Midstage Startup Momentum

On this week’s edition of the Silicon Valley Momentum Podcast, Roland Siebelink of scaleupallies.com talks about trying to get your startup out of a funk. About four or five years after it’s first founded, most startups start to hit a wall, causing the excitement to die down and making it harder to inspire employees to go the extra mile. Roland talks about the best ways to get your startup out of a funk using examples from startups he’s helped in the past.

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On the latest edition of the Silicon Valley Momentum Podcast, Roland Siebelink of scaleupallies.com spoke with Krish Ramineni, the co-founder of Fireflies, an AI voice assistant. Fireflies.ai has similar functionality to systems like Siri or Alexa but is designed for the workplace. During the podcast, you will hear from Krish about how Fireflies is the perfect workplace assistant while so many people are working remotely amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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In his latest podcast, Roland Siebelink of ScaleupAllies.com tackles the question of how to hold your co-founder accountable. This is one of the most common issues for startup and scale-up leaders who have been working together at the same mid-stage startup for several years. Whether the problem is too much criticism or not enough support from your fellow co-founder, it’s an issue that needs to be approached in the right way.

In this podcast, you will hear:

• Why calling out your co-founder directly can cause more harm than good.

• How reviewing your core values on a regular basis can help you hold your co-founder accountable and keep you on the same page.

• An example of mid-stage startup CodeCov and why they have a core value that makes it easy to hold everyone accountable.

• The three key criteria for reviewing your core values to determine which ones remain relevant and which ones can be let go.

• How the core values of a startup can help keep co-founders on common ground with one another, making it easier to hold one another accountable.

On the latest edition of the Silicon Valley Momentum Podcast, Roland Siebelink of https://scaleupallies.com talks with Jerrod Engelberg, Eli Hooten, and Subhi Beidas, the three re-founders of CodeCov. While CodeCov was originally founded by Steve Peak in 2014, the three re-founders have taken the reins and amassed a user base of nearly one million developers. Together, they are changing code coverage by changing it from a backward-looking practice to a forward-looking practice.

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In this week's podcast, Roland is joined by Rik Chomko and Loren Goodman of InRule Technologies.

Rik and Loren, shares their views on the current news in the Tech Industry, as well as their experiences and key learnings with InRule.

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The tech companies that pull through these during trying times will do so because their founders opened their eyes and started thinking differently. In the last installment of Roland Siebelink’s CRISIS Framework for tech leaders, Roland discusses the 4 key areas new opportunities can be found in. Spoiler: merging with another company is just one of many ways! Be a savvy leader and check out the podcast here:

Your business has survived these tough months - now what? The company has survived but likely has some wounds to deal with around trust and a sense of negativity. Infusing positive energy requires 4 key actions from you as founder. Listen in as Roland Siebelink shares his best tips for finding your stride (and maybe even a better stride!) as we potentially start to approach the other side of the COVID crisis.

To get started right away with bridging the crisis in your startup, go to r13k.co/crisis.  We put together all resources there that we've mentioned in this video: The crisis action plan, a one page crisis bridging plan, other videos, and more.

Layoffs for a startup employee can feel vastly different than for employees at an established company. In today’s episode of our Leading in a Crisis series, Roland talks about the top considerations startups should spend time on before resorting to this cost saving approach. He also shares why moving fast and going big with your RIF plan can actually help build trust and prevent a break down of the culture.

To get started right away with bridging the crisis in your startup, go to r13k.co/crisis.  We put together all resources there that we've mentioned in this video: The crisis action plan, a one page crisis bridging plan, other videos, and more.

In times of a crisis, people want you to tell them what to do.  In the continuation of our CRISIS series, Roland discusses why you need to provide clarity for your team today even if you don’t know what next week will look like. 

Listen to the link below learn how to make quick decisions during these uncertain times.

To get started right away with bridging the crisis in your startup, go to r13k.co/crisis.  We put together all resources there that we've mentioned in this video: The crisis action plan, a one page crisis bridging plan, other videos, and more.

Reality is drastically different than it was a few months ago. Have you fully assessed the new reality in your company? In today's episode, Roland guides you through the 4 aspects of your business that you'll need to find the hard truth on in order to make it through the current market still viable. And he'll even teach you how to avoid falling into the traps of quick, emotion based decisions. Listen in as Roland continues this series on leading your startup through crisis.

To get started right away with bridging the crisis in your startup, go to r13k.co/crisis.  We put together all resources there that we've mentioned in this video: The crisis action plan, a one page crisis bridging plan, other videos, and more.