Startup Digest - Your Weekly Reads on 27-MAY-2020

Issue #106 • May 27 •

Startup Reading List

A weekly selection of top articles, videos and resources on startup life.

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” ― Oscar Wilde

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Bubble No-Code Bootcamp: Build Your MVP Tech Product in 8 Classes, No Prior Experience Required.

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Advice is More Important — and Overwhelming — Than Ever | First Round Review

How founders can sort through the sea of advice from your advisor network to hone in on the crucial insights for your startup.

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What’s Important? | Renee Mars with Y Combinator

In the early stages of working on a startup, there is little time to spend on areas other than product development and talking to users. However, as you start to hire people and build a team, there are HR fundamentals worth investing in. Having basic HR practices in place can help your startup scale quickly and may eliminate unforeseen and often costly problems down the road.

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Doordash and Pizza Arbitrage | Ranjan Roy and Can Duruk at Margins

If capitalism is driven by a search for profit, the food delivery business confuses the hell out of me. Every platform loses money. Restaurants feel like they’re getting screwed. Delivery drivers are poster children for gig economy problems. Customers get annoyed about delivery fees.

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A Bias to Action | Henry Ward

Many ceos face similar challenges of keeping a growing, and in our case regulated, organization executing with the same relentless and risk-taking spirit of the early days.

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Gartner Research: The CIO’s Guide to Working with Startups

CIOs responsible for innovation are interested in startups’ promise of innovation and speed, but are daunted by the risks and unknowns. How do you deal with tech startups when 90% fail within 10 years? Gartner offers five steps to help you find your bearings, get started and avoid the biggest pitfalls. Access the report.

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