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The Traction Gap Framework: Four Pillars Of Startup Success

YoungUpstarts

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “ As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles.

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Traversing No-Man’s Land, The Go-To-Market Phase

YoungUpstarts

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “. Go-to-Product. In the go-to-product phase, you can get help from a plethora of incubators, accelerators and angel investors. As you develop your product, you must concurrently invest in market-engineering tasks.

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The Traction Gap Framework: Four Pillars Of Startup Success

YoungUpstarts

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “ As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles.

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9 Creative Meeting Ideas For Remote Teams

YoungUpstarts

How do you meet the needs of your team members and keep them inspired and productive? I’m confident you’ll see productivity rise. How to Keep Your Team Engaged in a Remote Meeting – 9 Secrets for Successful Conference Calls. Okay, you’ve taken your deep breaths before the call; now invite your team to take theirs!

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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

Up and Running

She says her idea began to take shape after she went through Bizdom Detroit, an entrepreneurial accelerator program founded by Quicken Loans and Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert. See if you even have a market that wants your product—that will PAY for your product!”. I used several platforms,” she says. “I Stacy’s advice.

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Burning Platform 110:  Market Engineering, not just Product Engineering

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For the 110th episode of Burning Platform we host Bruce Cleveland of ForzaGroup Consulting. You may remember Bruce from his influential roles at Siebel, C3.ai ai and Oracle and as an investor at Wildcat Venture Partners. You know I am constantly.

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Startup Lessons Learned

I had really debated about whether there was any value in spending the time and money to fly to San Francisco when there was a perfectly serviceable simulcast going on in Cleveland. All I can tell the folks who attended the simulcasts is that I’m not missing either the time or the money. Take a look and let me know what you think.