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9 Best Articles in 2021
Sam Altman
Startup PlaybookSam Altman
20+ min read · From 2018 · Written by Sam Altman · Illustrated by Gregory Koberger · Spanish translationWe spend a lot of time advising startups. Though one-on-one advice will always be crucial, we thought it might help us…
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GV
The Design Sprint — Google VenturesGV
5 min read · From 2015 · The sprint is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.
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a16z.com
16 Startup Metrics | Andreessen Horowitza16z.com
10 min read · From 2015 · We have the privilege of meeting with thousands of entrepreneurs every year, and in the course of those discussions are presented with all kinds of numbers, measures, and metrics that illustrate the…
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signalvnoise.com
RECONSIDERsignalvnoise.com
20+ min read · From 2015
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Lenny Rachitsky
How the biggest consumer apps got their first 1,000 usersLenny Rachitsky
~16 min read · 2020-05-12 · Considering every startup confronts this question at some point, I was surprised by how little has been written about it. Particularly anything actionable. So I decided to do my own digging. I spent…
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Paul Graham
The Lesson to UnlearnPaul Graham
~15 min read · 2019-12-07 · December 2019 The most damaging thing you learned in school wasn't something you learned in any specific class. It was learning to get good grades.When I was in college, a particularly earnest…
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medium.com
Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020medium.com
6 min read · 2020-03-05 · Here is a note that we sent to Sequoia founders and CEOs today to provide guidance on how to ensure the health of their business while…
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The Verge
The next big social network trend? Shortform audioThe Verge
5 min read · Jul 16th · Voice notes with viral dreams
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TNW
18 best places to promote your startup for virtually nothingTNW
8 min read · From 2017 · When you have launched a startup or prototype, one of the most important strategies to prove is your business concept and gaining early user traction. If you’re like most startup founders, you don’t have much money, nor do you have enough money to hire a PR agency. However, to become a great entrepreneur means you […]
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Why it’s more profitable to back women-led start-ups
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Women still have a venture capital problem. This is how we actually fund female entrepreneurs
Fast Company
The Minimum Viable Testing Process for Evaluating Startup Ideas
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Intuit to buy Mailchimp for $12 billion
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What minority founders must consider before entering the venture-backed startup ecosystem
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The Minimum Viable Testing Process for Evaluating Startup IdeasFirst Round
20+ min read · Sep 14th · The traditional approach is to do some customer research, throw an MVP out there as fast as possible, and hope it hits. After being early at three startups that achieved over $1M in run-rate in their…
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In an MVP, you try to simulate the entire car. In an MVT, you are just testing whether the drivetrain is more powerful with an electric engine or a gas one.
If you focus on MVTs instead of MVPs, you get closer to the heart of the question: Can you predict success before you launch? I believe the answer is yes. With the right approach, you can make a strong prediction about your chance of success and reduce (not eliminate) your chance of failure.
For each MVT you run, you should ask yourself again: Now that I’ve proven or disproven that risk, what are other risks I should be considering and testing against?
MIT Technology Review
Meet Altos Labs, Silicon Valley’s latest wild bet on living foreverMIT Technology Review
8 min read · Sep 4th · Funders of a deep-pocketed new "rejuvenation" startup are said to include Jeff Bezos and Yuri Milner.
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Yamanaka’s breakthrough discovery was that with the addition of just four proteins, now known as Yamanaka factors, cells can be instructed to revert to a primitive state with the properties of embryonic stem cells.
Staving off death is a thing that you have to work at…If living things don’t actively work to prevent it, they would eventually merge with their surroundings and cease to exist as autonomous beings. That is what happens when they die.
First Round
Advice for the Pre-Product/Market Fit Days — This Founder’s Playbook for Pivoting with PurposeFirst Round
20+ min read · Sep 9th · CEO Tara Viswanathan shares her biggest lessons from the early years of building Rupa Health — including how to pivot your way into the right product and build the winning team.
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Most conventional startup advice out there is post-product/market fit, but it’s dangerous to take that advice when you’re still pre-product/market fit. 
The most common mistake I’ve seen founders struggle with is falling in love with a particular product or solution and thus spending too many cycles on something that doesn’t work. 
In startups, there will be times you need to persist, and times you need to pivot — therein lies the founder’s dilemma. To get conviction on the right path, validate your gut feelings with logic and research.
World Economic Forum
14 lessons from entrepreneurs on starting your own businessWorld Economic Forum
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business
Summary, by the author
How can entrepreneurs turn their ideas into successful start-ups?
We spoke with 14 entrepreneurs in the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers community.
Lessons include testing your assumptions, being open to new opportunities and never stop learning.
Read the full article  (~12 min read)
TechCrunch
The remote work argument has already been won by startupsTechCrunch
3 min read · Aug 28th · Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter for your weekend enjoyment.
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First Round
A UX Research Crash Course for Founders — Customer Discovery Tips from Zoom, Zapier & DropboxFirst Round
20+ min read · Sep 2nd · Zoom’s Jane Davis answers all of your tricky customer development questions, creating a highly tactical guide for founders flying solo on UX research as they explore startup ideas, validate concepts,…
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TechCrunch
What 377 Y Combinator pitches will teach you about startupsTechCrunch
4 min read · Sep 4th · Along with a cadre of other TechCrunch folks, I spent this week extremely focused on one event: Y Combinator. The elite accelerator announced a staggering 377 startups as its Summer 2021 cohort. We…
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Inc.
The Biggest Misconception On Why Startups FailInc.
3 min read · Aug 27th · Startups don't fail because there wasn't a market need. They fail because they're missing one key element.
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TechCrunch
Here are all the companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 Demo Day, Part 1TechCrunch
20+ min read · Aug 31st · Today Y Combinator kicked off the Demo Day cycle for its Summer 2021 cohort. The collection of early-stage startups on day one-of-two alone numbered in the hundreds, meaning that we had to assemble a…
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Axios
Intuit to buy Mailchimp for $12 billionAxios
Sep 13th · It's a huge windfall for founders of the company, which didn't give stock to employees.
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This would be the largest-ever acquisition of a privately-held bootstrapped company
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