The Shrinking Half Life of Everything: Melissa Withers on Biz Building in a World of Near Constant Change
On the latest episode of the podcast The Lantern, Melissa Withers joined host Matt Crane for a wide-ranging but lightning fast conversation about building companies amidst near-constant change.
Melissa reflects on how ever-evolving geopolitical, economic, and technological change forces founders to rethink everything and often at the speed of light. “A lot of best practices are out of date… You can’t anchor yourself to long-term stability in the same way.”
Instead, Melissa urges founders to embrace shorter cycles of value creation, stay nimble, and rethink legacy ideas about growth and scale. And she sees this reality play out across the RevUp portfolio in real time.
Born and raised in New England, she also shares what makes Boston unique in this new era, namely a dense, high-talent footprint that increases access to a global network, something that is especially valuable for building dynamic teams that can keep up with a breakneck pace of change.
For founders navigating the journey, Withers urges candid conversation about how to protect what’s most valuable while learning to let go of things that are no longer useful, even if they once were.
Catch the full episode of The Lantern featuring Melissa Withers below or watch on YouTube.
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RevUp Capital invests in B2B and B2C companies that are revenue-driven and ready to double down on growth. We deploy cash and capacity to help companies grow from $1-3M to $10-30M, quickly and efficiently, using a revenue-based model. Companies enter our portfolio with $500K-$3M in revenue, a strong growth rate, and a team that’s ready to scale. Our typical investment range is $300K-$500K.
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