Investors consider many factors when making an investment decision. One of them is the team - they expect it to be solid, hands-on, and motivated to deliver what the startup promises. That is not always the case.
One of the common problems impact-driven founders face is finding the right investor. It means someone who cares both about the profit and impact.
Getting a referral to an investor is one of the best ways to speed up your fundraising process. But you need to follow a couple of rules when asking for a referral.
There is a common problem that we’ve seen in many pitch decks of impact-driven startups. It’s the lack of balance between emphasizing financial returns and the purpose behind ideas and companies.
It took us 6 years and a lot of trial and error to transform Ragnarson into a self-managed company where people get to even set their own salaries. This series of blog posts is a step-by-step guide to changing your organisation into a self-managed one.
In 2016, a crisis was at our doorstep at Ragnarson. There were more and more software agencies appearing around us, and we felt like we were “just like everyone else,” with the same, undifferentiated offering.
In April 2018, my business partners at Ragnarson and I joined a local group of IT entrepreneurs in Lodz, Poland. We usually meet once a month and discuss topics that are relevant to our interests. It's a place to learn from each other and share our struggles.
Have you ever worked on a project where everything just flowed smoothly, work was getting done fast, and your team was killing it?
During my studies, I became a DevOps engineer at Ragnarson, a software consultancy based in Łódź, Poland. The company was run by Łukasz Piestrzeniewicz, one of the key people in the Polish Ruby on Rails scene.
Over the years, I’ve collaborated with dozens of successful European startup founders. Many of them weren’t interested in building remote companies.