Culture
40 hour work weeks are overrated
It's about having the right environment, not the right amount of hours.
Why many model makers thinkers make better decisions
A look at why many models are better than one to make sense of data.
Why I'm taking a break from being a founder/CEO...
"Work can never become more important than your health, your happiness. And it’s something that I let happen to me."
Modern Entrepreneurship
The 7 deadly sins of startups: premature scaling
If your business isn't growing, that's a bad sign. But what if it's growing too fast?
Pivot or fail?
Most early stage ideas fail. Pivots are one of the celebrated methods for diverting failure. But should you pivot?
How to create a persona and an end user for your startup
A practical look at how to create and define who the end user of your product is.
Growth
How Zapier reached $35M ARR with this SaaS SEO strategy
A case study on how to drive more traffic to your SaaS.
Building early-stage growth strategy around customer-value fit
"Growth is a complex problem, but customer-value fit reduces that complexity by allowing founders to channel their energy on the 20% customers that create 80% of the value for their startups."
Trends
Product
Product Hunt 101: How to launch your product from early idea to revenue
On how to get the maximum impact of your product launch.
Want to read more about launching your product? This post on getting over your launch fear might be of interest.
Finance
Why you're not even getting in the door
A VC's perspective on the most common reasons he decided not to look at a company.
The art of raising Angel funds on LinkedIn
Don't forget about LinkedIn when you're raising your first external funds.
New rules for European crowdfunding platforms
A 'good-to-know': the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee created a common set of rules for European crowdfunding service providers.
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