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FoundersGrid #521
September 18, 2020

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How to overcome your fear of failure with the Bucky Fuller Method
This article shows how failure and the desire to end it sometimes can be an opportunity to try something more daring. Just like Bucky Fuller, who once wanted to end his own life because of the failures he experienced, later on realized that “if he is willing to end his life, he had nothing to lose by trying to live in ways he had not yet imagined.”

Ride-hailing was hit hard by COVID-19. Grab was no exception.
Grab, one of the most highly-valued tech startups in Southeast Asia, has been affected by COVID-19. Russell Cohen, its Group Managing Director of Operations shares how the company adapted its technology for an unprecedented crisis.

From Zero to IPO: How growth needs to evolve at every startup stage
There’s no plug-and-play textbook for growth. Instead, startups need to realistically assess the resources available to them at each stage, and what growth strategies fit them in the moment. Brian Rothenberg, partner at defy.vc and former VP of Growth at Eventbrite shares how his career has spanned every stage of startup growth, from scrappy zero to triumphant IPO.

After 15 years as a Product Leader, CEO and now VC, Todd Jackson reveals the advice he always shares with future founders
Todd Jackson has helped build some of the biggest products in tech that hundred of millions of people use every day, as entrepreneur, product leader, and CEO - name it and he has surely done it. Now that he is a full-time investor, Todd shares the most pivotal lessons, frameworks, and processes he picked up as he tackled challenges at every startup stage.

Growth Hacking - what does it really mean?
Everybody loves growth. But not everybody knows how growth actually works. For startups, it is not about wishing upon a star that someone or something would make your business an overnight success. It is about building business model that works and improving it over and over again.

How Intercom built $50MM ARR empire
For a startup, the founder should aim for growth followed by a steady stream of monthly and annual revenue. Intercom achieved that in less than 5 years. Here is how they did it.

How to become insanely well-connected.
Now a successful VC, Chris Fralic shares how his relationships, built deliberately over many years, help him build his career and be acknowledged as a world-class super-connector with rarefied expertise.

Startup founders must overcome information overload
With so much advice to process, founders find the ability to sift through all the advice they receive an important skill to learn. Entrepreneurs share their tips for weighing advice and data to avoid information overload.

How Slack co-designed its biggest update yet with customers.
A significant update to Slack’s design was launched last March. This was to address the basic challenge that had grown naturally with Slack: with size comes complexity.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Meet the five startup Battlefield finalists at Disrupt 2020. Link
Athira Pharma prices IPO at $17/share and will raise $204M as the biotech startup becomes a public company on Friday. Link
Former contractor builds a software startup called ToolBelt to help connect skilled labor to projects. Link
AquaCloud, an artificial intelligence system to fight sea lice. Link
Coral Solutions, an innovative startup company aims to be a “design powerhouse” and use AI to deliver products that are more lightweight, efficient, and climate-friendly. Invest in Bergen helped this startup find new partners to do just that . Link
Here is a list of questions for founders from Seth Godin’s blog that will help you evaluate your startup idea. Link
Uber hires Amazon’s VP to be its new Chief Technology Officer. Link
Workforce collaboration platform Zuper raiser $1.1M to help companies manage field teams. Link
Snowflake raised $3.4 billion in its public debut, the largest software IPO ever. Link
goPuff, a delivery company started for stoners is now valued at $2.8B and now sells everything. Link

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