Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A

In this episode, Alexandre Karim Howard reflects on key trends observed in the B2B software ecosystem, particularly for startups in Europe, and offers insights on how founders can enhance their chances of success. He emphasizes the importance of being outcome-driven, creating innovative environments for teams, and effectively scaling intuition in decision-making processes. These strategies are aimed at improving capital efficiency and increasing the likelihood of successful fundraising in the coming years.TakeawaysGood product founders speak in outcomes first and foremost.Adapt the length of your iteration cycles to the uncertainty of your business.Objectives should be outcomes, not just deliverables.Instill a mindset of capital efficiency in your teams.Create creative sandboxes for your employees to innovate.Decentralize vision to empower team members.Systemize your intuition to scale decision-making.Minimize multitasking to enhance focus and effectiveness.Reflect on operational models to increase impact.Building a product culture is essential for startup success.Footnote links:Connect with Alex on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex--howard/Need help building product traction? Check out: https://regenerativeproducts.io

In this episode I interview Mike Pilawski, head of product at Miro.As a founder, learn product culture building from the best. How to foster an open culture. How to build an org that actually performs at scale. He also gives us a behind the scene of why Nokia fell. Listen on to find out what they got wrong...Connect with Karim on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex--howard/Need help building product traction? Check out: https://regenerativeproducts.io

How do you build real traction in climate-tech before your Series A?In this episode, Nina Mannheimer, co-founder of Klim, breaks down the steps, pitfalls, and insights from scaling a regenerative agriculture startup in Europe.We talk about:The early decisions that mattered mostCustomer validation in a complex ecosystemWhat Nina wishes she had known soonerHow to build trust and adoption in sustainability marketsPatterns investors look for in b2b softwareIf you're building towards Seed or Series A, this episode brings real-world lessons from someone who’s lived it.Footnote links:Connect with Karim on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex--howard/Need help building product traction? Check out: https://regenerativeproducts.io

We are officially in the founder product era! This means that the product skillset and the CEO skillset overlap more and more. Find out why I created the Series A Blueprint and why CEOs ought to be advised by product leaders.Connect with Karim on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex--howard/Need help building product traction? Check out: https://regenerativeproducts.io

Pivot announcement! We will focus on educating founders and investors around how to operate the product to go from pitch to traction. Share with founders and investors who would be interested!Connect with Karim on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex--howard/Need help building product traction? Check out: https://regenerativeproducts.io