9 Best Articles in 2020
Sam Altman
Startup Playbook
Sam Altman
20+ min read · 1504 saves · From 2015 · To have a successful startup, you need: a great idea, a great market, a great team, a great product, and great execution.
GV
The Design Sprint — Google Ventures
GV
4 min read · 925 saves · From 2015 · The sprint is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.
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16 Startup Metrics | Andreessen Horowitz
a16z.com
9 min read · 873 saves · From 2015 · We have the privilege of meeting with thousands of entrepreneurs every year, and in the course of those discussions are presented with all kinds of numbers, measures, and metrics that illustrate the…
Signal v. Noise
RECONSIDER
Signal v. Noise
20+ min read · 810 saves · From 2015 · About 12 years ago, I co-founded a startup called Basecamp: A simple project collaboration tool that helps people make progress together, sold on a monthly subscription. It took a part of some…
lennyrachitsky.com
How the biggest consumer apps got their first 1,000 users
lennyrachitsky.com
~15 min read · 757 saves · May 12th · Considering every startup confronts this question at some point, I was surprised by how little has been written about it. Particularly anything actionable. So I decided to do my own digging. I spent…
Paul Graham
The Lesson to Unlearn
Paul Graham
~14 min read · 708 saves · 2019-12-07 · December 2019 The most damaging thing you learned in school wasn't something you learned in any specific class. It was learning to get good grades.When I was in college, a particularly earnest…
medium.com
Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020
medium.com
6 min read · 589 saves · Mar 5th · Here is a note that we sent to Sequoia founders and CEOs today to provide guidance on how to ensure the health of their business while…
TNW
18 best places to promote your startup for virtually nothing
TNW
8 min read · 589 saves · From 2017 · When you have launched a startup or prototype, one of the most important strategies to prove is your business concept and gaining early user traction. If you’re like most startup founders, you don’t have much money, nor do you have enough money to hire a PR agency. However, to become a great entrepreneur means you […]
First Round
How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product/Market Fit
First Round
~19 min read · 571 saves · From 2018 · Superhuman founder and CEO Rahul Vohra walks us through the framework his startup used to make product/market fit more actionable, detailing the survey and four-step process that were key to measuring…
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4 min read · 176 saves · Dec 10th · Paul Graham · To celebrate Airbnb's IPO and to help future founders, I thought it might be useful to explain what was special about Airbnb.
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How This CEO Creates an Internal Culture With a “Crazy Focus” on Good Storytelling
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~16 min read · 137 saves · Dec 8th · Want your startup to get better at telling compelling stories? Tactics for mastering art of storytelling internally
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The best newsletters to follow on European tech
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6 min read · 131 saves · Dec 11th · Sifted journalists' favourite startup and tech-related newsletters — from fintech to food to funding round analysis.
The New York Times
‘This Is Insanity’: Start-Ups End Year in a Deal Frenzy
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6 min read · 100 saves · Dec 7th · Erin Griffith · Investors are tripping over one another to give hot start-ups money. DoorDash and Airbnb are going public. The good times are baaack.
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The Next Phase of Social? Listen Closely
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10 min read · 96 saves · Dec 7th · We’re on the cusp of a wave of audio innovation that will rival the explosion of video apps. Now new social + audio startups are stretching beyond podcasts.
Business Insider
81 startups that will boom in 2021, according to the startup experts: venture capitalists
Business Insider
~11 min read · 83 saves · Dec 18th · Investors at the best venture capital firms name the startups poised for a big 2021 inside and outside of their portfolios and across industries.
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Germany launches €10bn ‘Future Fund’ for startups. But will it go far enough?
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5 min read · 41 saves · Dec 14th · Key figures in the German startup ecosystem say there are still big questions about the fund, such as who will get the money, and how useful it will be in bolstering startups.
Bloomberg
Czech Startup Founders Turn Billionaires Without VC Help
Bloomberg
30 saves · Dec 18th · Bloomberg connects decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Read this story on Bloomberg.
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Should you invest in Wish? An S-1 Analysis
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9 min read · 25 saves · Dec 6th · This discount eCom retailer has a murky future
