TLDR FOUNDERS 2023-10-18

THE TECHNO-OPTIMIST MANIFESTO

MISERABLE CORPORATE GIG

WHAT LOOM AND KLAVIYO INDICATE ABOUT EXIT VALUATIONS

This article compares last round valuations in private markets to exit values. In both cases, the exit values amounted to less than the last private round - discounts of 38% & 20%. Is this a solid representation of the state of play in tech?

A FOUNDER’S GUIDE TO 2024 PLANNING

SOME SHORT ACTIONABLE TACTS ON EXPERIMENTATION AND PMF

TEMPLATES

DOES YOUR STARTUP NEED A SALES PLAYBOOK OR JUST A FEW PLAYS?

DATA IS A PEOPLE PROBLEM

LESSONS FROM BOOTSTRAPPED COMPANIES

WHAT’S THE IDEAL ACCOUNT RATIO FOR A CSM TO HANDLE?

$100M VALUATION AND NO MORE FUNDING

SUPERLINEAR RETURNS

Contrary to what you may have been taught, returns are superlinear, not linear.