Book series, podcast & blog for B2B entrepreneurs. Please follow the co-authors @taeheanahm & @BobTinker & check out our website, too!

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๐Ÿฆ„ After years of working with founders and seeing their struggles, we've built something truly actionable. Read more about Path to Surfing Unicorn and why we made it below, or go to SurvivaltoThrival.com and see for yourself. Let's ride this wave together! ๐Ÿ„โ€โ™€๏ธ
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Most startups fail from premature scaling, not a bad product. The 5-stage map to $1B ARR: Founding: 3 "desperate" partners PMF: $1M ARR >1.2 NRR Unlock Growth: >$1M net new ARR/qtr Scale: 2x category growth Lead: Become the OS Don't surf before you catch the wave. ๐Ÿ„โ€๐Ÿ“ˆ
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Just wrapped up a trip to Korea and Germany, speaking at SNU ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท and Future Day ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช We discussed the #BigAIWave, #FounderStorytelling, and the race to become a #CategoryLeader. Slides from both talks are free at SurvivaltoThrival.com
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A startup's story is its most powerful asset. It's what turns a product into a movement. Not a natural storyteller? Use Joseph Campbell's framework & an LLM to craft your epic narrative. Build your story, build your legacy. #StartupLife #FoundingStory #VentureCapital
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Learn more on our blog: survivaltothrival.com/post/tโ€ฆ

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What a summer for @S2Thrival! Since June, I've shared P2SU globally with innovators from Oslo to Seoul to Berlin. We discussed: ๐ŸŒŠ The AI Wave, ๐Ÿ Race to Category Leader,๐Ÿ”ฎ Predictive Scaling, and๐Ÿฆ„ Unlock Growth. See any slides you like, get them at SurvivaltoThrival.com
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Just wrapped up another fantastic workshop in Munich at @cdtm_munich! We dived into the updated and newly launched Path to Surfing Unicorn presentations (now available for free download on survivaltothrival.com). #Munich #CDTM #SurvivalToThrival
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Need to craft a powerful 1 page summary for investors in just 5 minutes? Check out our 1 pager template below. Get instant insights & refine your pitch today! ๐Ÿ‘‡ For more resources like this, get your free download of Path to Surfing Unicorn on survivaltothrival.com. ๐Ÿฆ„
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Ahead of next week's official P2SU launch, here's some background on co-author & @stormventures managing director, @taeheanahm. He's done hundreds of workshops and distilled it into these nine chapters. Not long now! Check back next week to download P2SU for FREE ๐Ÿฆ„
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A little bit more about S2T co-author @BobTinker and why he's excited about next week's P2SU launch! ๐Ÿ„ Between founding multiple successful startups and years of mentoring founders, Bob's no-nonsense approach in P2SU will help your company reach its full potential.
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New to #SurvivalToThrival? Get a quick intro to our co-authors! Meet @BobTinker (serial entrepreneur) & @taeheanahm (Storm Ventures co-founder). Here's a little background about the minds behind S2T and P2SU! Thank you for the video EO Studio! ๐Ÿ‘‡
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๐Ÿฆ„ Surfing Unicorn journey: PMF to Mega-Category Leader. It's about growth AND happy customers. More in our decks! Follow @S2Thrival & subscribe here: mailchi.mp/survivaltothrivalโ€ฆ #SurfingUnicorn #StartupJourney
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๐Ÿ„โ€โ™€๏ธ What makes a "Great Surfer" in business? Vision, growth, execution. Sneak peek from our Surfing Unicorn decks. Follow @S2Thrival & subscribe for updates. #SurfingUnicorn
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๐Ÿ„ Big Waves = Big Market Shifts! New openings, pain points, & disruption. CEOs: Shape the future, don't just react. More in our "Surfing Unicorn" series. Don't miss out on the official launch - follow @S2Thrival! #SurfingUnicorn #BigWaves #Leadership
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We're just about ready to launch the latest iteration of Survival to Thrival - ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ. Designed for founders, leaders, and executives this new presentation series will breakdown how to succeed now and anticipate what's next.
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Really enjoyed speaking at last week's Lotte x @TheMiilkInc program! Shared an intro to my "Path to Surfing Unicorn" series ๐Ÿ„. Thanks @gjack & teams for organizing! Full materials coming soon via @S2Thrival ๐Ÿฆ„ #PathtoSurfingUnicorn #Startups #VentureCapital
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Now Loading.... Path to Surfing Unicorn ๐Ÿฆ„ Let us know what you're most excited to learn in the comments! ๐Ÿ™Œ Don't miss the official launch - subscribe to the ๐Ÿ“ฐ ๐—ฆ๐Ÿฎ๐—ง ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: mailchi.mp/survivaltothrivalโ€ฆ
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๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜-๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ถ๐˜ The measure of success during this phase is achieving Product-Market Fit (PMF). PMF is a critical milestone and a well-documented concept.
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Ironically, loud customer complaints when product issues happen is a sign of importance (but better to avoid issues). โ€ข ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ/๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ. Customers start recommending the product to their peers, and inbound customer interest accelerate.
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Consider yourself introduced to Enterprise PMF. Check back in a couple of weeks on how to find it! Or head over to SurvivaltoThrival.com
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