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What founders, startup operators, and investors are talking about…
5 startup lessons learned the hard way
“The combo of not validating first AND not knowing how to do consultative sales was toxic.” Ming Zhao of DeNexus left as CTO/co-founder of her first startup six months ago. Here are her biggest mistakes and takeaways so that hopefully you avoid them…Read more.
Why the next big consumer platforms are social games
Wondered why our consumer social experiences are starting to look and feel like games at every level? Alexandra Sukin of Bessemer Venture Partners explores why many new consumer platforms are social games and how game mechanics/artifacts are permeating all aspects of our online lives…Read more.
7 do’s and don’ts to get better at giving and receiving feedback
People assume that giving and receiving feedback is easy or intuitive, but it’s not. Mathilde Collin, Founder of Front, shares seven tips for giving and receiving feedback to help leaders practice radical candor…Read more.
“Users go from being drunk with hype, to having a hangover.”
It’s hard not to view hype with a mix of both awe and fear. Hype applied at the right moment can make a startup, while the wrong moment can doom it. Sarah Tavel of Benchmark on why early hype is dangerous in consumer social…Read more.
Finding the right product persona
Finding the right product role fit is an important task for the success of your future business. Eva Nahari of DNX Ventures shares guidelines for hiring the right candidate for a product position…Read more.
The GACC Marketing Brief
Marketers spend too much time on busy work. This is a trap we fall into when we focus on quantity of work instead of impactful work from the start. Enter the GACC of Emily Kramer of MKT1…Read more.
How the desire to maintain a personal brand may be harming your business.
We take it as gospel that you need to build a personal brand as a founder/online business owner, but at what cost? Ellen Donnelly of The Ask dives into the darker sides of having an online presence as a business owner: distraction, burnout, cancel culture, and the tricks that followers and algorithms play on you…Read more.
The art of generating an idea
Why do most people who try to find startup ideas fail? Because they simply try to sit and think about finding an idea that leads to too many bad ideas and ultimately fails miserably. Ritika Mehta of Visualist shares her 3-step framework to generate a startup idea…Read more.
Setting your team up for distributed heavy lifting
When you hire high-performing people, there’s never a problem with being able to move fast or wear multiple hats. However, once it’s no longer the “norm” it becomes less efficient, and you start to tap into a region of the brain that treads on threat Cat Noone of Stark on how to pursue growth for yourself and your team…Read more.
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