Events

Highlights from Our First Startup Idea Teardown Event! 🚀

This week, we celebrated our first of many 🎊 Startup Idea Teardown Events with a bang. Powered by Dealroom, we took our new software for a spin and tore-down 5 early stage idea concepts from the Kernal Community, all with the help of our all star panel: 🤌 Joanna - a strategist

🏰 Building Fortresses: The Importance of Moats in Building Defensible Businesses

As a startup founder, you might have come across the term "moat" while trying to validate your idea or pitch to investors. In simple terms, a moat is a competitive advantage that protects a business from its competitors. Building a defensible business with a strong moat is crucial to ensure

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🎙 Top Reasons To Share Your Startup Idea Before You Build It

When the lightbulb above your head suddenly illuminates with a startup idea, the instinctive reaction might be to guard it closely. However, this guarded approach might not always serve your best interests. 💡 Let's dive deeper into the top reasons why sharing your startup idea can prove invaluable and how you

Events

🚀 Startup Idea Teardown: Where Ideas Are Refined, Not Just Pitched

Join us for our first Startup Idea Teardown 🥊 Do you have a startup idea? Seeking direction, feedback, or a helping hand? We've got you covered! Apply now for a chance to get expert insights to supercharge your idea. Top ideas will be selected to provide a pitch deck that follows

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🚀 How To Pitch Like a Pro: A Guide for Startup Founders

The journey from an idea to a flourishing business requires dedication, perseverance, and above all, the ability to sell your vision to potential investors and stakeholders. No event exemplifies this more than the Demo Day. Mastering your pitch is like crafting a key that opens the door to the next

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🛑 Top 5 Reasons to Stop Using Zoom For Your Demo Days (Plus 3 Better Alternatives)

The digital wave has transformed startup accelerators. Virtual pitches and events, once a novelty, are now the norm. 🌐 While Zoom has ridden this wave to become a go-to platform for many, there are certain quirks that might make you rethink its use for your standout Demo Day event. 🌐Eager to

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💸 Introducing Kernal Dealroom: The Future of Interactive Virtual Demo Days

Streamline your virtual demo days with a single platform, purposefully designed to connect founders with investors effortlessly. Ok, we've been low-key obsessing over this for the last few months, and guess what? We’re finally ready to let you in on the secret 🤫. After tons of brainstorming🧠, some epic fail

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🚀 5 AI Design Tools to Refine Your Pitch-Deck

Hello new friends with big ideas. 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️ Starting a business is like going on a thrilling rollercoaster ride. 🎢 Sometimes you're up, sometimes you're down, but it's always exciting.  Success in startup life demands more than a fantastic idea—it requires effective communication of this idea. A crucial medium for this is

🦄 Mastering the Art of Startup Pitch Decks: Insights from Dropbox, Airbnb, and Uber

Starting a new business? It's kind of like being in a wild race, and a Demo Day Pitch is where you get to put on your shiny armor and show off your cool ideas, just like a brave knight. Want to turn your small idea into something big and awesome,

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⚔️ Slaying Your Startup's Demo Day: An Ultimate Guide for First-Time Founders 🚀

Hey there, brave first-time founder. So, you're about to step into the wild world of startups on your very first Demo Day? Woohoo! 🎉 Buckle up, because it's going to be one heck of a ride. This guide is here to provide you with essential Demo Day preparation tips. If you're

Events

💡✏️ Recap: Idea to Post with Taptive

Last week, we partnered with our friends at Taptive to host a free writing workshop. We loved hearing about Grant's passion for writing and how Taptive's template can help you create a consistent cadence in writing, a powerful tool in your startup journey. 💥Downloaded over 100x: The Publishing Process (Template)

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🎉 No More FOMO. You Asked, We Listened! Introducing... Notifications

Poppins', can we get a Notification, please? We understand that the pace of startup life can feel like a high-speed train, and missing crucial updates can feel like missing a stop. Your projects are living, breathing entities, and staying informed of their progress shouldn't have to feel like catching a

Navigating the Startup Incubator Experience: A Program Manager's Perspective

🌟 Hello, future change-makers! 💡 If you're perusing this article, you're likely on the brink of applying to a startup incubator. You're in the right place. This guide is filled with insights straight from an incubator program manager's point of view on how to create a stellar application and tools and tips

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Do You Need a Co-Founder for Your Startup? | Founders Guide 🧐🤔

Explore the benefits and challenges of having a co-founder in your startup journey. Get tips and real-life examples to help you make the decision.

The Early Days with Benoit: Building ncScale

Welcome to The Early Days: a series checking in with kickass Founders sharing honest lessons, tips & tricks and a sneak peek into building from the ground up, in public. 👋 Meet ncScale - The GitHub for No-Code Applications We're spotlighting ncScale - a platform designed to provide maintainability, scalability, and security

🎉 Recap: Empowering Creators Workshop with Beehiiv 🐝

In case you missed it, we hosted a workshop last week with our friends from Beehiiv. We received some fantastic questions during the session, and we're here to provide a recap of the discussion, along with valuable resources to support your newsletter journey. Let's dive right in: Workshop Recording & Slides

Getting Started

Ten Entrepreneurship Rules from Kobe Bryant: Startup Lessons for Aspiring Founders

This tweet recently landed in my Slack which inspired a longer look at these 10 Rules and how they apply to Founders and entrepreneurship. Stop scrolling, this is a good one 🏀 KOBE BRYANT’S 10 RULES 1. Get better every single day 2. Prove them wrong 3. Work on your

🚀 Should You Apply to a Startup Incubator? Let's Find Out!

Hey there, future startup founder! Have you ever found yourself wondering whether you should apply to a business startup incubator? 🤔 In this article, we're going to take a deep dive into the world of entrepreneurship incubators, share some real-life startup stories, and sprinkle in some juicy tips to help you

Getting Started

✏️ 5 Writing Tools Every First-Time Founder Needs in Their Toolkit

As a first-time founder, writing will be an integral part of your job. In this article, we will explore the top AI-powered writing tools that can help you succeed, from organizing your thoughts to streamlining task management. To help you be more productive and creative with your writing, here are

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The Early Days with Artem: Building Twool + other ideas💡

Welcome to The Early Days: a series checking in with kickass Founders sharing honest lessons, tips & tricks and a sneak peek into building from the ground up, in public Today, we have Artem, a professional software developer who became an entrepreneur. In this interview, Artem shares his journey into entrepreneurship,

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📚 The Startup Accelerator Handbook: Finding the Perfect Fit for Your Business

Are you an entrepreneur looking to launch and grow your business? Finding the perfect startup accelerator is a crucial step that can significantly impact your success. With numerous options available, it's essential to identify the accelerator that best aligns with your goals and needs. This comprehensive guide outlines the best

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The Early Days with Joseph: Building Supademo

Welcome to The Early Days: a series checking in with kickass Founders sharing honest lessons, tips & tricks and a sneak peek into building from the ground up, in public This is Joseph Lee's story of building Supademo using his experience. Unedited because it's that good. 💡Entrepreneurship Journey I would say

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🎙️We interviewed Elon Musk and the OpenAI founders using ChatGPT. Here's what they said.

Our guest this time is someone you might have already had a conversation with; ChatGPT! We explore the backstory of OpenAI through a series of prompts inspired by the Early Days series. We prompted ChatGPT to respond to each question on behalf of one of the Founders. How good is

💁🏽‍♀️ 16 Women Smashing Ceilings

Morning Builders, This International Women’s Day, we want to celebrate all the innovative women founders stirring up impact worldwide. Being your favourite startup newsletter, we couldn't pass up the chance to spotlight some of our members. So buckle up, skip your next zoom meeting, and let's dig into the

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The Early Days with Marlina: Building Fortay

Welcome to The Early Days: a series checking in with kickass Founders sharing honest lessons, tips & tricks and a sneak peek into building from the ground up, in public. Company culture isn't beer or kombucha flowing taps (while nice 💓) or other things like ping-pong tables or massage chairs. Company culture