Quentin Nickmans

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐄. It’s not that the toolkit is gone—when entry margins are low, they still improve meaningfully during ownership. But the game has changed: most PE-backed businesses today are already high-margin at entry. There’s simply less room to optimize. Even when margins do expand, it’s often due to operating leverage from buy-and-build, not classic operational improvement. 👉 That’s just one finding from our new Value Creation in PE report. 🔗 Link in the comments

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WHY CUTTING PEOPLE FROM OUR TEAM MADE US BETTER Sounds harsh. But it worked. We used to run projects with 10+ people. > Everyone involved. Everyone aligned. > And everything... slow. So we stripped it down to the essentials: 👉 1 Designer 👉 1 Developer 👉 1 Innovation Manager 👉 1 Content Creator 👉 Me – CEO, keeping the vision sharp and pushing for speed. Plus: AI in every role it fits. (Yes, it saves time. But more importantly – it forces clarity.) What happened? Less coordination. > Fewer opinions. > More ownership. > More output. The real unlock? > Every task has ONE clear owner. > Everyone brings their craft. > No blurred lines. No noise. Just speed. If your team is stuck: > Don’t add more people. > Cut. Focus. Ship. ——— Chances your innovation strategy is broken are 94% https://lnkd.in/dexsVrw8 #innovation #innoweek #venturestudio #companybuilder #startupstudio #vc

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Strategic 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 > Burnout 𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Startups are built on ambition. But lately, investors are looking for something else too: 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 According to a new AInvest report, VCs are valuing founders who can 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 .not just for the product, but for the people behind it. 𝐖𝐡𝐲? Because burnout kills companies as fast as bad strategy. Here’s what strategic resilience looks like: - Building systems that 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭 when markets shift - Protecting team energy so 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 stays sharp - Combining bold ideas with financial 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 - Playing the 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 instead of sprinting into exhaustion Investors aren’t just asking, “How big can this get?” They’re asking, “𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭?” The message for founders is clear: resilience isn’t weakness it’s leverage. In a volatile market, it 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. P.S. Founders, what’s one thing you’ve done in your company to make it more resilient this year? Please share your insights in the comments below. Follow: #ScaleUPCFO Contact: Mohamed Chaudry #FounderResilience #StartupStrategy #InvestorInsights #ScaleUpCFO #BusinessSustainability The Scale Up CFO Hub

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Happy to announce that Lightspeed preempted our Series A (about 6 months after we closed our Seed funding). We now have an additional $20M to scale Doctronic from 1 million to 100 million users. But funding isn't the story. The story is that Americans have already chosen our AI for healthcare. 50,000 to 100,000 visits weekly. Half come back in 7 days. Treatment plans that match board-certified clinicians 99% of the time. While others debate if AI belongs in healthcare, we shipped it. We've handled 15 million medical conversations. Instead of waiting three weeks for primary care, you can get it in 20 minutes from a licensed physician for $39. The physician shortage hits 120,000 by 2034. We're not waiting. Neither are our users. Proud to have LSVP leading this round with USV, Mantis Venture Capital, Seven Stars and angels like Dr. Fei-Fei Li, Scott Belsky, and Jay Desai who understand that accessible healthcare can happen today.

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