Must read
How to keep your job as your company grows
If you’re an early employee at a startup, one day you will wake up to find that what you worked on 24/7 for the last year is no longer the most important thing -- Steve Blank on how to deal with this.
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Culture
Rise, grind and ruin: the dangerous fetishization of ‘Hustle Porn’
Hustle, hustle, hustle..... It's all you hear from entrepreneurs, but does it work?
How to hold others accountable without having them hate you afterwards
A 5-step framework that helps you learn how to hold others accountable.
Modern Entrepreneurship
The 4 scenarios of startup timing
Timing is very important for your startup: it can determine how and if your startup succeeds or thrives. A breakdown of 4 different timing-scenarios.
Serverless for startups — it’s the fastest way to build your technology idea
A plea for going serverless: find the pieces you need, build fast, and get to market as quickly as possible.
Growth
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Trends
Convincing CEOs to make harassment prevention a priority
A roadmap for creating a more inclusive culture.
Product
App mistakes: the 10 lessons we learned launching (& killing) our $200K mobile app
A long-read and lessons learned on an expensive app that was doomed from the start.
Team
How to hire for a position you've never held before
Finding the right people is a challenging task: this article provides hands-on tips for how to best approach this quest.
Finance
Operating plans for pre-seed startups
Plan for what is visible: your operating plan shouldn't be a fundraising document, but about reaching milestones step-by-step.
As funding rounds grow larger, fewer startups are able to raise money
"More money in fewer wallets."
Angel Investment guide
On how to find angel investors, what they look for, and how much equity to give away.
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