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Interview: How to get People & Talent right for startup growth buff.ly/2RSxZdx

When and how should startups outsource growth? buff.ly/2IasZRc

How To Know Your Market buff.ly/2XhCWPZ

A founder guide to reference calls "The best way to kick off the conversation is to put the ball immediately in their court. Start with a big open question like: what do you think of Candidate X? What has been your most lasting perception of him/ her?" buff.ly/2C7opxJ

📣NEW POST KLAXON📣 This week, @ChrisCorbishley returns to the Path Forward to talk about reference calls. How do you structure them to get the most from your evaluation of investors, non-execs and new hires? buff.ly/2C7opxJ

“Everything” cannot be your priority Building a startup is impossible to do alone. It’s very common for stress to come from the desire to complete everything you know your startup needs to survive. buff.ly/2Ddohw6

Value your business, like you’ve never done before buff.ly/2Lp8v4r

The Path to Yes: Getting a place at FP Office Hours buff.ly/2KKiJit

📣NEW POST: How to manage the stress of building a great startup 📣 buff.ly/2Ddohw6 by @dhrmshr "Mental health needs to be taken as seriously as physical health. But startup culture often sees founders over do it when it comes to their mental threshold."

Retaining your Early Stage Team buff.ly/2WryMoo

Evidencing your brand promise: Five steps to building a coherent narrative buff.ly/2KPi1AN

How to set up your options scheme buff.ly/2QPmamV

📰 Welcome to FP Monthly! 📰 Today we launch the first issue of a monthly publication from Forward Partners, including a headline long read, which events you can meet us at, and news from our team. Check it out, pass it on and subscribe below! mailchi.mp/forwardpartner…

How to win the fight of value vs price buff.ly/2Dw8HgF

It is not always a case of 'go big or go home' -sometimes a smaller fundraising round gets a better result ow.ly/lrTb50kkEeN #fundraising #VC #startup @brisbourne @ForwardPrt

📣 New on The Path Forward 📣 @LouiseCRix tells us how to price you product on value, not just cost. Read on to learn about the Trade-off Triangle, and examples of how to get it right buff.ly/2Dw8HgF

Our next FP Live event is coming up fast, interviewing founder @adepledge about her experience second time round on 6 February. Get your ticket here: buff.ly/2C8uuJl

📣 NEW POST KLAXON 📣 In this week's Path Forward, our CFO gives a guide to setting up your companies share options scheme. Where can you save money and where must you get advice? Check out the details, or join in with the conversation at the link below. buff.ly/2QPmamV

📣Introducing the FP Founders Programme 2018. 📣 We are looking for 6 of the best early #startup #founders, to provide them with weeks of guidance to refine their idea. For free. And then to invest in the best. Find out more and apply on our blog: forwardpartners.com/blog/introduci…