From the Operators

Abhishek Anad of dressrs shares best practices to make sure your product is positioned the right way for the right audience in "Great products align with existing behaviors"

Dan Puppis of Range spoke with First Round Review about how he set out to build an anti-fragile hiring process in "Develop Your Hiring SYstem Like a Product to Eliminate Bias and Boost Retention"

Andy Ayim of World First responds to a recent piece by Aytekin Tank about dying startups and shares reactions from the startup community in "VC funding is not the holy grail for all startups"

Jordan Bowman of Catylist provides guidance on prioritizing the usability, utility and aesthetics of your prodcut in "Do Aesthetics Matter?"

From the Investors

Y Combinators shares the roundtable conversation from Seattle Female Founders Conference in "Fundraising Advice from Female Founders"

Hunter Walk of Homebrew answers a question from his previous post on how Homebrew III is a better fit for seed phases in "Venture Funds as Products. What We Changed for Homebrew III."

Scott Goering of Battery Ventures explains how early-stage startups can correctly cast their net for big sales in "How Your Business-Focused Startup Can Snag a 'Big First' Client—Without Missing the Other Fish in the Sea"