This week on the startup to scaleup journey:

• Direct to Consumer favours startups
• Board management is a critical success factor
• Pivoting insights several months on
• Expanding to the US
• 'Warm intros' undermine diversity

This week on the startup to scaleup journey:

• European startups need corporate support
• Angels rising in significance
• Rolling Funds are changing the private investor landscape
• Complementary co-founders - footnote 
• Every Company Will Be a Fintech Company

This week on the startup to scaleup journey:

• Founder mental health - who cares?
• Complementary co-founders
• Diversity becoming a key factor for investors
• Fake Product/Market fit
• The big shift from Public to Private equity

This week on the startup to scaleup journey:

• Startups shouldn't launch products
• Platform businesses - find a compelling use case if you want funding
• The core ingredient in your pitch for growth capital 
• The era of Product Led Growth
• NDAs and investors

This week on the startup to scaleup journey:

• Too many founders are invisible in the public sphere
• The most critical slide in the deck: 'Why now?'
• Why VCs will pass on your startup
• Why startups fail - feedback from post mortems
• Despite the flood of talent, hiring hasn't become easier

This week on the startup to scaleup journey:

• Don't study greatness, study failure
• How to respond to VC Associates
• Diversity in VC
• Board letters bring better perspective
• Public to Private shift continues