How to overcome entrepreneurial setbacks; A framework for understanding customer love; How to build a data science career & More
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Good morning my friends, this is issue No. 153. Welcome to the final quarter of the year.
Here’s what we’re covering in today’s newsletter:
A framework for understanding customer love.
How to overcome entrepreneurial setbacks.
How you can kickstart your career in data science.
How to get your dream job if you’re “not good on paper”.
Insights
Carmen Alfonso Rico has joined Blossom Capital as its newest partner. Ethel’s Club founder is launching Somewhere Good, a social platform that centers people of colour. Emjoy picks up $3M to get more women tuned into sexual self-care. Why are K-pop groups so big? A challenge to be yourself. How to create a great (fundraising) storyline. Girlboss pivots again, Sophia Amoruso’s latest venture is a $2,000 business class tailored to bootstrappers. Oper8r wants to be the Y Combinator for emerging fund managers. How the fundraising journey differs for founding teams that include a minority versus those that don’t. How to build a career in Data Science. Investing in women isn’t a charity.
From The Investor
Which numbers add up to “love”? A framework for understanding customer love. — Ha Nguyen / Spero Ventures
10 ways to overcome entrepreneurial setbacks to make a comeback. — Vani Kola / Kalaari
Femstreet member Grace Isford of Canvas Ventures reveals her framework for evaluating standout API-first companies and why the best API-first companies give their users “superpowers” that they wouldn’t have otherwise.
More frameworks: From building a massmarket business over product/strategy to hiring and measuring your business, here is a running list of frameworks on a range of topics. — Sarah Tavel / Benchmark
A lot of attention has been cast on TikTok and its parent company Bytedance in recent months. Here’s more on the creation and future of an algorithm-first company. — Lillian Li / Eight Road Ventures
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From The Founder and Operator
The 10 steps roadmap to kickstarting your data science future. — Sara A. Metwalli / PhD Student
“I’m not good on paper, is what I’d tell people when applying for jobs, but if you just met me, I think you might get it, I’d implore, in somewhat unconventional cover letters to recruiters. Some rough stats, in the past I’ve been rejected without interview for 90% of the jobs I’ve applied for, but received offers for 90% of the ones where I’ve made it into the room.”
“Not Good on Paper” How Alison Eastaway of Sqreen got her job as the Head of People at a cybersecurity startup.
A letter of encouragement to the female founders of the future. — Jessica Casanare / Dunster
Four tips on how to boost your company culture — and keep it vibrant. — Sharon Klaver / Builders
How to make sure your product launch isn’t a disaster. — Shirin Shahin
Femstreet contributors
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Events
🗓️ October 7-8
The Opensource Business Forum, the first European conference to discuss opportunities and tackle challenges facing the development of commercial open-source software in Europe.
🗓️ October 7
Redpoint Office Hours with Medha Agarwal & Shopify’s Kaz Nejatian
🗓️ October 14
Join me for a session on your sales playbook for 2020 at SaaStock EMEA with the code femstreet20
🗓️ October 15
#VCLeadLadies: Being an Effective Board Member
And In Case You Missed It
8 things to think of when first angel investing - for members only
5 trends in data - for everyone
5 internal processes to increase customer retention- for everyone
Tips for founder personal brand building - for members only
How to build and scale a remarkable startup without compromising on people or culture - for everyone
6 lessons from building a business in a downturn - for members only
Effects of hype and exclusivity on launch strategies- for everyone
The Athlete CEO - for everyone
That’s all for this Sunday. See you next week! 👋
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Written by Sarah Nöckel, Early-Stage investor at Northzone. All things workplace tech, data and enterprization of consumer. Born in Germany. Based in London. You can find me elsewhere on Twitter, Instagram and on my phone in the ☁️.