Must read
Did I make a mistake selling Del.icio.us to Yahoo?
When you have your own company there always comes a time when you have to think about an exit strategy. But what if you regret your choice afterwards?
Culture
The Planning Fallacy: why you miss your deadlines, and what to do about it
"In every project, people rarely consider the what ifs, which is why they underestimate their task completion times."
The "10.000-hour" myth: why deliberate practice isn't enough to succeed
Skill largely is about factors outside of practice, so read about how you can amplify your strengths.
Modern Entrepreneurship
Times you should ignore your customers
We're always taught to listen to our customers, yet this entrepreneur gives you 3 situations in which it's better to listen to your gut.
What you should never ask your customers
Following up on in what situations you shouldn't talk to customers, this post actually will give you the right tools to DO talk to customers by learning to avoid what you shouldn't ask.
Growth
How to measure success at different stages of a startup
From product-market fit to scaling: this article takes you through the stages of how this startup measured their successes.
Trends
Team
An advisor's feedback shocked me and changed the way I lead
A plea for why leaders need to, above all, listen to their team and users.
How teams can outperform using the startup Ops pyramid
A playbook for getting your team unified, and working on the same vision.
Finance
Why I switched sides: From bootstrapping to VC
”So why, 3 months later, was I stepping away from bootstrapping and booking flights back to cold, cloudy London?”
Not every startup needs to be a startup
Is Venture an overused tool? An insight into alternative paths.
Nobody announces their seed round anymore and that's a mistake
A VC's perspective on why it's valuable to announce your seed round even though fewer companies are doing so.
Sales
When sales isn’t just selling: advice for founders in early markets
The single greatest early challenge faced by founders in early markets is going from product to a repeatable sales process.
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