Ben Horowitz, Semil Shah, Jason Lemkin, Shippo, Molekule, and more in today's Mattermark Daily!
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Thursday, November 2, 2017 |
| From the Operators Jonathan Solórzano-Hamilton of UCLA recounts his journey joining a doomed startup, outlines four major red flags to look for, and ends the story with a motorcycle chase (seriously) in "The 4 red flags I missed as the startup imploded around me" Ryan Vinyard of Molekule explains what it takes to ship a high-quality piece of hardware, alongside advice for hardware startups (talk to users!) in "Molekule’s Ryan Vinyard Takes Us From Demo Day to Mass Production" Brandon Evans of 1heart performs an interesting economic analysis of what a founder statistically "earns" in salary, and proposes a new fundraising mindset that's significantly more founder friendly in "Being a Startup Founder is a minimum wage job — Here’s the proof" Sujan Patel of Web Profits suggests it's better for an agency to offer digital marketing generalists, all marketing teams should be "sprinting" like engineers, and that early stage startups should chase the channel that best fits in "Sujan Patel on growth marketing for startups" Laura Behrens Wu of Shippo tells stories of starting a company, getting rejected by 100+ investors, successfully raising money, and a misunderstanding involving stick figures instead of an org chart in "The Most Important Decision is Getting Started" From the Investors Elaine Stead of BlueSky shares the principles their team uses to operate as effectively as one stable unit in "One Team One Dream" Ben Horowitz of Andreessen Horowitz urges not just founders, but all leaders to always be themselves and avoid having a different personality when acting as a "manager" in "The First Rule of Leadership" Jason Lemkin of SaaStr notes that as the SaaS market has had its run over the past two years, the $3 Billion mark may be the true indicator of "unicorn" status in "$3 Billion Is the New $1 Billion in SaaS" Semil Shah of Haystack provides a list of five motivations that may explain why there are so many new small funds being created in "Podcast: The Backstory Of Raising Haystack IV (The Full Ratchet)" |
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