9 Best Articles in 2021
Sam Altman
Startup Playbook
Sam Altman
20+ min read · 1556 saves · 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…
GV
The Design Sprint — Google Ventures
GV
4 min read · 926 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 · 876 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 of numbers, measures, and metrics that illustrate the…
Signal v. Noise
RECONSIDER
Signal v. Noise
20+ min read · 813 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 monthly subscription. It took a part of some…
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How the biggest consumer apps got their first 1,000 users
lennyrachitsky.com
~15 min read · 773 saves · 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…
Paul Graham
The Lesson to Unlearn
Paul Graham
~14 min read · 712 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 grades.When I was in college, a particularly earnest…
TNW
18 best places to promote your startup for virtually nothing
TNW
8 min read · 591 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 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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Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020
medium.com
6 min read · 588 saves · 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…
First Round
How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product/Market Fit
First Round
~19 min read · 574 saves · From 2018 · 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 four-step process that were key to measuring…
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European startups to watch in 2021
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~12 min read · 199 saves · Jan 18th · Europe’s startup scene is often overshadowed by Silicon Valley, but the continent is gaining ground with more than 60 tech startups valued at over $1bn.
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The 30 Best Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs in 2020
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150 saves · Jan 12th · The best advice for managers and founders that we heard in 2020.
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Why the Canadian Tech Scene Doesn’t Work
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~16 min read · 67 saves · Jan 11th · Toronto is not the next great startup scene. Neither is Waterloo, or Vancouver, or anywhere in Canada. I’m sorry that I have to write this. I really am. I want it to work. But the growing cho…
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21 fintechs to watch in 2021, according to top founders
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6 min read · 60 saves · Jan 20th · We asked some of the best-known fintech founders — from Valentin Stalf to Jessica Holzbach — to share which startups they're excited by in 2021, and why.
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The 30 Best Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs in 2020
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58 saves · Jan 12th · The best advice for managers and founders that we heard in 2020.
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Lisbon’s startup scene rises as Portugal gears up to be a European tech tiger
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50 saves · Jan 7th · Lisbon — and Portugal generally — is becoming a magnet for digital nomads with talent.
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Investing in Public: Non-Obvious Lessons from 100+ Angel Investments
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~14 min read · 46 saves · Jan 6th · As the CEO of Pipedream, an API integration platform, I work in public and collaborate with our community of over 100,000 developers on Slack, GitHub Discussions, and through our public roadmap.…
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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next
TechCrunch
29 saves · Jan 16th · Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. Now tech companies across industries are poised for an even better year, according to…
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Hopin might be the fastest growth story of this era
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1 min read · 27 saves · Jan 7th · Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Happy 2021, or as our own Danny Crichton aptly names it, December 38,…
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I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea
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7 min read · 25 saves · Jan 18th · When good ideas make bad business
