Summit Guide for Investors
Startup Cairns helps investors navigate the venture landscape.
Startup Cairns helps investors navigate the venture landscape.
The Power Law reminds us to think bigger. People systematically misperceive long tail risk, which creates opportunity for those who manage uncertainty well. We discuss five strategies to identify and exploit long tail opportunity.
Many private equity firms rely on checklists to reinforce best practices. Venture firms earn returns on startup anomalies, yet checklists still help reduce costly oversights.
Building a strong, trusting startup board helps companies navigate tough times and avoid destructive conflicts.
Impact Investing, long a province of development finance institutions, has moved mainstream. My framework shows how venture philanthropy is more scalable and sustainable, though more ambiguous, than grant funding.
Having invested through five downturns, Paul Asel discusses how CEOs can lead effectively and startups can survive and thrive through crises.
Founder Fit should focus on insights, acumen and mindset rather than experience. We offer here a Founder Fit framework and guide how to use it.
Insight beats experience for identifying disruptive startup founders.
Six practices that accelerate product market fit.
Tips for CEOs on assembling a small, balanced, and effective Board to guide startups through tough decisions.
Startup Cairns helps startups reach their summits. Cairns are landmarks that guide climbers' ascents — frameworks and mental models from two decades at NGP Capital to help entrepreneurs navigate steep, treacherous terrain.
