TLDR FOUNDERS 2023-05-01

PINECONE RAISES $100M - VECTOR DATABASE DEMAND GROWS

FOUNDER & CEO IS KINDA A BS TITLE

COULD J&J’S IPO KICK OFF A WAVE OF IPOS?

NAVIGATING THE HIGH COST OF AI COMPUTE

A painstakingly detailed explanation around why AI compute is so expensive. It feels like there are so many opportunities for NewCos around this very problem.

5 INTERESTING LEARNINGS FROM SQUARESPACE AT $1 BILLION IN ARR

WHAT 99% OF FOUNDERS GET WRONG WITH THEIR FORECASTS

Stop thinking forward — start thinking backward. Backcasting involves visualizing future challenges and engineering a pathway to take customers to that future place.

WRITING WITH A NEMESIS: USING CHATGPT TO STRENGTHEN YOUR ARGUMENTS

HOW REPOSITIONING A PRODUCT ALLOWS YOU TO 8X IT’S PRICE

FOUNDER’S CHOICE LAUNCHES

We’ve seen iterations of these before (thefunded, VCGuide) and it is always helpful to have insight on current happenings/feedback on potential investors. I wouldn’t use this as the only source of feedback so YMMV. Some good discussion about this site over at HN as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31261591

NEWSBYTES

NewsBytes is an AI generated podcast that covers global headlines in roughly 5 minutes.

TOP 16 PRE-SEED INVESTORS

COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS OF FIRST-TIME FOUNDERS

10 THINGS NEW SALES REPS ARE TAUGHT THAT MAYBE THEY SHOULDN'T

OUTSOURCING YOUR FINANCIAL LIFE TO GPT-4

DUSTIN MOSKOVITZ INTERVIEW

GREEN VEGETABLES OF STARTUPLAND

US ECONOMY'S 150-YEAR GROWTH STREAK ATTRIBUTED TO GEOGRAPHY

FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK A SUCCESS