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Culture📝 Blog

MIT Sloan - How to Help High Achievers Overcome Imposter Syndrome

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Culture📝 Blog

Momentum and Fake Work

blog.samaltman.comRead more →
Culture💼 LinkedIn

Startups that do things slowly don't do them any better. Just slower.

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Culture📝 Blog

The Culture Code - Daniel Coyle

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Culture📝 Blog

Building an Inclusive Startup Culture

blog.guidepoint.comRead more →
Culture🎬 YouTube

How to Create a Strong Company Culture

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Culture📝 Blog

Creating Psychological Safety at Work

mindtools.comRead more →
Culture📝 Blog

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

tablegroup.comRead more →
Culture📝 Blog

Building Trust in Remote Teams

hbr.orgRead more →
Culture📝 Blog

Radical Transparency - Kim Scott

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Fundraising📝 Blog

18 Mistakes Founders Make When Pitching Pre-Seed to VCs

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Fundraising🎬 YouTube

Cap Tables and How To Keep Them Clean

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Fundraising💼 LinkedIn

Carta - How Pre-seed Founder Choose SAFE Valuation Cap

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Fundraising📝 Blog

Cooley - Convertible Note Term Sheet

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Fundraising📝 Blog

Cooley - Diversity Rider for Convertible Note and Series Seed Equity Term Sheets

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Fundraising📝 Blog

Cooley - Series Seed Equity Financing Documents Generator

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Fundraising📝 Blog

Cooley - What is the Difference between 409A Valuations and Venture Capital Valuations?

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Fundraising📝 Blog

Cooley - YC SAFE Financing Document Generator

cooleygo.comRead more →
Fundraising📝 Blog

DocSend - The Startup Fundraising Playbook

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Fundraising📝 Blog

Due Diligence Checklist for Pre-Seed Companies

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Fundraising📝 Blog

FI - Startup Funding Benchmarks

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Fundraising📝 Blog

Founder 101: Everything You Need to Know About Cap Table Management

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Fundraising🎬 YouTube

Fundraise Faster Part 2: Doc Prep and Pitch Decks

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Fundraising🎬 YouTube

Fundraise Faster Part 3: Target Investor List and Closing

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Fundraising🎬 YouTube

Fundraise Faster Part I: The Why, When and How Much of Startup Fundraising

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Fundraising📝 Blog

Global Investor Database - 6,000+ VC Firms

joinodin.comRead more →
Fundraising📝 Blog

How Investor FAQ's Help You Fundraise

connormurphy.blogRead more →
Fundraising📝 Blog

How To Raise Investment

tomblomfield.comRead more →
Fundraising📝 Blog

NFX - The Investing Network for Founders, VCs, Scouts, and Angels

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Fundraising📝 Blog

Techstars - Building Your Investor Pipeline

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Fundraising🎬 YouTube

Techstars - Venture Deals Course

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Fundraising📝 Blog

YC - Series A diligence checklist

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Fundraising📝 Blog

Venture Deals - Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson

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Fundraising📝 Blog

The Art of the Start - Guy Kawasaki

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Fundraising📝 Blog

Understanding Term Sheets

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Fundraising📝 Blog

Negotiating Equity - First Round

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Fundraising📝 Blog

YC - How to Raise Seed Round

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Fundraising📝 Blog

Angels and Demons - Understanding Angel Investors

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Fundraising📝 Blog

Series A Essentials - How to Prepare

sequoia.comRead more →
Fundraising📝 Blog

Investor Relations for Founders

a16z.comRead more →
Fundraising📝 Blog

Crowdfunding vs VC Funding

blog.kickstarter.comRead more →
Fundraising📝 Blog

Equity Crowdfunding Platforms - Latest Trends

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Fundraising📝 Blog

Pre-Seed Funding Strategies

ycombinator.comRead more →
Fundraising📝 Blog

Revenue-Based Financing - Alternative Funding

ycombinator.comRead more →
Fundraising📝 Blog

Pitching VCs - The Complete Guide

amazon.comRead more →
Fundraising📝 Blog

Due Diligence for Series B

firstround.comRead more →
Fundraising📝 Blog

Understanding Dilution and Your Share

carta.comRead more →
Fundraising📝 Blog

Valuation Methods for Early Stage Startups

investopedia.comRead more →
Growth📝 Blog

a16z - Selling to SMBs, a Founder's Playbook

a16z.comRead more →
Growth📝 Blog

a16z - Why Do Investors Care So Much About LTV:CAC?

a16z.comRead more →
Growth🎬 YouTube

What do TAM, SAM and SOM mean and why are they important?

youtube.comRead more →
Growth🎬 YouTube

Pricing: 3 Steps to Follow When Pricing Your Product

youtube.comRead more →
Growth🎬 YouTube

Techstars - The W3 - Who, What and Why Framework

toolkit.techstars.comRead more →
Growth📝 Blog

The Mom Test - Rob Fitzpatrick

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Growth📝 Blog

Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Growth

traction-book.comRead more →
Growth📝 Blog

From 0 to $1M ARR - Customer Development & Growth Strategies

nfx.comRead more →
Growth📝 Blog

First Round - The Art and Science of Becoming a Revenue Leader

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Growth📝 Blog

YC - How to Talk to Users

ycombinator.comRead more →
Growth📝 Blog

Unit Economics - Understanding Your Business Model

investopedia.comRead more →
Growth📝 Blog

The Lean Startup - Eric Ries

theleanstartup.comRead more →
Growth📝 Blog

Growth at Scale - Brian Balfour

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Growth📝 Blog

Product Market Fit - Mark Andreessen

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Growth📝 Blog

First Round - The Cult of Culture - Insights from Airbnb's Founding

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Hiring💼 LinkedIn

Carta - Equity For First 5 Hires

linkedin.comRead more →
Hiring💼 LinkedIn

Carta - Vesting Schedule Distribution Across Personas & Stage

linkedin.comRead more →
Hiring💼 LinkedIn

Equity To Give Your First 10 Employees

linkedin.comRead more →
Hiring📝 Blog

FI - Founder / Advisor Standard Template (FAST)

fi.coRead more →
Hiring📝 Blog

First Round - Focus on Your First 10 Systems, Not Just Your First 10 Hires

review.firstround.comRead more →
Hiring📝 Blog

First Round - Hiring a VP of Engineering? Use This Framework from Shopify's VPE to Get it Right

review.firstround.comRead more →
Hiring🎙️ Podcast

Greylock - The Executive Recruiting Playbook

greylock.comRead more →
Hiring📝 Blog

Hiring Executives & Bad Advice

blog.eladgil.comRead more →
Hiring📝 Blog

How to Pick a Co-Founder

startuphacks.vcRead more →
Hiring📝 Blog

NFX - The Infinite Conflict of Hiring

nfx.comRead more →
Hiring🎬 YouTube

Techstars - Navigate Cofounder Relationships

toolkit.techstars.comRead more →
Hiring📝 Blog

YC - 10 Questions to Discuss with a Potential Co-founder

ycombinator.comRead more →
Hiring📝 Blog

Work Rules - Laszlo Bock (Google HR Leader)

workrules.netRead more →
Hiring📝 Blog

The Rare Find - George Anders

amazon.comRead more →
Hiring📝 Blog

Radical Candor - Feedback and People Management

amazon.comRead more →
Hiring📝 Blog

First Round - The Right Way to Hire Senior Engineers

review.firstround.comRead more →
Hiring📝 Blog

A16Z - How To Hire Better

a16z.comRead more →
Hiring📝 Blog

Building Diverse Startup Teams

forbes.comRead more →
Leadership📝 Blog

First Round - Give Away Your Legos

review.firstround.comRead more →
Leadership📝 Blog

First Round - How to Build a Culture of Ownership, and Other Engineering Leadership Tips from Plaid & Dropbox

review.firstround.comRead more →
Leadership📝 Blog

HBR - Seven Surprises for New CEOs

hbr.orgRead more →
Leadership📝 Blog

HBR - Why Start-ups Fail

hbr.orgRead more →
Leadership🎬 YouTube

How to Avoid Rookie Startup Legal Mistakes

youtube.comRead more →
Leadership🎬 YouTube

Startup Advisor vs Board Member: What's the Difference?

youtube.comRead more →
Leadership📝 Blog

The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Summary

getstoryshots.comRead more →
Leadership📝 Blog

First Round - The Best Advice We Overheard at First Round's CTO Unconference

review.firstround.comRead more →
Leadership📝 Blog

a16z - The Struggle

a16z.comRead more →
Leadership📝 Blog

Paul Graham - Founder Mode

paulgraham.comRead more →
Leadership🎬 YouTube

Y Combinator - How to Manage

youtube.comRead more →
Leadership📝 Blog

Good to Great - Jim Collins

jimcollins.comRead more →
Leadership📝 Blog

Scaling Leadership - Managing Teams as You Grow

reforge.comRead more →
Leadership📝 Blog

YC - How to Manage People

ycombinator.comRead more →
Leadership📝 Blog

First Round - Radical Candor: How to Be a Better Leader by Saying What You Mean

review.firstround.comRead more →
Leadership📝 Blog

High Output Management - Andy Grove

amazon.comRead more →
Leadership📝 Blog

Crucial Conversations - Crucial Learning

cruciallearning.comRead more →
Leadership📝 Blog

The Effective Executive - Peter Drucker

amazon.comRead more →
Leadership📝 Blog

Emotional Intelligence for Leaders

hbr.orgRead more →
Leadership🎬 YouTube

YC - Leadership Principles from Great CEOs

youtube.comRead more →
Leadership📝 Blog

First Round - The Coach's Playbook for Building Teams

review.firstround.comRead more →

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