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Welcome to issue 579 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.
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Top 250 YCombinator Video Summaries
Boost your startup knowledge with the top takeaways from YC videos.

The Race to $100B: The Palo Alto Networks Story
Exploring the rise of the cybersecurity giant, its future roadmap, and lessons about software transformations.

Binti’s Path to Product-Market Fit — Lessons in Immersive User Research
In this post in our “Paths to Product-Market Fit” series, Binti’s co-founder and CEO Felicia Curcuru sits down with First Round partner Todd Jackson to tell the story of how her time spent shadowing family social workers in San Francisco empowered her to build a product now used by a third of the country’s child welfare agencies. 


Marketing, Sales and PR

Product-led growth is many things. But here is what it's NOT.
Seven misconceptions about PLG.

Scaling with Intuition
Rubrik CEO Bipul Sinha on the Importance of Focus in High-Growth Times.

Launching a Free Product to a Skeptical Customer Base: The PLG Journey at TrustCloud
Gary Yau Chan explains how TrustCloud (formerly Kintent) implemented PLG and kept sales-led motions through a free SOC 2 compliance tool.


Money and Finance

Impact of SAFE or convertible note that’s doesn’t convert 
Many founders unfortunately don’t understand the downstream impact of SAFE or convertible note that doesn't convert and therefore doesn’t dilute. Put it simply - it is going to cost you more equity down the line! Let’s unpack this to understand what’s going on.

The Remaking of Kleiner Perkins
After 50 years of dealmaking, the historic firm is back at venture’s top table. Sharp bets and renewed focus suggest Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman’s KP may be heading for another golden generation.

The New Treasury Playbook for 2023
This document is intended to be a living playbook for current treasury best practices for venture-backed startups. It draws from FirstMark’s collective experience through multiple cycles, as well as our CFO Guild, an invite-only community that brings together 400+ CFOs from the venture-backed ecosystem. 
 
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