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A hiring mistake can have a huge impact on your company if you’re a bootstrapped startup. You simply don’t have the venture dollars to cushion the blow. Here’s a fairly comprehensive guide that breaks down the do’s and don’ts.
Are you a pre-seed founder who’s ever been asked for a 3-year forecast from a VC? A financial model at the very earliest stages is akin to poetry. It can act as a forcing function for you to really think about how your company is going to make money. The thought process is where the value is at, not in the financial model that comes from it.
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This article explores some common misconceptions about the role of a PM, with a focus on defining the differences between a Project Manager and a Product Manager. In essence, the role of the Product Manager is to deeply understand the market and your business objectives and use technology as a way to align the two.
In this podcast, Kai Roemmelt, CEO of the online learning platform Udacity, and Lisa Gevelber, a key figure at Google responsible for building the Grow with Google program, unpack the seismic changes reshaping the tech and education realms. Useful for future-looking founders curious about hiring or building in the space.
This is a long and very comprehensive read on the state of gaming throughout 2023 and looking forward to 2024. It covers layoffs from big players like Amazon, Epic Games, and Niantic, as well as the developments in tech like chip-making capabilities and AI. Useful for any founders building in this space.
Finding a mission and honoring it with real purpose, that’s the trick.
Engineering and product are incentivised to stay longer term, marketing and sales are often pushed out after the transition period.
Ideas are never perfect, what counts is how you iterate on them.
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The GP at Creandum talks about the problem with the IPO window in 2024, M&A, and what every fintech company is discussing in its boardroom.
Corporate expense card platform Brex, last valued at $12bn, is laying off a fifth of its staff. It is also changing up management as its COO and CTO depart.
As AI tooling and business use cases become more sophisticated, we’ll start to see more and more real world applications of the tech. One lens to look at the opportunity here is how AI will make processes more efficient and cheaper whilst growing margins substantially. This might unlock a whole new way of doing things that previously didn’t make economic sense because margins were too thin. This article explores a few of these examples.
Resurfacing this article from the founder of Basecamp, written in 2016 in light of all the middle management layoffs happening across large tech companies like Meta. This article asks whether it's a better operating model to have player-managers at your startup rather than full-time managers.
Most founders want to know how they stack up against competition or best-in-class examples. Everyone loves benchmarking. Maxio launched its latest benchmarking report on B2B SaaS companies, and this article breaks down the top highlights and things you should be aware of as a founder.
Lessons from a venture-backed founder on how to manage your remote teams. The core takeaway? Cultivate a strong written culture and perhaps rethink OKRs.
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To be a good company, you have to have one product that you do really well. To be a great company, you need multiple. This article dives into known companies like Datadog and ServiceNow, maps their journey from single-product to multi-product, and discusses how this transition impacted their growth.
Your more junior employees are often judged on effort, whilst the senior ones on outcomes. Junior employees need more of your time and guidance. You should have a read on the level of seniority across your team and allocate bandwidth accordingly.
Despite all its issues and media challenges, X is still a great tool for gathering perspectives on certain problem spaces – particularly if you’re a founder, because the startup X scene is so vibrant. This article explores a few simple tactics you can deploy to ensure you’re not missing the good bits or drowning in information overload.
Whether you’re writing a blog or designing a strategy, outlining the content and defining what you want to achieve is an important step in the process. AI is your sparring partner, and it’s only going to get better at helping you position your thinking before you start the work.
When asking someone to do something, tell them the maximum amount of time to spend on it and whether they should deprioritize other things to focus on the task. Smart people can often spend too long coming up with a smart solution to a problem that might not need it.
A no-holds-barred take on 2024. If you like what you do, work harder. People who are generally unhappy right now in their careers need to do some self-introspection.
We often have this romantic view of strategy. You do the thinking, then you flip to pure execution. In reality, that’s not the case. If you’re not revisiting, reworking, or refactoring things constantly, you’re probably missing something. Here are some examples of company-building “errors” that should be celebrated.
Argentinian President Javier Milei took to the stage at Davos last week. His speech on free market libertarianism is perhaps the most compelling talk on the topic given to date. However, what’s equally as impressive, was that this speech was given in Spanish - AI has translated it to English in real time, with augmented facial movements, while keeping his accent.
A pair of scientists at Google's artificial intelligence subsidiary DeepMind is in talks with investors to form an AI startup in Paris, highlighting how in-demand top AI minds are at the moment.
Retention is a huge topic in B2C. However, in B2B, we’re often too focused on the acquiring side of users. Here’s your call to arms to make logo retention a top priority in 2024, with some tips on how to do it.
Startups are designed to do new things, and at a certain point, you simply run out of playbooks. This article explores some mental models you can use to make progress through uncertainty. The context here is in the role of an engineer, but the frameworks outlined in the second half of the article are useful for any founder.
Delegation is one of the most undertaught but important skills you can learn as a manager.
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Multiple author Richard Rumelt is known for being a don of strategy. In this podcast, he breaks down the alchemy of good strategy, from the role of soft power to the need for a singular owner.
The findings from this economic study were inconsequential. However, it might take some time before we see the true impact of remote work, particularly around the topic of global talent availability and the power this puts in the hands of the employer.
X is a valuable platform for intellectual growth and networking, offering access to live discussions on various topics and enabling connections with experts and like-minded individuals. Effective use involves curating feeds, thoughtful engagement, and leveraging its search and tweeting capabilities for creative and informative exchanges.
A reminder - building new things is hard. Learning the ropes and finding your fit isn’t necessarily linear progress. Stumbling in the dark for a while is OK.
Anthropic researchers found that AI can be trained to deceive, and they’re really good at it.
"Status limbo" occurs when one departs from conventional paths, leading to a phase of self-discovery and growth amidst societal uncertainty and shifting perceptions of one's status.
A Silicon Valley-centric approach to building startups often leads to a Silicon Valley set of solutions. This article argues we’re overlooking a huge opportunity in building startups that help certain generations – like an aging population or an infant population coming into the internet age.
We’re still seeing layoffs across tech, but are they the same flavor as the 2023 vintages? This article argues no. Instead, they’re a symbol that the good times are over in tech - layoffs are simply a way to manage performance and trim the fat.
More startups are strategically raising a single funding rounds, aiming for a sweet spot of $500K to $2M. This 'one-round wonder' approach balances the benefits of bootstrapped and venture-funded paths, focusing on profitability and sustainable growth while redefining startup success beyond pursuing unicorn status.