How do you avoid falling into traps as a founder, investor, or product manager? One of our articles discusses how to avoid traps, particularly those related to your product process.
Also included in this week's Startup Curated: an article on all the tools you need as a founder, what kind of meeting you should have, and knowing when to raise money.
Enjoy reading,
Culture
How to convert problems into disruptive innovation?
"It has been long known that great innovators of all time were not primarily driven by material gains."
Ways to build businesses that put people and planet over profits
We are done with unicorns, let's build zebra's.
Modern Entrepreneurship
The commitment trap
Avoid traps, set milestones: and other valuable advice to avoid falling into the commitment trap for product managers.
Notes on value
This author promises this read is "A guide to different value propositions and how nailing this will make your life as a startup founder a lot easier".
Why, when, and how to run user interviews
They're always valuable: customer or user interviews. This article talks you through the practicalities and the reasons behind this process.
Product
The cutthroat battle between S’well and Its bougie water bottle copycats
What happens when you have an amazing product... and then everyone starts to copy it.
Team
Tools
The tools you need to master your startup's metrics
A startup coach sharing her must-have or must-use list if you want to know more about analysis, data visualization, or client management.
Finance
How to know when it's time to raise money
A VC's perspective on when your startup should be looking for money to accelerate.
Learnings from 20 failed seed startups uncovered by VC
An overview of seed startup failures to learn from.
Thank you
Thank you for finishing issue #252 & credits
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