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  • A startup is just a group of smart people so take care of them.
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Adapting to Endure by Sequoia

Adapting to Endure by Sequoia

  In the face of economic uncertainty, Sequoia Capital’s Adapting to Endure presentation isn’t just another memo lost in your inbox—it’s a battle plan for...

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Extending Your Runway by Sequoia

Extending Your Runway by Sequoia

Today, we’re unpacking Sequoia Capital’s presentation, “Extending Your Runway,” to take a dive into the world of venture capital, cash management, and startup survival. The...

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When I do a turnaround, I start with culture

When I do a turnaround, I start with culture

Tl;dr: Some practical tips on how to improve culture and productivity at your startup based on my experience (with photos, lol). I’ve done a turnaround...

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How Slidebean shifted from targeting millions of users into being a profitable startup

How Slidebean shifted from targeting millions of users into being a profitable startup

Tl;dr: How Slidebean made a startup pivot to becoming profitable. Moving to premium pricing and discovering their customer base. How they work on maintaining culture. ...

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One trick I learned to fire your staff without getting sued, tears and shouting

One trick I learned to fire your staff without getting sued, tears and shouting

I’ve hired a lot of people. A lot. I’m talking hundreds. With that volume of people, there is going to be voluntary churn. There is...

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Before they were famous. 15 startup pivot to fame

Before they were famous. 15 startup pivot to fame

I keep talking about how crappy startup is. It is. You just don’t know what will work and whether a startup pivot is needed, but...

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Passion is over-rated. Build a better mousetrap instead

Passion is over-rated. Build a better mousetrap instead

Passion is over-rated. ‘What are you crazy!?’ I’m sure you’re probably thinking. This is against everything you’ve read about the ‘visionary, passionate founder‘ that makes...

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The two key business model tests to know if you are fundable

The two key business model tests to know if you are fundable

Raise and spend the cash. Whisper sweet awesome in the ears of customers to get them to sign up, only to churn. Hire amazing people...

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The best startup offer letter for employment you have ever seen

The best startup offer letter for employment you have ever seen

Tl;dr: A beautiful startup offer letter you can use for inspiration when making offers to your startup staff If you as a founder are a little...

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Free OKR example template with PPP and KPI for startups in Google Sheets

Free OKR example template with PPP and KPI for startups in Google Sheets

Be a high-performance startup with best practice OKR, PPP and KPI management in one FREE sheet (Which send automated email updates)

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Email can suck less. Use this banker system so startup emails work for your team

Email can suck less. Use this banker system so startup emails work for your team

We all get too many emails, but do you know how to tell which emails actually matter? Whilst you can’t control how your contacts communicate...

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Board presentation deck template for seed stage startups

Board presentation deck template for seed stage startups

You’ve raised funds and formality has begun. This means monthly or quarterly meetings with your Board and your newly appointed members from investors. As per...

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How did Groupon make money? What was so smart?

How did Groupon make money? What was so smart?

Assuming we are talking about the original business model, not Groupon Goods, the short lived Groupon Now and whatever else they have been attempting to...

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Should I talk to my company competition and their investors?

Should I talk to my company competition and their investors?

One of your startup competitors added you on LinkedIn. Maybe a top investor of a company competition found your email and sent you a cold...

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Startup barriers to entry - Economic Moats For Early Stage Startups and Investors

Startup barriers to entry - Economic Moats For Early Stage Startups and Investors

Brian Laung Aoaeh, Aartner at KEC Ventures just posted a great deck on startup barriers to entry, or ‘economic moats’ as he characterizes them. When...

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Parable of defensible software network by Fred Wilson

Parable of defensible software network by Fred Wilson

Fred Wilson posted a parable on his blog in 2014 that is instructive in explaining that software alone is a commodity and in order to create defensibility...

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TECH STACKS IN ASIA: INSIDE KLINIFY'S TECH STACK

TECH STACKS IN ASIA: INSIDE KLINIFY'S TECH STACK

This is the second instalment of “Tech stacks in Asia” with up and coming Asian tech startups. In this blog we hear from Singapore based...

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Barkbox: Barking mad? Why some business models applied to other verticals can work

Barkbox: Barking mad? Why some business models applied to other verticals can work

I read an article the other day (Note: I actually wrote this a few months back) on Pando Daily about a company called Barkbox in...

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