Bedtime stories and know-how for founders
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In this week's issue there are stories about the founder of AngelList, bootstrapping and raising VC money. Furthermore, we have articles about Eric Ries dropping the BS word, managing director of Techstars clearing up the MVP definition, web metrics, and how a team at Google approaches UX design.
Enjoy this week's content and your weekend.
Culture
How VENTUREAPP raised its $2,035,500 seed round
A good bedtime story of how one team in Boston raised VC money for its venture.
The most patient man in Silicon Valley
The story of Naval Ravikant, CEO and co-founder of AngelList.
Modern Entrepreneurship
Father of “The Lean Startup” movement clarifies his message: Don’t bullshit yourself
Hear, hear. A nice article, reminding folks not to take the lean startup book as a religion.
Growth
10 Web metrics you need to track to improve conversion
Take a look what essential metrics you should know to optimise your website's conversion performance.
Product
Your product may be minimal, but is it viable?
Interesting article about MVPs, written by Alex Iskold, managing director of Techstars in NYC.
Design
Making learning easier by design
Learn from Google's Primer team, how they approached UX for their app.
Finance
After raising $125M at my last company, I’m bootstrapping this one. Here’s why
A good case made by the founder about when and why he was bootstrapping.