Lak Ananth

🤔 Are you a founder prepping for your Series A? @lananth & @wtswill continue their Seed to Series A playbook by sharing advice for #founders building investor relationships. Learn how to best approach investor relationships here 👉 bit.ly/3FDwI4w

Do you need to make your first finance hire? Prioritize someone who aligns with your business, takes initiative, and accelerates growth. @wtswill and I cover what founders need to consider before bringing on a finance hire in our latest post. Read it here: bit.ly/3YzKiP8

Are you a venture-backed founder contemplating making an acquisition? Contrary to popular belief—that may not be the best path forward. Read more at bit.ly/3q6n86c

Is it time to put together your first board?🤝 In the first of a two-part series, @lananth and @wtswill share their advice for founders structuring their first boards. Read more here👉 next47.com/your-first-boa… #boardofdirectors #startupfounder #earlystagestartups

“Our mission of protecting people, property & privacy unifies us. Whether you’re a customer or a partner, every time you implement a Verkada product, you’re doing the mission-critical work to keep your organizations and customers safe. Everyone deserves to feel safe.” #VerkadaOne

Congrats @djsampath and @armorblox team. Glad that you chose to partner with @next47, all the best at @Cisco

🎉Congratulations to the Pando team on today's $30M Series B funding. We're thrilled to continue partnering with you! @lananth and @coltondempsey share their insights into Pando's unique opportunity to pioneer the future of logistics. Check it out👇 medium.com/next47/next47s…

Making your first sales hire? 📈 @lananth and @wtswill share some ways to avoid the mistakes founders often make as they scale in the early stage👇 bit.ly/42hckQ4 #sales #startupfounder #earlystagestartups

Trying to figure out what's next in your enterprise startup's journey? Enter the Enterprise Founders Playbook: Seed to Series A 🎯 First up, @lananth and @wtswill tackle the importance of an early operating plan and how to build one that works for you. medium.com/next47/to-plan…

1. I have been trying to find the best "first question" to ask a startup when I meet with them. After many iterations, I think I have it. Here it is, and here's why it works.

Skills we are looking for in these individuals: 1. Strategic thinker 2. Positioning/storyteller 3. Multi-audience thinker (not just media) 4. Social media skills 5. Data-driven + creative 6. Hustle to makes things happen 7. Persistence 8. Previous agency experience not required.

Anticipate Failure audiobook is now available on Audible and through Amazon. amazon.com/Anticipate-Fai…

@Wharton book authors were spotlighted in the School’s magazine this quarter. Spoiler alert: yes, one of them is Anticipate Failure, which also is coming soon to Audible. magazine.wharton.upenn.edu/digital/alumni… anticipatefailure.com

Pleased to share that copies of Anticipate Failure are available in the UK. I wrote the book with founders in mind, knowing the variety of decisions and risks they will face. @next47 has been there many times, and we are always there for our founders. anticipatefailure.com/ebook/

See @asmagglobal's interview with our CEO Filip Kaliszan who shares how Verkada helps organizations protect people and assets by delivering a centralized security platform that's easy to use, effortless to maintain, and scales limitlessly across sites. asmag.com/showpost/32741…

Recently joined author and advisor on leadership and organizational performance, @Chris__Roebuck, for a discussion on shared patters of failure in innovation. #anticipatefailure, #founders, #Leadership perspectivesfromthetop.com/episodes/ep-8-…

Congrats Mortiz, Gabriel and the Alaiko team for choosing Next47 to be their partner as they build Europe’s premier e-commerce fulfilment business alaiko.com/en/alaiko-seri…

@FastCompany writer @Judith_Humphrey shares some of the advice in my book, Anticipate Failure. fastcompany.com/90711846/5-all…

Thrilled to share @WIRED has just written a review of my book Anticipate Failure wired.com/story/2021-sta…