9 Best Articles in 2020
Sam Altman
Startup Playbook
Sam Altman
20+ min read · 1490 saves · From 2015 · To have a successful startup, you need: a great idea, a great market, a great team, a great product, and great execution.
GV
The Design Sprint — Google Ventures
GV
4 min read · 913 saves · 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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16 Startup Metrics | Andreessen Horowitz
a16z.com
9 min read · 863 saves · 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…
Signal v. Noise
RECONSIDER
Signal v. Noise
20+ min read · 802 saves · From 2015 · About 12 years ago, I co-founded a startup called Basecamp: A simple project collaboration tool that helps people make progress together, sold on a…
lennyrachitsky.com
How the biggest consumer apps got their first 1,000 users
lennyrachitsky.com
~15 min read · 692 saves · May 12th · Considering every startup confronts this question at some point, I was surprised by how little has been written about it. Particularly anything actionable. So…
Paul Graham
The Lesson to Unlearn
Paul Graham
~14 min read · 687 saves · 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…
TNW
18 best places to promote your startup for virtually nothing
TNW
8 min read · 580 saves · 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…
medium.com
Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020
medium.com
6 min read · 578 saves · Mar 5th · Here is a note that we sent to Sequoia founders and CEOs today to provide guidance on how to ensure the health of their…
First Round
How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product/Market Fit
First Round
~19 min read · 563 saves · 2018-11-13 · Superhuman founder and CEO Rahul Vohra walks us through the framework his startup used to make product/market fit more actionable, detailing the survey and…
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8 min read · 176 saves · Oct 20th · October 2020One of the biggest things holding people back from doing great work is the fear of making something lame. And this fear is…
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The Secret to Effective Time Management? Smaller Time Blocks
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3 min read · 168 saves · Oct 11th · You know time management is important for busy entrepreneurs. But have you thought about it this way?
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5 hot tips for startups to create a strong brand from day one
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3 min read · 94 saves · Oct 8th · Postponing developing your brand is not an option, as all conscious and unconscious decisions of your organization will influence it,.
Y Combinator
How to Build a Great Series A Pitch and Deck: Series A
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~16 min read · 88 saves · Oct 14th · Janelle Tam · YC’s Series A Program Manager Janelle Tam on how to put together a great Series A pitch and deck.
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Stripe acquires Nigeria’s Paystack for $200M+ to expand into the African continent
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5 min read · 75 saves · Oct 15th · When Stripe announced earlier this year that it had picked up another $600 million in funding, it said one big reason for the funding…
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Mapped: The Top Female Founder in Each Country
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73 saves · Oct 21st · Who are the leading female founders worldwide? From Brazil to Singapore, we show the global landscape of companies with women at the helm.
Inc.
This Founder Built a Business That Is Completely Changing the Way Nurses Find Jobs
Inc.
1 min read · 51 saves · Oct 13th · This job-search site grows by catering to candidates--not employers.
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As investors and founders mature, Vienna emerges as a European startup hub
TechCrunch
6 min read · 48 saves · Oct 13th · According to Austrian Startup Monitor, entrepreneurs have founded more than 2,200 startups in Austria since 2008, with the number of tech companies growing 12%…
Harvard Business Review
Startups, It’s Time to Think Like Camels — Not Unicorns
Harvard Business Review
4 min read · 47 saves · Oct 16th · Alex Lazarow · Three strategies for surviving in a tough environment.
