Hiya and welcome again to Equity, a podcast concerning the enterprise of startups, the place we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
That is our Wednesday present, the place we area of interest right down to a single subject, take into consideration a query and unpack the remainder. This week, Natasha requested: How are early-stage founders fascinated about this downturn? The inimitable Alex teamed up along with her to interview Joshua Ogundu, the founder and CEO of Heart to Heart about this well timed subject.
The query comes after Natasha’s latest Startups Weekly column, “Everyone is drafting their own startup Black Swan memo.” The column checked out a collection of memos that enterprise capitalist companies despatched to portfolio firms concerning the market downturn. Some have been hopeful, some have been easy, and others have been a vibe examine as simple as, Are you able to inform us your ARR and cash-burn in writing? Fairly please?
To flip the script, as we do right here on Fairness, we’re bringing within the founder perspective to fact-check these memos and inform us what it’s actually wish to be a founder. Ogundu instructed us what he’s rethinking, the significance of honesty and what to do earlier than contemplating a layoff. It’s not too typically that we’ve got company on the present, so after we do, you realize it’s going to be an excellent one.
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