Generating change by focussing on revenue instead of the next funding round
Photo credits; Marcos Ojeda As we have mentioned before, one of the beliefs in our investment thesis is: “The time of the unicorn is over. We
The four criteria we select startups on
This is Part 3 of our Investing series. At NEXT we believe in helping others. Not only startup founders, but also our fellow (informal) investors.
Invest with courage
This is Part 2 of our Investing series. There is often a lot of debate about choices investors make. “Why on earth did Investor X
How we select startups and why: The investment thesis
This is Part 1 of our Investing series. We often get the question how we select our startups and why. Not only from startups, but
Introducing the Lean sprint
Most startups are familiar with development sprints of 1 or 2 weeks. They try to plan work that ‘belongs’ together and release a new version
Displaying your Happy Customers in Mixpanel
In this blog post we dive deeper into Mixpanel Applications. With your own custom Mixpanel Application you can either visualise data in a way Mixpanel
A deep dive at getting Mixpanel right
Last weekend Diego Menchaca, founder of Teamscope and apparently also a big fan of our blog posts, proposed that I should write a blogpost about
Braintrust: a format for powerful peer-to-peer mentoring
For three years in a row, the most valued session during the Rockstart Accelerator programs has been the Braintrust. Esther introduced it as Lean Mentor
Progress board: tracking learnings over time
This is Part 2 of our Innovation Accounting series. For the sake of learning and progress it is important to be able to keep track
