From the Operators

Steve Blank covers the history of the venture-backed CEO and explains the changes that led to poorly-behaved founders carrying a company well past IPO in "Why Uber is The Revenge of the Founders"

Nora Townson of Bright+ Early has a list of common problems & solutions startups without HR teams run into, as well as guidelines around when to hire for HR in "How To Bootstrap Your Startup’s HR (And When Not To)"

Amanda Richardson of Hotel Tonight discusses four major mistakes teams make when it comes to data-driven decisions, as well as tactics around how to avoid them, in "The Four Cringe-Worthy Mistakes Too Many Startups Make with Data"

From the Investors

Gil Dibner pushes for founders raising money to understand the "one thing" that defines the round, and argues that more than one means the round thesis is probably incorrect in "Startups and the art of the ‘one thing’"

Greg Sands of Costanoa Ventures thinks the "Rule of 40" is overly simplistic and leads to growth-halting decisions in in "What the “Rule of 40” Means at the Early Stage"

Derek Bittar of IndicatorCapital defines customer, client, and consumer to help founders better understand exactly who they're selling to (and taking money from) in "The Credit Card Roulette"

Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures thinks the next two years will be huge for tech IPOs, citing their portfolio and other players in "IPOs Are Back In Favor"

Aline Vedder of Acton Capital thinks that even though Amazon is growing faster, modern e-commerce brands can control every aspect of the sale, and therefore must offer a better customer experience in "Mapping V-Commerce – Acton Perspectives"

Sanjiv Kalevar of Battery Ventures believes there's a market for software startups that are 100% focused on tools that make the modern worker that's not in an office much more efficient in "What washing dishes taught me about the power of blue-collar software"

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