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Clarity

Sara Klaben

Tel Aviv, Israel

American expat entrepreneur living Tel Aviv. Working on a startup for location independent professionals + encouraging remote work and alternative living models. Experience consulting in organizational development, ideation, startups, and business management, HR, talent management, career development.

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Ideation

Coming up with an amazing idea is one of the hardest parts of starting your new business. Sometimes, just having an experienced professional to bounce ideas off of can be extremely helpful in finding that perfect idea that is special and perfectly timed to the market. I have gone through the ideation process with hundreds of entrepreneurs, colleagues, friends, and family and I would love to help you pinpoint your added value and hone in on the right idea. I have personally launched 3 startups and am working on my 4th. My favorite part of the process is honing in on the right idea and finding the perfect angle for it to succeed.

Starting Startup #1

It's tough to make the leap to become an entrepreneur. I'll walk you through some amazing resources and ideas of how you can start out strong. Hopefully this will save you some of the "learning from making mistakes" time that we all go through at the beginning.

Alternative Career Advising

I have worked as a Talent Management professional for over 7 years with major global corporations and small startups - through this job, I helped organizations and individuals understand and reach their full potential. I really enjoy helping people think about their career options and discover the right next step. I like to use specific tools that can help you understand and analyze your needs and what kind of workplace/role is perfect for you. I personally have taken my career remote in the past couple of years and have helped others explore alternative career models that incorporate new ways of work/life balance and location independence. I would be happy to discuss both traditional and alternative career models to find out what is right for you.

Organizational Diagnoses

I have worked as an organizational development consultant for over 7 years with major global corporations and small startups - through this job, I helped organizations get through major changes, diagnose where they can further improve/develop, and strategize their next steps. I would love to learn more about your business and help you continue to build a strong and healthy business. Sometimes you just need that external look to give the necessary perspective and ideas to help you take things to the next level.

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How can i proceed with my startup with out a Tech Co-founder ?

Great question - here are a couple of comments to consider:
-Having a cofounder (tech or not) can be extremely useful even if it means losing some equity. When the startup ride gets tough, this will be your person and your main support system. Right now it might seem like you may not need that even in the future, but when you are burnt out, dealing with difficult investors or sluggish growth, you may want someone as "in it" as you are. From my personal experience I know I never thought I would get burnt out or down about my own idea but in the end it happens to everyone and your co-founder will pick you up in these moments. I originally took more equity than my first cofounder and have now adopted a 50/50 model most of the time, primary because of the importance of having someone else as invested in it as me. And also, having 100% of something that doesn't make it is meaningless in the end.
-If you have proved your concept in the local market, it may be a good time to raise a seed round that can help you cover the investment to create the bigger platform.

OPTIONS FOR PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT
1. Outsource to a good company that can execute on your vision with limited funds and no equity. Keep in mind you will need upkeep and continued support over time (after the initial development), which means more $/time than the original quote and an continued relationship with the team
2. Build the platform on a sophisticated visual programming software where you can execute it yourself without code. I personally have used www.bubble.is and it is pretty awesome. You need to think like a programmer but you don't need to write code. You can do almost anything and it's easy to use. With this option you can manage changes and iterations yourself or with a freelancer.
3. Bring on a cofounder that you believe in and want to share equity with - someone who brings added value to your team and your product. You should want to share equity with this person bc they do something you cannot do and they are your partner!

Keep in mind that everyone who touches the code will have their own methods, and use their own preferred language etc. and this can make it hard to pass from team to team or person to person.

Happy to discuss further if I can be helpful!

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