Must read
This is your Captain speaking, I'm turning on the fasten seatbelt sign
"I’m not calling a top to the market, or a crash, but rather giving my founders a blueprint of how to survive and thrive in a down market."
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Culture
Everything I've learned about failure (from building a startup with +4 million users)
Growth and comfort cannot co-exist, but accepting failure and taking a step back can help you move forward.
The benefits of unplugging and choosing to be present
Do you ever 'unplug'? This article argues that it could be quite beneficial to do so, and gives you an insight into the why and how of unplugging.
Modern Entrepreneurship
Albin Stööp (Zalster) on quitting your job, (missed) opportunities, & product revenue
Earlier this year at The Next Web conference, we sat down with Albin Stööp of Zalster. What followed was an honest conversation about the transition from being employed to entrepreneurship, pricing, and getting funded.
Your job is not to make every possible customer happy
On the art of entrepreneurship and the science of Customer Development to understand who to listen to and why. You don't have to make every possible customer happy, just the ones that you can scale.
Innovation is about making progress, not running experiments
On how not to run in circles but make progress.
Growth
How Skyscanner grew so fast: 3 killer takeaways from a radical brand
"To stay around for a long, long time — your business model must also be adaptable, (perceived to be) integral, and ultimately: Expandable."
The successful startup and enterprise partnership
Our takeaway: if you're a B2B startup you have to deal with the 4 S's before you can become successful.
Want to read more? This article argues that the world needs more modest linear growth companies.
Product
Simplifying user feedback
How does your company incorporate user feedback? A plea for and a framework to tackle the challenge of capturing valuable feedback.
Finance
Redefining dilution
We should stop thinking about up-round financings as dilutive and recognize that they are accretive. Does it really matter if you have a smaller piece of the pie if the pie gets much bigger?
The secret to helping VCs remember your startup after the meeting
"Every time a baby is born in Amsterdam, a new tech startup is created."
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Thank you for finishing issue #183 & credits
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