Awesome advice for your startup
Hey folks,
In this week's issue, the advice of Sanjeev is one that you cannot miss when you have built your app. You can also read about when lean startup is not the best method, tips and tricks for finding good stock photos, and how to create your perfect sales & pitch deck. Furthermore, find out why VC money will start to flow differently from now on.
Have a nice weekend!
Must read
Distribution is 80% of your problem
This interesting article is written by Sanjeev, who was Google’s first head of product marketing.
Modern Entrepreneurship
When lean startups can be dangerous
We share the same view, as the lean startup methodology has its constraints.
Growth
The complete guide to building the perfect sales stack
In the words of Mark Roberge, CRO at Hubspot, stop looking for tactics first, and start establishing a growth process.
Trends
Fear and sadness in Silicon Valley
The party isn’t entirely over, but you can hear someone shouting “last call.”
More money is now going into tech than coming out of it
And that is definitely not helping founders.
Bros funding bros: what’s wrong with venture capital
The conclusion is that we need to improve decision-making or change the decision makers within our industry.
Design
Why the beautiful, time-tested science of data visualization is so powerful
It helps you to communicate data to your users, team and stakeholders.
Tools
An ultimate list of 190+ Slack communities
We thought about whether to put this article in this issue since #startup is also on the list. But nonetheless, this list provides a great overview of all the other invaluable communities.
Finance
The 5 slides you must have in your pitch deck
Piece of pitching advice from Tony Conrad, CEO of about.me and venture partner at a VC.