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What is the one thing that makes your startup unique?

· 3 min read
Wojciech Gruszczyk
Wojciech Gruszczyk
Chief Blog Officer

This blog post emphasizes the importance of focusing on a unique aspect of your startup to attract VC investments, rather than trying to excel in every aspect, which can lead to losing focus and potential failure.

Convincing a VC to invest in your idea isn't easy. You need to show that your startup is special and has the potential to grow. But how do you do that? Most ideas that seem to be unique at first glance are not after a closer look. So how to make your startup attractive to investors?

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Silesian startup ecosystem: unicorns, where are you?

· 3 min read
Wojciech Gruszczyk
Wojciech Gruszczyk
Chief Blog Officer

Silesian startup ecosystem - full of potential, yet not very effective yet. My view on why it is hard to copy Western patterns and see it fly in southern Poland.

It's been three weeks since co.brick released the report: "Preliminary diagnosis of the Silesian startup system" (can be downloaded here). The report was discussed with representatives of the ecosystem, mostly representing technology clusters and local government. Therefore it was discussed mostly from that angle, but how about the local founders? I think that their perspective was missing and in this post, I will try to highlight some of the challenges they are facing.

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