First Round State of Startups 2017
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Every year, we survey as many venture-backed startup founders as possible to figure out what it's like to run a technology company right now. This year, we got more responses than ever before — 869 —…
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Stage of company, not name of company
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4 min read · 100 saves · Oct 6th · Summary: When choosing your next company, first determine which stage (pre-product fit, post-product fit, growth or scale) is the best match. Usually only 1 or 2 stages make sense for any given job…
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Secret Amazon Reports Expose Company Spying on Labor, Environmental Groups
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~16 min read · 232 saves · Nov 23rd · Leaked documents reveal Amazon's reliance on Pinkerton operatives to spy on workers and its extensive monitoring of labor unions and social movements.
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Startups: The Very Beginning
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7 min read · 113 saves · Nov 21st · This was the talk I gave at Y Combinator's Future Founders Conference for women. I've given a lot of advice to startups over the past 15 years, but today I'm going to focus on just the advice...
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How Generation Z Is Altering the Face of Entrepreneurship for Good
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4 min read · 27 saves · Nov 24th · Generation Z-ers are approaching business differently and the results have been thrilling.
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