In the case of a private FinTech company with an ambition is to go public, picking the right time to do so is one of the most important decisions. But it doesn’t stop there. An other question rise, which route should you choose with the variety of options available nowadays? Read the article to get some insight information.
Direct listing is the way to go public for FinTech companies – or is it? Read More »
It’s been less than a year since the Member States of the European Union had to cope with transposing the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD5) into their national legislation. But, they had no time to sit back. Let’s see, what has changed since then.
Crime reversed: AMLD6 challenges compliance teams but leaves no mercy for criminal Read More »
Read our article about the invisible creature that has turned the whole world upside down and changed it dramatically in a very short time. The current crisis is like no other, it is unlike anything experienced in our lifetimes—and with that, there is substantial uncertainty about its impact on people’s lives and livelihoods now, and in the future.
The estimated amount of money laundered annually is between $800 billion – $2 trillion. This puts the recent global anti-money laundering efforts into perspective. We have dug into some of the biggest and most famous money laundering scandals in history.
Biggest money laundering scandals in history Read More »
FIUs are supposed to be hubs of financial intelligence. Do they fulfill their role?
The functioning and non-functioning of FIUs Read More »
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“Is your team the dream team? How much percentage should each founder get?” One of the core ingredients to success is the right team with complementing skills and personalities: early stage investors (and business partners too, by the way) will invest in the team, not the idea. Our goal is to guide you in building a strong and well-functioning team, as well as help you uncover potential friction points or weaknesses in the team, so that you can address them in the very beginning. When it comes to the fair split with your co-founders, if you need a reference point, or just want reassurance, we have developed our own tool for equity split calculation. Hint: the one answer that’s certainly wrong is a hasty 50-50 split.
You have spotted a problem and found a viable solution – in other words, you have your idea. What’s the next step? You need to make sure that the problem your business is trying to solve is a valid problem for a wide enough group, and that
Are you sure that the problem your business is trying to solve is a valid problem for a wide enough group?
When you spot a problem and think you have found a viable solution to create a business around, it’s all too easy to get excited and jump straight into ideating a solution.
Avoid making something and then hoping people buy it when you could research what people need and then make that.
It doesn’t make any sense to make a key and then run around looking for a lock to open.
There are many ingredients in the recipe for creating a successful startup, but most certainly whatever you read and wherever you go, one of the first pieces of advice is going to be to do your homework properly regarding the validation. You have to validate both your problem and your solution to be able to define the perfect problem-solution and later on the product-market fit. If you manipulate your future customers into liking your solution or do not reveal all the aspects and layers of a problem you identified, your idea can easily lose its ground and with that the probability of it surviving and actually being turned into a prosperous business. Let us know if we can help at this initial but yet super-important stage.
Validation is the first step in moving towards learning more about the problem you are ultimately looking to solve.
Finding your unique value proposition is only possible if you take a thorough glance at your competitors. The world of tech is highly competitive, particularly so when you operate in a field with low entry barriers, you need to carefully examine and regularly update the news and developments of those companies who act in the same field and market. This might lead to several pivots for you if necessary, because you can significantly increase your chances of success if you can offer a—at least in some aspect—unique solution to your customers. The introduction as “we are like Uber/Snapchat/WeWork/Spotify, only better” is hardly sufficient in most cases. Unless you really are so much better, but then you need to know that too, so up the competitive analysis.
