Lessons from a fellow startup founder are always insightful, from putting people first to making sure that there's a market. One of our articles this week presents such learnings from an 'outside the Bay area' startup.
Another article asks how many investors are too many. We're curious, what would you consider too many? Hit reply to share your thoughts with us. Enjoy reading,
Culture
Why science says 6 hours of sleep isn't enough
Entrepreneurs: pay attention! This plea for sleeping sufficient hours might serve as a wake-up call.
($) Your office chairs matter
"The culture of frugalness and being mission-driven was lost due to my mismanagement of our people systems and I found myself isolated in my own company."
Modern Entrepreneurship
Lessons learned from a failed startup birthed outside the Bay area
This founders takes us through his learnings, like putting people first.
Jobs to be done: an occasionally useful UX gimmick
” For the job of transferring the money, Jay fired his bank’s website and he hired his phone’s mobile app.”
How to know if you’ve got product market fit?
An insight into how to achieve and recognize that important moment: product market fit.
Growth
1,000 True Fans? Try 100
”I believe that creators need to amass only 100 True Fans—not 1,000—paying them $1,000 a year, not $100.”
Team
This is why remote workers want to keep working remotely
Consider starting your company with a remote team. It works.
Tools
The Da Vinci schedule — How to organize your day and week for peak performance
On how to ensure a productive schedule, with enough fluidity.
Finance
($) How the chairman of Y Combinator decides which startups to invest in
Is your startup scrappy and formidable at the same time? Then it might stand a chance.
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