9 Best Articles in 2021
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16 Startup Metrics | Andreessen Horowitz
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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…
Mission.org
The Greatest Sales Deck I’ve Ever Seen
Mission.org
8 min read · 834 saves · From 2016 · Andy Raskin · It’s Zuora’s, and it’s brilliant. Here’s why.
Signal v. Noise
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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…
medium.com
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…
medium.com
Understanding Customer Acquisition Costs — Growth Hacking, Marketing and Venture Capital
medium.com
4 min read · 487 saves · From 2015 · The framework VCs use
alexanderjarvis.com
Collection of pitch decks from venture capital funded startups
alexanderjarvis.com
480 saves · From 2015
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Startup Pitch Decks (from real companies)
attach.io
4 min read · 412 saves · From 2016 · A collection of real pitch decks from real startups. In total, these decks have raised over $400 million.
Benedict Evans
Mobile is eating the world
Benedict Evans
400 saves · From 2017 · As we pass 2.5bn smartphones on earth and head towards 5bn, and mobile moves from creation to deployment, the questions change. What's the state of the smartphone, machine learning and 'GAFA', and what can we build as we stand on the shoulders of giants?
Benedict Evans
Presentations — Benedict Evans
Benedict Evans
392 saves · 2020-01-28 · Presentations by Benedict Evans: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, The End of the Beginning and Mobile is Eating the world.
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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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Hopin might be the fastest growth story of this era
TechCrunch
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,…
Inc.
A Pandemic Playbook for Startups in 2021
Inc.
3 min read · 23 saves · Jan 14th · Steve Case's Rise of the Rest offers a Covid-era guide for startups to get funding, advice, and help navigating their way to the public and private resources within their city's ecosystem.
CNBC
Silicon Valley’s share of venture capital expected to drop below 20% for the first time this year
CNBC
4 min read · 22 saves · Jan 14th · Lori Ioannou · Silicon Valley's share of venture capital in the U.S. will fall below 20% for the first time in history a PitchBook forecast reveals.
Entrepreneur
5 Things Investors Look for in Your Pitch
Entrepreneur
2 min read · 17 saves · Jan 18th · Angel investor and CEO, Badal Shah, breaks down the boxes every entrepreneur must check.
Business Insider
We asked 12 prominent European tech investors to pick out fintech startups they think will blow up…
Business Insider
6 min read · 15 saves · Jan 16th · Callum Burroughs · Check out these 19 European fintechs which investors believe will blow up in 2021.
TechCrunch
8 VCs agree: Behavioral support and remote visits make digital health a strong bet for 2021
TechCrunch
5 min read · 13 saves · Jan 21st · We asked some of our favorite health tech VCs from The TechCrunch List where we are headed in the next year, what they're most excited about and where they might be investing.
Inc.
Fundraising During Covid Can Work to Your Advantage: Here's How
Inc.
4 min read · 13 saves · Jan 14th · Raising money for your company is still possible. Some tips to help you with a virtual raise.
TechCrunch
Two ex-Sequoia VCs: the most ‘compelling emerging market’ may be America, outside of Silicon Valley
TechCrunch
7 min read · 12 saves · Jan 11th · Roughly eight years ago, investors Mark Kvamme and Chris Olsen left Silicon Valley to open a venture firm, Drive Capital, in Columbus, Ohio. It wasn’t an easy decision. Leaving California wasn’t…
TechCrunch
How VCs and founders see 2021 differently
TechCrunch
4 min read · 10 saves · Jan 23rd · Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend reading.…
