By Yumel Hernandez-Pascual | August 20, 2018
I hear this a lot. I think this question has a lot to do with self-belief and confidence. Nontechies complement techies! Remember sales trumps all in a business. Too many times people build products that do not solve problems and thus no one actually wants. This is essential for a company to survive and nontechies…
By Yumel Hernandez-Pascual | August 19, 2018
This is actually a question I see very often asked by want to be entrepreneurs. Of course Of course I think that is one of the top qualities of a great CEO. They constantly selling to: Recruit employees Convince investors to come on board Selling their vision Selling a narrative compelling to customers Selling to…
By Yumel Hernandez-Pascual | August 19, 2018
There is all this vanity stuff about how much experience you have in an industry, wether you have access to people in that industry, it goes on forever. If I told you a taxi (ride sharing) company could be worth $60+B would you believe me? What is one of the first things we are taught…
By Yumel Hernandez-Pascual | July 20, 2018
This summer I have been doing a lot of growth hacking for the startups in the accelerator. First, What is Growth Hacking? Simply put a growth hacker is a person whose true north star is growth. Its all about acquiring and retaining customers using creative and low-cost strategies. Growth hackers don’t care about budget, expenses,…
By Yumel Hernandez-Pascual | June 30, 2018
This summer I’m interning at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, a leading tech accelerator in NYC where less than 2% of startups applying are accepted. I’m specifically working in depth with a startup called Woveon, where we help companies derive customer analytics across all their different communication channels with the help of AI and Machine Learning. While…