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From the Operators

Kelly Sutton of Gusto assembles a guide to determining exactly what technical debt might cost, and also addresses a major flaw in the standard calculation, in "Quantifying Technical Debt"

Ali Mese of Growth Supply uses MailChimp & Drift as examples of startups that not only built a brand, but encouraged a new way for customers to think about (and solve) a problem in "Don’t Build a Startup, Build a Movement"

Jedidiah Yueh of Delphix shares a bit of the journey taken to become a software CEO, discussing the clarity that is found when a product vision grabs a market in "How I Went From English Major to Serial Software CEO"

Phil Freo of Close.io has a quick guide around making feature requests, which applies to not just software engineering, but anyone interacting with a team that's building a product in "How to log Feature Requests"

Russell Vaughan of GoSquared discusses the communication, information, and tactics needed to help marketing and sales operate as an efficient machine for growth in "Knocking down the wall between marketing and sales"

Abe Burmeister of Outlier discusses finding a co-founder, bootstrapping to 17 employees with just $15k in personal investment, the technical aspects of modern fashion, and advice around successfully bootstrapping a company in "Abe Burmeister"

From the Investors

Brad Feld of Foundry Group summarizes his takeaway after hearing Scott Dorsey of High Alpha share his five attributes of great SaaS leaders, adding a recommendation to play the long game and emphasizing giving back in "Scott Dorsey's Attributes of Great SaaS Leaders"

Jason Lemkin of SaaStr provides a list of eight things companies should do after raising a $10M+ round in "I Just Raised a $10,000,000 Round!! Now What Should I Do With It :)"

Ashley Carroll of Social Capital announces the launch of their new investing "operating system" - built as an MVP, launched like a product, and designed to use data (rather than coffee meetings) to determine what to fund in "Capital-as-a-Service: A New Operating System for Early Stage Investing"

Allen Miller of Matrix Partners comments on the fear, uncertainty, & doubt surrounding cryptocurrency, the amount of venture capital available, the growth of the FinTech community, and more in "Money 2020: 12 lessons from this year’s conference"

From the Archives

Biz Stone, previously of Jelly, shares the major concepts discovered on the first-time CEO journey, including being a great communicator, being a leader, and firing people in "CEO Advice from a New CEO"

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