The Daily Index — Monday, November 27, 2023 · TLDR Index

HEADLINES & TRENDS

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VENTURE-BACKED STARTUPS WILL NEED TO RAISE MORE IN 2024

57% of venture-backed startups will have to go “back to market” in 2024 to raise more capital. 38% have 12 or less months of runway left. Many might not be able to pull off that next round, leaving them with few options.

saastr.com · 2 min

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HOW MUCH WILL AMERICANS SPEND BETWEEN BLACK FRIDAY AND CYBER MONDAY

The bell weather that is “Black Friday” has come and gone, and by all estimates, it was a blowout. What recession? There will be downstream effects here around interest rate hikes (or lack thereof) and potential investment loosening up.

en.as.com · 2 min

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IF YOU JUST RAISED A $10-$15M ROUND, WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

The most important thing you can do at a tactical level is almost always the same: use the capital at this stage to double down on what is working whilst hiring great business VPs to bring balance to each domain.

saastr.com · 2 min

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BUILDING A PRODUCT ROADMAP AT THE EARLY STAGE SLOWS YOU DOWN

Lessons learned by a long-time product manager turned founder, broken down into slides. This will help you ship products and features without using a defined roadmap.

linkedin.com · 2 min

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MOCHARY METHOD CURRICULUM

Startup CEO coach Matt Mochary has compiled this fairly extensive resource library filled with wisdom on building companies and managing yourself as a founder or CEO.

docs.google.com · 10 min

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THE OFT-MALIGNED OPERATING PARTNER AND THE USE OF TENSION QUESTIONS IN MARKET RESEARCH

As teams grow you have to figure out how to manage your team but also find unique ways to maximize potential. This post is a data-backed review of ways to engage your team and figure out what makes them tick.

kellblog.com · 5 min

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FORK (PRODUCT)

Find sales leads with contact info by searching tech stacks.

fork.ai

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LEARNING FROM FAILURE WITH TOM CONRAD, CEO OF ZERO (100 MINUTE PODCAST)

A long-term engineering and product leader at companies like Apple, Snap, and Pandora discusses lessons learned from his startup failures.

lennysnewsletter.com

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WHEN IT IS – AND ISN’T – OK TO “OVERTITLE” SOMEONE

Early-stage companies mostly use titles to help send a message externally, but as you grow, they start to have a bigger impact internally and personally.

saastr.com · 4 min

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BEST PRACTICES FOR CRAFTING SUBSCRIPTION CANCELLATION EMAILS

How you follow up matters when a user cancels their subscription. Your follow-up email to a cancellation request provides a short window to win them back or gather valuable insight into why they’re leaving.

chargebee.com · 12 min

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THE ONDC CONUNDRUM: WHERE PROTOCOLS WIN… AND WHERE THEY DON’T

We’ve seen the “open protocol” play done time and again. To a certain extent, OpenAI started like that but quickly veered away as soon as the business case got interesting. We saw it with OpenID/OAuth back in the day. This article looks at the Open Network for Digital Commerce. Always an interesting play in competitive markets.

platforms.substack.com · 4 min