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Crisis Management
Greylock
20+ min read · May 31st · Entrepreneurship assumes an innate degree of optimism and perseverance. But even the most determined founders can feel subdued when faced with yet another crisis. That’s why adaptability is a…
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First Round
User-First Monetization — Lessons from Instagram and Strava
First Round
20+ min read · Jun 13th · James Quarles played a crucial role in creating Instragram's multi-billion dollar business model. Now CEO of Strava, he's sharing the fundamentals of healthy monetization for startups.
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Build a customer intimacy strategy: 12 methods for startups + examples
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8 min read · Jun 2nd · A customer relationship is like a marriage: if you want it to last, you need to keep working on it. Learn how to build a customer intimacy strategy that works from day 1.
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NFX
NFX Playbook for Naming Your Company
NFX
10 min read · Jun 3rd · Your company name can elevate you, cripple you, or have no impact at all. Yet very few people appreciate the real impact of naming.
Intercom
Intercom on Product: Facing the tech slowdown
Intercom
~20 min read · Jun 14th · In the face of what’s expected to be an economic downturn, the tech industry has taken a hit. It’s time to pause, regroup, and devise a new game plan.
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What Should You Do With Your Options During a Downturn?
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~14 min read · Jun 14th · It's getting kind of scary out there
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How to Build Technical Teams from Scratch
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~13 min read · Jun 9th · When you set out to bring a business concept to life, your first technical hiring question is whether to build the minimum viable product (MVP) yourself or hire someone else to do it. The factors to…
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How to Find a Co-Founder for Your Startup in 2022
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~13 min read · Jun 2nd · A comprehensive guide on finding co-founders, including what to look for in them, 14 places to find them, how to evaluate them and how to split equity.
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Becoming a VC
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8 min read · Jun 2nd · my commitments to founders
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Startup Founder Agreement: The 13 Components to Include
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9 min read · Jun 17th · It’s important to legally formalize the partnership with your startup’s co-founder(s). In this article, we go over the 13 components your agreement should include.
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The Importance of CAC Payback in Today’s Market Environment
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~11 min read · Jun 14th · In today’s environment, CAC payback has huge implications on a company’s ability to scale efficiently. Cash efficiency is king!
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Do I understand this Term Sheet? — Part 2: Protection for future down-rounds
Startup Stash
6 min read · Jun 13th · Understanding pay-to-play and antidilution provisions in a term sheet
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How to Find a Technical Co-Founder in 2022
failory.com
~13 min read · Jun 9th · If you think your company could benefit from a co-founder with certain tech skills that you don’t have, read this guide.
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How to Stand the Test of Time as a Startup
goinglongblog.com
3 min read · Jun 5th · GGV Capital’s Managing Partner Glenn Solomon shares three guiding principles, including why hitting rock bottom can be a blessing in disguise for some startups.
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Setting the Stage for Success at Seed Stage Board Meetings
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5 min read · Jun 5th · The wires have just come through on your seed raise and you are feeling elated after weeks or months of hard work. And you might already be…
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Founders, what’s your cockroach plan?
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4 min read · Jun 13th · This article was first published in Sifted
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Sam Altman
Startup Playbook
Sam 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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First Round
Ditch Your To-Do List and Use These Docs To Make More Impact
First Round
20+ min read · Apr 19th · After tackling startup challenges from Stripe Press to Figma Education, Brie Wolfson shares her personal collection of templates — the docs that she's used to stay focused on the work that matters and…
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The Case for American Seriousness
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6 min read · Apr 18th · We don't need aging institutions to pave the way for 21st-century dynamism. What we need is will. And audacity.
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The Design Sprint — Google Ventures
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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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16 Startup Metrics | Andreessen Horowitz
a16z.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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The Elephant in the room: The myth of exponential hypergrowth
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20+ min read · Mar 6th · Fast-growing startups are frequently described as “exponential,” especially when the product is “viral.” Turns out, this is incorrect, even for “viral” products like Facebook and Slack. If you have an…
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RECONSIDER
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20+ min read · From 2015
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How the biggest consumer apps got their first 1,000 users
Lenny Rachitsky
~16 min read · From 2020 · 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 Unlearn
Paul Graham
~15 min read · From 2019 · 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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