This week, Caroline Franczia, founder of Uppercut-First, takes us to Las Vegas with Ocean’s Eleven to demonstrate that a well executed pricing strategy is like a good robbery: it takes planning.
05.11.2020
I am not a gamer. Unless you count way too many hours playing 2048 as gaming, then I am. But really, I’m not. So I apologise in advance for making up my own lingo and not knowing all the hacks and rules. Gamers, stay with me, this is going to be worth it despite lack of COD skills (I am only at level 46).
03.11.2020
In business, your leverage in negotiations is directly proportional to your size. When you’re a startup, you’re freaking tiny. So how do you get a big deal done without giving away the company?
03.11.2020
Let’s clear up a big misconception about visionaries and their killer product ideas. Entrepreneurs and CEOs have vision, sure, but it’s not the kind of vision that sees into the future and gets an exclusive sneak preview of the next big thing. Those ideas need validation.
27.10.2020
This week, Caroline Franczia, founder of Uppercut-First, takes advantage of the spooky, foggy, rainy season of Halloween to call upon the ‘Ghostbusters’ to share best practices with your frontline teams.
22.10.2020
Let’s face it, there are more people out there with ideas than talent. When it comes to online marketing, content is key but not everyone has the writing skills to create readable, searchable and trendable content. That’s why outsourcing content is a common choice for thousands of brands the world over.
20.10.2020
It can be a very fine line between an awesome customer experience and a horrible customer experience. Most of the time, the difference comes down to whether or not you can get the information you need from the customer to be able to deliver what they want. The more information you need, the more difficult it is to get.
20.10.2020
I’ve been coding for over 20 years, so I can assure you that no-code is not new. But saying no-code is hot right now is a massive understatement, akin to declaring Bitcoin hot in 2016 or mobile apps hot in 2010.
13.10.2020
Seeking funding can be an overwhelming process for any startup at the best of times. A variety of factors come into play from the maturity of a product or services to the experience of the leadership team, as well as personalities and even luck.
13.10.2020
This week, Caroline Franczia, founder of Uppercut-First, ventures into the Jumanji jungle to address the differences between selling and generating revenue. She draws on the methodology of a ‘common language’, which she has taught to startup teams across Europe and the US.
08.10.2020
For many entrepreneurs, myself included, we’d rather have a series of root canals than pick up the phone and face the possibility of someone we don’t know laughing or swearing at us. Yeah. I’ve had nightmares like that.
06.10.2020
This week, Caroline Franczia of Uppercut-First is uncovering the secret sauce of top sales leaders, with the help of one of the most outstanding leaders of all time: Nelson Mandela. Using references from Invictus, she'll deliver some critical advice about winning on a human level.
01.10.2020
Should you spend $50,000 to build out your tech? This is not as uncommon a question as you might think. As crazy as it sounds, quite a few entrepreneurs have access to that kind of money. Or at least they think they do.
29.09.2020
This week Caroline Franczia of Uppercut first looks into the secret of the elite Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor school that opened in 1969, more commonly known as the ‘Top Gun’ training program to draw the parallels with revenue top achievers and the required skills to manage, train, develop and retain such category of risk-taking hot-shot elite.
24.09.2020