Must read
Renewing Medium’s focus
Although Medium's current business model is quite successful, it moved too far away from their original vision, so they are changing course. A bold move, and one we respect a lot.
For an outsiders perspective on the pivot, we encourage you to read this on how this impacts the publishers that have already moved to Medium.
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Modern Entrepreneurship
The only thing an investor can give you that matters
Founders should be honest, not slippery. And startups should demand the same from investors.
Speed is the ultimate competitive weapon
We strongly believe in execution speed and momentum. With a higher execution speed you can make more mistakes and double down on more validated learnings, before the runway is over.
Trends
2016: The year Silicon Valley's hype machine sputtered
The Valley might have the most entrepreneurs, funding and exits, but it definitely also has the most hype. We'd be curious to find out about the ratio of breakthrough innovation in relation to fluffy hype and impact-less startups, and how that fares in comparison to regions where hype is almost non-existent.
All of 2016's top mobile apps are owned by either Google or Facebook
"Even if Pokémon Go had been popular enough to rank as a top app in 2016, it wouldn’t change this basic reality: Google and Facebook own the mobile app industry."
Finance
High burn will keep you from exiting, just like Uber
“We should all learn from Uber that growth at any cost is not ok”.
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