Product Habits - 25 years of advice from a legendary VC

How Meaningful Friendships Are Formed

If attempting to make and keep friends feels exhausting at times, you're not alone. The challenge is we often form friendships based on shared interests, but that isn't how we form deep bonds. They come instead through shared context. Here's what that means—and how to strengthen your friendships accordingly. 

The Macroeconomic Signal To Watch For

It's worth tracking broader market data points to navigate the bear market. The major infrastructure and software companies will report revenue performance over the next few weeks, which will provide some guidance on how buyer behavior is evolving with the economy. Keep an eye on these numbers. 

25 Years of Advice From a Legendary VC

Bill Gurley is a legendary venture capital investor known for betting big on companies like Dropbox, Instagram, Snapchat, Uber, Twitter, and Zillow. This document summarizes every blog post he's ever written over the past 25 years. It's filled with wisdom and well worth bookmarking. 

Metrics To Focus On Before and After Product-Market Fit

Every startup dreams about achieving product-market fit. If you happen to work at one of the companies that finds it, that's worth celebrating. But how should things change once you do? The most important is shifting quickly to a different set of success metrics for your product team. This is a good read about what to measure before and after achieving PMF. 

It's Time To Bring Back the AIM Away Message

AIM launched 25 years ago this month, which marked a big moment for the internet. It was a live social network, and all of us who had access were enamored by it. One of the best features was the Away Message. Slack's "Update Your Status" is the closest thing we have to it in our modern messaging apps, but it's not quite the same. Do you think it's time to bring back the AIM Away Message?

The Ultimate SaaS Content Marketing Guide

The author of this article grew a SaaS company's SEO traffic from 25k visitors/month to 250k visitors/month using content marketing. He laid out exactly how he did it. He covers everything from brainstorming and writing content, coming up with a distribution strategy, tracking ROI, and more. This is a must-read if you're investing in a content marketing strategy. 

9 Ways To Gauge Market Demand For Your Startup

It's surprising how few startups validate market demand before pouring excess time and resources into growth. I thought this was a good read about a common market validation mistake many of us make: using our personal experiences to make a broad assertion about the wider market demand. 

How Unicorn Companies Got Their First 1,000 Customers

It's hard to imagine billion-dollar companies in the startup phase, but there was a point when all of them had zero customers. This comprehensive guide dives into how a handful of unicorns developed initial MVPs and acquired their first 1,000 customers. One of the most critical factors is: Make sure you're solving a big enough problem.