During Philly Tech Week, the Startup Pitch Night featured advice from those who have already been there including Mike Levinson, a founder of both WizeHive and DreamIt Ventures.
Attendee Rocco DiCicco, a social worker and IT specialist in the city’s prison system, shared some of is favorite takeaways.
- Understand Your Endgame…
- Be Realistic About Your Funding And Marketing Needs…
- Cherish Your Equity, Or You Only Get One Pie…
- Give Your Staff The Credit…
- Don’t Hire Easy, Hire Right…
- Lead By Example…
- Relentlessly Keep Overhead Low
- Make Good Not Perfect Decisions, But Execute Well…
- Determination Is Most Important Factor In Spotting A Successful Entrepreneur
- Start Narrow In Focus, Expand Later
- Traction Trumps Just About Everything Else…
This is a guest post from Rocco DiCicco.
Companies:
DreamIt Ventures / WizeHive
Join our growing Slack community
Join 5,000 tech professionals and entrepreneurs in our community Slack today!
Donate to the Journalism Fund
Your support powers our independent journalism. Unlike most business-media outlets, we don’t have a paywall. Instead, we count on your personal and organizational contributions.
National AI safety group and CHIPS for America at risk with latest Trump administration firings
Immigration-focused AI chatbot wins $2,500 from Temple University to go from idea to action
The good news hiding in Philly’s 2024 venture capital slowdown
