Joe MerrillWant to De-Risk Your Startup? Here’s How To Think About It.There are literally a million things that can kill your startup. Worrying about all of them will likely drive you nuts, and distract you…Jun 4, 2021Jun 4, 2021
Joe MerrillinAustin StartupsFundraising: Don’t Waste Time Convincing SkepticsFind investors who share your “gospel” and understand what you’re doing.Jun 22, 2020Jun 22, 2020
Joe MerrillinAustin StartupsBlitzfailing: How to NOT Grow a CompanySome time around 2016, a company that was raising at a lofty valuation pitched to me requesting capital from one of Sputnik ATX’s…May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
Joe MerrillinAustin StartupsCHANGES AT SPUTNIK ATXWe’re adding more follow-on funding, and here’s how our interview process and classes will look during the pandemic.May 15, 2020May 15, 2020
Joe MerrillinAustin StartupsFive Things to Make Your Business CoronableAfter talking to entrepreneurs over the past two weeks, it seems most businesses are imploding or exploding, depending on how well their…Mar 19, 2020Mar 19, 2020
Joe MerrillinAustin StartupsWatch out for the most common scam in startup worldThree rules to avoid getting scammed by advisorsDec 9, 20195Dec 9, 20195
Joe MerrillinAustin StartupsWhat Entrepreneurs Really Need (and It Isn’t Funding)I recently saw data from Y Combinator comparing what founders consider their biggest obstacle, then contrasting that with a list of the…Nov 25, 2019Nov 25, 2019
Joe MerrillinAustin StartupsIs Your Start-Up Struggling for Sales?The more non-price barriers disappear, the more customers will say yes.Jul 15, 2019Jul 15, 2019
Joe MerrillinAustin StartupsWhat Defines True, Artificial Intelligence?To create a truly self-thinking, self-aware intelligence, not just a complex program that fools man’s ability to detect a fraud.Oct 23, 20183Oct 23, 20183
Joe MerrillinAustin StartupsThe Worst Start-Up, Ever!Angel Sheet is the world’s first fully-social, AI infused, machine learning toilet paper, on the blockchain. Yes, you heard me correctly.Jul 23, 2018Jul 23, 2018
