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FOR STARTUPS
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE STATE OF AI REPORT 2023
THE CONVERGENCE OF DATA AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING IN THE AGE OF AI
AI needs data to work, meaning data functions are getting closer to the core of the product-building process and moving away from internal business intelligence.
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FUNDRAISING ADVICE FOR FINTECH INFRA STARTUPS
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR TOP SALES PEOPLE ARE LEAVING
TALENTED ENTREPRENEURS WORKING ON THE WRONG IDEA
HOW LEADERS ENGAGE IQ AND EQ
FIVE AREAS OF AI OPPORTUNITY ACCORDING TO SNOWFLAKE’S AHMAD KHAN
METRICS THAT CANNOT EVEN BE MEASURED IN RETROSPECT
HOW TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU’RE WORKING ON THE WRONG IDEA
EMOTIONAL LABOR IS HOW WE DIFFERENTIATE FROM AI
WHY YOU SHOULD ADD FRICTION TO YOUR ONBOARDING
YOU DON’T NEED A CRO
10 CHARTS THAT CAPTURE HOW THE WORLD IS CHANGING
CEOS PREDICT THE END OF REMOTE WORK
HOW TO BUILD A STARTUP PROGRAM
EIGHT TIPS FOR SCALING A PRODUCT TEAM WITHOUT SACRIFICING QUALITY
As your product team grows, the range of opinions increases and culture changes. Your ability to refactor and align these differences will be the difference between success and failure. Defining swimlanes and having a culture of clear and open communication are table stakes.
ALWAYS CHEER
HOW ZAPIER GROWS: AUTOMATING GROWTH
NOTHING MATTERS
This isn’t a post about nihilism. What it’s saying is that most things don’t matter. Stop stressing about all the undone tasks and simply focus your energy on the one or two things that really matter. For Netflix founder Marc Randolph, this was differentiation and customers.
5 INTERESTING LEARNINGS FROM DOMO AT $320,000,000 IN ARR
HOW MANY VENDORS ARE IN EACH CORE SAAS CATEGORY?
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OUT WHY
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.
A BREAKDOWN OF THE RETURNS TO INVESTORS AFTER THE LOOM ACQUISITION
THE SEQUENCE OF $1BN SECTORS BY COUNTRY
THE REASON CMOS FAIL
USE INVERSION FOR BETTER DECISION-MAKING
It’s often easier to avoid making stupid decisions than it is to make excellent ones. Inversion thinking is a mental model that encourages you to invert problems and define what will lead to guaranteed failure. Now you have your guardrails and know what to avoid.
MAKING HARD DECISIONS AND WORKING THROUGH TOUGH TIMES
THE $100M VALUATION TRAP
MAKING HARD THINGS EASY
WHY AREN'T THERE MORE 80% JOBS?
4-day work weeks might feel like a stretch for a lot of founders, but what about 80% work weeks? In other words, 80% of the time, for 80% of the pay. A lot of operators would probably take this tradeoff in order to restore a bit of balance to their lives. For the salary cost of 4 employees at 40 hours, you get 5 employees at 32 hours. Why aren’t more people doing this?