Mike Ghaffary

Contributor

Mike Ghaffary is a general partner at Canvas Ventures, where he invests in innovation for consumers and software. Previously, he was a partner at Social Capital, co-founder and VP of Business Development of Stitcher, VP of Business and Corporate Development at Yelp, and Director of Business Development at TrialPay.

Mike Ghaffary
Startups

Every early-stage startup must identify and evaluate a strategic advantage

Mike Ghaffary
11:11 am PDT • May 14, 2021

Regardless of industry, a successful startup without a strategic advantage is just a validated business model vulnerable to copycat companies looking for a market entry point.

Every early-stage startup must identify and evaluate a strategic advantage

Knowing when your startup should go all-in on business development

Mike Ghaffary
9:35 am PDT • April 1, 2021

There’s a persistent fallacy swirling around that any startup growing pain or scaling problem can be solved with business development. That’s frankly not true.

Knowing when your startup should go all-in on business development