This week's Curated brings you articles on making investors come to you, data streams in customer development, and killing the 8-hour work day. We've also included a post on the nine types of startups that Y Combinator wishes to see in 2018. Where do you think most (re)inventions will happen this year?
Enjoy reading,
Culture
How teams can be more productive by killing the 8-hour workday
Is the 8-hour workday still the way to go in our current society? Read about working smarter.
5 steps to planning and running fast & efficient meetings
Meetings are about instant gratification. So, how do you not get lost in planning more meetings but organizing and creating more efficient ones?
Modern Entrepreneurship
The nine types of startups Y Combinator thinks the world needs in 2018
What does the world need in 2018? According to Y Combinator, it needs startups that focus, amongst others, on reinventing brick & mortar, initiatives supporting creatives, or ideas focussing on improving memory.
How to tell a story in the blockchain world
Storytelling depends on content creators and content consumers: blockchain might just be the economic model that brings them both together in a beneficial, progressive way.
The essential first 7 steps to startup success
A successful startup needs a solid foundation: "A customer with a “must-have-fixed” problem..." This post clarifies how you can make sure you're creating the best foundation.
Growth
The 3 data streams that every founder needs
Steve Blank on why first-hand knowledge, a "bird's-eye view", and customers' and competitors' views matter in customer development.
Trends
How Europe's banking revolution will boost fintech
"Speed versus security is one of the main issues that is difficult when a bank tries to collaborate with a fintech."
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes charged with $700m fraud
What can we learn from Theranos' story? A lesson about not misleading investors about the abilities of your technology.
Want to read more? This article tells you to also be wary of success stories and why you should ignore every founder's story about how they started their company.
Product
Getting the best products to speak for themselves
How can you improve engagement with a product? This article talks you through best practices to make a product speak for itself.
Finance
Going up and down the VC roller coaster
On why and how momentum matters when it comes to raising venture capital.
Make the investors come to you
"The approach of making investors come to you instead will make you focus on building a business as your number one priority as it should be."
Thank you
Thank you for finishing issue #163 & credits
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