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There’s no real right answer here. Domain expertise helps – you likely understand the pain well and you have an existing network in the space you can use. However, sometimes, fresh eyes in a domain are a superpower. You’re not burdened by the knowledge of pitfalls, and that cavalier confidence is what makes you successful.
Maybe it’s because of the New Year, but this kind of advice seems very timely for those of us struggling with co-founders who just aren’t working out. The Golden Rule pretty much always applies everywhere in this instance.
Build features that matter to your audience.
CBI Analyst is an always-on AI-driven research analyst.
A personalized AI sales coach for each and every cold call.
Most success involves a large degree of luck. Luck can’t be relied upon. Try to remove it from your strategy and behave in ways that inch your company closer to your goals without getting lucky. Luck should still happen in the background.
While AI continues to lead, the drop in venture funding started in the US has gone worldwide, with Web3 dropping an obvious 73% near the bottom of the pack.
There is some really solid advice in this quick read, and so apropos with everything happening today in AI. “Launch, Launch, Launch” and “Global Workflows” resonate really loudly.
2023 was a rough year for SaaS. Tough sales cycles, companies consolidating their point solutions, and generally curbed spending across the board. This article discusses the current state of SaaS and forecasts a rebound after a temporary stall.
Some founders might look to raise capital as a way to get knowledgeable people aligned with their mission and benefit from their collective wisdom. You don’t need to raise capital to build a set of advisors - there are other ways to incentivize them.
This article talks about how you frame your company and the lessons learned from running Return Path as a “family”. Understanding how to balance some of the core values of taking care of your “family” is critical to the success of the best teams in the world.
This article shares the results from 2023 and makes predictions for 2024. The market is set to grow now that rates may be falling and inflation is in check. This means good things for the IPO and M&A markets but don’t hold your breath for 2021 numbers.
Nothing like a fantastic cross-section of 2024 predictions. This time, with a boatload more data than the first two. Great read with lots of sections you can skim if you want to hit something that piques your interest.
The article delves into the varied perspectives and concerns of different generations as they navigate the return to office work.
Freemium isn’t really a pricing model, it’s a GTM one. It’s an accelerant to capturing leads and useful when you fully understand how to convert those leads into paying customers. This article deep-dives on the topic, sharing lessons learned from switching on freemium.
Balderton Capital produced this comprehensive guide for B2B founders on effective sales strategies a while ago, but the content is still relevant today. Sharing as a timely reminder of best practices ahead of what will hopefully be a better year in 2024 for sales.
Gain insights from feedback to make data-driven decisions.
Safeguard your ads and website from fake and harmful traffic.
Create a free countdown timer to embed on emails and promotions.
Exactly what the title says but with some commentary to back it up. Always good to keep in the back of your mind as a founder.
Getting the Crunchbase take on 2024 is always a good idea and this deep-dive is as good as the next. It also adds some weight to the other predictions in this volume of TLDR Founders as it aligns nicely.
A look back at the “What Will Happen in 2023” post that Fred Wilson did as well as some perspective on what did happen and its impact. Hopefully the last of our 2023 to 2024 posts we’ll be sharing.
An in-depth take, complete with data, on why LTV to CAC is no bueno when it comes to utilizing as a SaaS metric.
The story of Flickr often gets lost in the noise of a post-social media Internet. However, it was a great product that was born from a failed startup much like Twitter was. Its “success” in selling to Yahoo! was short-lived as the opportunity was likely much, much larger.
AI is the juggernaut we all know and love these days. Its impact on SaaS has yet to be determined, so how do you go about mapping a path forward with a new or existing venture? Buckle up and give this a read (or listen).
Market volatility and regulatory watchdogs have doused the M&A flames of 2023. Unpredictable sales forecasts have shifted focus internally. Regulatory pressures will remain in 2024, but market volatility and sales should stabilize, setting the stage for more acquisitions.
Acutely felt at the later stage, active investor count is on the decline. With “active investor” defined as making more than two investments in a year, are these funds just taking a break, or are they “zombie funds”?
This article presents 24 predictions for 2024. It covers predictions related to artificial intelligence, virtual reality, cybersecurity, healthcare, and the future of work, offering insights into the potential advancements and challenges we might encounter in the near future.
This article offers practical tips and advice for founders and sales teams looking to improve their B2B sales approach. The biggest takeaway? Deeply understand your audience and don’t underestimate the power of relationship building.
Here’s practical guidance on how to present your startup's marketing performance to the board, including which metrics to cover and how to present them.
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Christian Idiodi is a partner at Silicon Valley Product Group. In this podcast, Idiodi shares insights on the foundations of a good product manager and tactics for improving.
Whether it’s housing, physical goods, or software, you can argue we’ve favored quantity over quality. With all the talk about tech optimism and acceleration going on, this article encourages us to pause and think about quality and fully understand our ideologies before we build.
Your focus determines your reality. Allocating resources evenly to everything only ensures you get nothing done. Say no more, double down on what works.
Sam Altman dishes out some timeless advice.
Graduating students are not as eager to seek jobs in tech as in recent years, with layoffs and comparatively low wages largely to blame.
Fifteen months into the regulatory review process, Figma and Adobe no longer see a path toward regulatory approval. Figma will be continuing as an independent company.
Fintech has had a rough year. Not only has VC dollars to fintech dropped substantially, but we’ve seen public company share prices plummet and layoffs across the board. This slideshow summarizes fintech in 2023–from banks, to embedded finance and crypto.
Beyond right-sizing and maximizing your cash runway, sometimes even your investors run out of cash, even if your business is booming. The reckoning is coming for a lot of really good companies. Deals will be had on the cheap coming in Q1’24.
Here’s a recap of all the top content from Growth Unhinged throughout 2023 broken out into sections based on the stage of your journey–from finding product market fit to acquisition, automating sales, and expansion.
Churn has been a painful subject for many founders across all domains and industries this year. There are many variations and flavors of churn metrics. This article breaks them down and offers guidance on how you can understand churn at your startup.
Most investors took a wait-and-see approach knowing full well that big, big disruptions are coming in the form of new silicon and solutions that go beyond fun parlor tricks. While funds may say they have seen this coming for a long time, no one can say with a straight face how big the impact will be on the general zeitgeist.
A comprehensive step-by-step guide that shares strategies and tactics for getting better results from large language models like GPT-4.
Describe the interface you want and this tool will whip it up for you, complete with React code to go with it.
Fastest market research in spreadsheet.