How to write a great investor update

To ensure you have sufficient access to capital, building strong relationships with investors is essential. Although there are several ways to build this relationship, sharing regular investor updates is one of the most important, and arguably the easiest! These updates would take you only a few minutes a month or quarterly to make, but they […]

How to build a successful investor relations strategy

Knut Stålen, CEO in OwnersRoom, has a long career as CFO, working actively with investor relations. He has taken several companies public and been through multiple mergers and acquisitions. You don’t need to be listed at a stock exchange to take investor relations seriously. In listed companies, the Investor relation activities are managed by the […]

Why you should send regular investor updates​

Why you should send regular investor updates If you’re reading this, chances are you have recently closed a funding round or you’re looking to raise capital sometime during the coming months. In either case, you should start sending investor updates on a regular basis. Here’s why. 1. Raising follow-on capital becomes easier If you just […]

Balancing growth and profitability in tech startups

Balancing growth and profitability in tech startups Many tech startups are only focused on growth and aim to become unicorns. Other startups aim for profitability, the cockroach approach (see “How to build a cockroach startup”). This article advocate balanced growth, a strategy that maximize growth given a certain level of profitability. Background The first company I co-founded […]