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Day 7: Values and culture
Blog | Mike Austin | Wed, 18/05/2016 | 03:59
Boston by night Day 7 of the “Market Exploration Program” in Boston, where we are getting ready for our USA launch later this year. Amongst many networking opportunities, the seminar topic was “Building the best team”. Start with a Q&A: Q: Which company has these core values? Communication – We...
Day 5: Ignore hidden costs at your peril
Blog | Mike Austin | Mon, 16/05/2016 | 08:32
One company practicing their USA-focused pitch for an invited audience of VCs and advisors Friday brought a presentation about “Market Exploration and Validation”. The point that jumped out for me is that as an entrepreneur, you not only need to identify a customer, create a good product, etc. But you...
Day 4: A trip to the infinite corridor
Blog | Mike Austin | Fri, 13/05/2016 | 08:21
The photo shows the various entrepreneurs attending the kTeams accelerator in front of the MIT Great Dome. We had a great tour of selected MIT buildings, including the “infinite corridor”. It was a powerful reminder of how influential the top Boston universities are – currently making up 2 of...
Day 3: Take out the tech and focus on value
Blog | Mike Austin | Thu, 12/05/2016 | 00:46
More work on positioning today, focusing positioning further for the USA and for the selected audience. The focus remains simplifying and concentrating on the bare essentials. Extensive work on the slide deck resulted in many changes, completed only whilst the previous person was pitching to the invited audience. In...
Day 2: How to win VCs and influence them
Blog | Mike Austin | Wed, 11/05/2016 | 08:42
Day 2 started at around 04:00am for me with Jetlag still working through my system. After a few hours working with the team in England, I set off for the Cambridge Innovation Centre for the second day of kTeams. A full program of meetings today was concluded with a...
Day 1: Get to the point and do it fast
Blog | Mike Austin | Tue, 10/05/2016 | 02:12
Mike Austin, CEO of Fresh Relevance a Southampton SETsquared member company, reflects on the whirlwind that has been his first day on the kTeams accelerator programme in Boston. kTeams participants: Christa, Jos, Abi, Andrew, Myself, Shakar, taken on the 14th floor of the CIC BA brought me to Boston late last night,...
