The last Startup Curated of 2018! As mentioned in the previous edition, this means time to reflect on our most popular articles of the year:
- What are the best productivity hacks of CEOs?
- Best ways to kill your startup
- Beyond the Bitcoin bubble
These articles give a good indication of what has kept the startup world rocking the past year: increasing productivity, 'failure', and alternative currencies.
This edition illustrates that these topics still matter. Read about life reviews, "Open Startups", or doing due diligence on your investors.
Enjoy reading and, on behalf of the Startup Curated-team, all the best for 2019!
Culture
How to conduct an annual life review that will catapult you into the new year
A framework to help you put your life review into place this year.
Strategy isn't straight lines
"The key is not to try and consume all the noise of the organization but to tune in to important frequencies."
Modern Entrepreneurship
What does it mean to be an Open Startup?
There's a trend of startups that operate 'in the open', e.g. by sharing their statistics publicly. This article takes you through the benefits and pitfalls of being an Open Startup.
Jobs To Be Done theory helps you to create better products
An introduction to and clarification of the "jobs-to-be-done" theory.
Growth
Why your startup shouldn’t rush to $1 million in revenue
Revenue is a lagging indicator. Successful sales is often a combination of other factors that will result in revenue.
Trends
Why Chinese companies suck at user engagement
"While social media marketing has become more and more so popular and even necessary for business growth in the West, China’s social media marketing industry has barely taken off."
Tech companies that bit the dust in 2018
An overview of some companies that shut down in 2018, like Klout and Path.
Team
Why and how do we spend 10k to train our new developers?
An insight into how this company works its 'onboarding' process to integrate new developers.
Finance
Due diligence the VCs
Do your homework, founders: an insight into why it's important to examine and explore your potential investors.
Why playing poker helped me to become a better startup investor
This investor outlines how 5 mental models that help you play poker can also apply to the world of startups.
Thank you
Thank you for finishing issue #204 & credits
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