What's your advice?
This week's Must Read is the rehashed top startup advice from Y Combinator, which has been around, but it is just so strong it can't harm to absorb again.
However, we are especially interested in the essential startup advice you would give to other founders. Please reply to this email with your advice, if we get enough gold, Simone will share our communities words of wisdom with credits next week!
Must read
YC’s essential startup advice
A lot of the advice startups get is strategic and tactical, and often helpful for the beginning steps of the journey. This is YC's pocket guide of essential advice.
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Culture
12 Startup beliefs that are complete bullsh*t
We don't believe or like listicles much... But sometimes you need a kick in the butt. How many of these are holding you back from starting or scaling?
Being an entrepreneur is not a f*cking career
"It’s hard to tell with these internet startups if they’re really interested in building companies or if they’re just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don’t really want to build a company, they won’t luck into it. That’s because it’s so hard that if you don’t have a passion, you’ll give up." — Steve Jobs
How entrepreneurial women can balance running a business and being a mom
Any entrepreneurs combining motherhood and business in our community?
Modern Entrepreneurship
Study: Startups that don’t set firm goals actually do better
Contrary to what you might think, a lower commitment to goals actually might result in better financial performance.
Trends
Finance
One reason black founders don’t get enough funding? Black VCs don’t, either
Less than 3% of VC funds employ black or Latin investors, which leads to only a small fraction of VC funds finding its way to businesses by people of color. But, several VCs and fund managers are trying to change this scenario.
The new series A fundraising Playbook for seed-funded startups
You never wanted to be known in VC circles as a “shopped deal.” — But the game has changed. This new 'playbook' will take you through why you should always be fundraising as a founder.
Sales
How you can stay human in a world of digital selling
On how to develop a non-ego mentality and create a successful selling strategy.
Thank you
Thank you for finishing issue #139 & credits
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