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In the dog days of Summer, you can’t help but take stock of things and look back. History has a way of repeating itself and everything is cyclical. We’re in another rerun of a disruptive tech cycle. Now is your chance to maximize.
We’d be remiss if we didn’t bring your attention to the latest rate hike, and more importantly, the specter of future increases. Some say we’re bouncing off this recession, with markets still hot and inflation not cooling. All of these factors affect your company’s ability to scale and raise money.
Sequoia Capital has cut the size of its cryptocurrency fund by more than 65%, from $585 million to $200 million. Talk about a pivot. We assume this is all going into AI, right?
It isn’t the heady days of 2021 (“shut up and take my money!”), but there are glimmers of hope out there. This exhaustive review of current data on each stage of investing is a must read if you’re headed out to raise this Fall.
I like to ask my team if the person they are recommending to hire would pass the “airport test” - if you were stuck in an airport for the next 8 hours, would you be psyched to chat with this person? I like Matt Blumberg’s approach as well though.
With just about every major SaaS provider raising their prices, should you take the plunge? Quick read on the things you’ll want to think through before doing so, as well as tips on how to test and roll it out.
It never hurts to study up on early-stage hiring especially in a post-AI, post-pandemic world. This is a great read that breaks down the 5-to-50 hiring tricks of the trade.
I’m an active Notion user, largely for curating interesting reads, infographics, and thoughts. In this article, Azeem Azhar unpacks how you can use AI to level up your research skills and turn Notion into a valuable database where you can store knowledge and more easily spot thematic connections and patterns.
You never know, but the formula is pretty clear if/when you get acquired. Jason from SaaStr walks us through what to expect.
We’re increasingly seeing more people want to take control of their finances. Fees charged by financial advisors, funds, and wealth managers, and valuable leaps in money tech, are encouraging people to go it alone when it comes to personal finance. Is there an opportunity for AI to take the wheel on this trend?
Marc Randolph lays out why he thinks founders shouldn’t be focused on “getting rich” but instead should be focused on solving hard problems with amazing people. What do you want to spend your time on really once your basic needs are met?
Canned water? C’mon. You wouldn’t think of canned water as a massive business, but Mike Cessario leveraged some (what are now) obvious tricks to bootstrap his now ubiquitous canned water brand.
Within all the AI hype, it’s nice to see biotech getting a spotlight.