In a startup’s journey to the top, there will undoubtedly be difficult decisions to make. Instagram and Netflix both rose to prominence by quickly pursuing change, both in small and large chunks. When customer behavior validates the incoming developments, then further change can be pursued (part of Eric Ries’ Build-Measure-Learn model). While pivots present a great set of risks for the company, founders must learn to recognize and pursue new paths that will build greatness.
In May 2022, the CEO of TAG Cyber LLC Ed Amoroso released findings from his team, which conducted in excess of 2,000 interviews with cybersecurity startups spanning the last few years. In this report, he detailed three key indicators of cybersecurity startup success he and his team noticed during their deep dive research. As a cybersecurity accelerator intimately involved with startups in cybersecurity and other related technologies, we want to provide our own commentary on these findings based on our experiences in this space to give cybersecurity startups a guide to success.
The startup world is a fast-paced environment, one that no doubt has a definite need for speed, so it only makes sense that there are startup accelerators. At VentureScope, MACH37 is our own in-house start-up accelerator dedicated to helping current cyber companies become the future in this field, especially in the cybersecurity space. In this blog post, we hope to give you a clearer sense of what a startup accelerator does, how it functions, the best time for an accelerator to be a part of a startup’s journey, and how our own accelerator can help launch your startup to success.
Venture capital firms Sequoia and Y Combinator are weary of a possible economic downturn and have already advised their companies to cut-back funding substantially in preparation. In a time of concern, we want to give you a clearer sense of both why there is concern over a recession and emerging trends in 2022 facing startups so you can make the right decisions for you.
In April 2021, the Department of Defense released an internal report stating that China is taking advantage of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Now, on the year of its 40th anniversary, the SBIR may cease to exist if it is not renewed before its contract expires in September 2022. Since this is the nation’s largest innovation program, this report made available to the Wall Street Journal in May 2022 threatens the future of technology innovation in America.
