“I believe almost all first-time founders burn out their first employees as they learn how to manage groups of people. If this advice helps avoid a few cases, it’s worth writing it down. I wrote this article for managers of […]
The site is ridge.com, an “everyday carry” brand offering things like wallets, watches and rings. I love reading this sort of post! A key challenge many founders face is a lack of visibility into how others have approached the same […]
VC investor Hunter Walk of Homebrew thinks that founders should make an effort to bring these angel investors with this background into their seed rounds. Here he makes the case for why. | learn more
“In these moments there tends to be a lot of content to help CEOs and founders manage through a downturn, but not as much for those team members impacted. So let me take a (non-exhaustive) cut at Things You Should […]
So says Parker Conrad, founder of Rippling and of Zenefits, in this video interview. The traditional advice to founders is to narrow scope and focus to create a fighting chance to succeed. He makes the case for why startups with […]
“First impressions are everything for founders. We rarely have time to overcome first impressions when fundraising. Even though the outcome is not transactional, interactions can be.” | learn more
OpenView Venture Partners does a nice job of content marketing. In this piece they interviewed 4 VCs (including two of their own partners) to create a useful list for founders to learn from. | learn more
“Is the pace of today’s fundraising environment actually in the best interest of founders?” | learn more
“What great Founders do, that others do not, is examine the balance between speed and quality, in order to make confident hiring decisions for their company.” | learn more
Fred Wilson discusses why some companies lose value after a founder leaves, while others don’t suffer the same fate. “I like to keep things simple and in my simple mind, leadership comes in two flavors, visionary leadership and operational leadership. […]