The Knowledgebase includes articles, links and other materials that we feel are valuable to the entrepreneur and the founding team when they are taking their startup further on the journey. If you have a question you feel would be important to understand/have comments, please feel free to send us an email.
Gorilla is a different kind of VC firm
Here is a article one of our portfolio founders, Jacob from Vinter.co wrote. Definitely worth to read…
The math of portfolio size – why VC need not be so risky
In his Medium post, Matt H. Lerner, founder of Startup Core Strengths, considers thecalculations behind risk and return in venture capital. Using a…
Camels vs Unicorns
In his article for Soaked by Slush, Christian Owens, co-founder and CEO of the scaleupPaddle raises the concern that the metrics currently used to…
Venture capital returns
We came across these two good articles. Definately worth to read you want to understand venture capital: Risk Exploding Problem With Venture Capital…
PMF (Product-Market-Fit) v0.1 vs v1.0
When talking with some of our portfolio companies recently, I had a small epiphany. As all things with startups, the journey to find PMF is neither…
The metrics that matter for baby stage companies
You don’t ask a school kid “how much money you are making”. If you did, that would guide them to skip school and get the odd job they are qualified…
The Corona issue – what to think about it ?
Friday Mach 6, 2020 To: Gorilla Capital portfolio companies From: Risto Rautakorpi The Corona issue – what to think about it Note – I focus entirely…
Start with the Exit in Mind !
Start with the Exit in Mind! - mini-conference was an event for startup entrepreneurs, angel investors, board members and advisors. People…
The subtle art of surviving start-up life
“You can never fully convince someone he is wrong, only reality can” - Nassim Nicholas Taleb The iconoclast authors words ring eerily true for most…
Common startup mistakes
After working with hundreds of different kind of startups in different industries, I must say that startups tend to do common mistakes. The most…
Doing only the things relevant at the stage you are at
What your to-do-list consists of, and what your metrics for measuring progress should be, depend greatly on the stage (see article on stages) you…
Getting Funding is NOT a Strategy
Money is always a consequence, not the root cause. You work – you get paid. You sell – customer pays. You roll the dice and get lucky – you get…
Bad Execution or Bad Assumptions ?
You have a plan, you execute but the results (such as sales) are not there. What’s the problem? Bad salesguy, so fire him and hire a new one…
Exit driven actions - first steps
Exit is something every founder and investor “dreams” about. Exits happen and good exits are results of long work. Building an exit takes long time…
Problem/solution fit canvas
Steve Blank wrote ” The difference between winning startups and those whole lose is that the winners understand why customers buy. The losers never…