to disagree.Nov 4, 202043Nov 4, 202043
What Mistakes Are Killing Your Startup? #5 and #6: Launching too Early… or too LateIf there is one trend that did change the shape of the entrepreneurial ecosystem these last few years it has been the lean start-up…Oct 20, 202024Oct 20, 202024
What Mistakes Are Killing Your Startup? #4 Confusing an Accessible Market with a Potential OneWhen meeting with entrepreneurs and evaluating the market size for the opportunity they are pursuing, I often see the same mistake: a…Oct 2, 202020Oct 2, 202020
What Mistakes Are Killing Your Startup? #3 Marginal NicheWhat is a niche product? It is a good or service with features that appeal to a particular market subgroup. A typical niche product can be…Sep 21, 20201Sep 21, 20201
What Mistakes Are Killing Your Startup? #2 Wrong LocationStarting a company in Abdijan (a yearly destination of mine) is a far cry from doing so in Barcelona (my home city) or San Francisco. It…Sep 14, 20202Sep 14, 20202
What Mistakes Are Killing Your Startup? #1 Single FounderAs the Founder of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization, Verne Harnish put it: “Do you really believe you can be better alone than with a group…Sep 7, 202012Sep 7, 202012
What Mistakes Are Killing Your Startup? #8: ObstinacyRecently I had the chance to moderate a large number of panels with lot of différent entrepreneurs. I know most of them for years now and…May 11, 20171May 11, 20171
