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General

10 Lessons from Great Businesses
After publishing over half a million words on some of the world’s most innovative businesses, these are the 10 lessons I come back to again and again. You’ll find tactics from Stripe, FTX, Tiger Global, OpenSea, and other exceptional organizations.

How TrueCaller built a billion-dollar caller ID data empire in India
A weeks-long investigation by The Caravan shows the Swedish company has used India’s lack of a comprehensive legal framework surrounding data protection to advance its business.

Run This Diagnostic to Thoughtfully Build (and Evaluate) Your Startup’s Culture
There are tons of reads on why company culture matters, but few on how to actually architect it. And it’s rarely examined at the co-founding duo, 5-person team, or 30-person startup level. Laura Del Beccaro aims to change that by sharing this 3-step framework she’s leaned on while building Sora.

What's Under the Hood of SaaS Companies
The hidden underpinnings of what makes SaaS scale so nicely.

The Five-Day Workweek Is Dying
And the implications for work and cities are going to be fascinating.


Marketing, Sales and PR

The Elephant in the room: The myth of exponential hypergrowth
This article suggests an alternate model for how fast-growing companies actually grow. Understanding the model is useful not only for predicting growth, but because understanding the foundational drivers of growth allows us to take smarter actions to create growth in our own companies.

How to Track ARR & Quota Credit for Non-Standard Renewals and Expansion
In this article, we explain how to handle a variety of non-standard yet not atypical upgrades.

The Complete Guide to Content Repurposing
Content repurposing is when you find a new use for your existing content. Reformat them for different platforms and extend their reach.


Money and Finance

Your VCs Are Worried About Public Multiples. Do You Need To Worry, Too?
As a founder, what should you do in this new world?  Basically, hunker down and carry on — if you have enough capital.

Venture Vocab
A dictionary of common VC terms.


Startups of the Week

Mage
The fastest way to build and use AI. Mage is a tool that transforms your data into predictions. No AI experience required.

Zygo 
Stream any content from your phone underwater: music, podcasts, audiobooks, and our workouts. Zygo also enables live coaching. 


Tips, Tools and Services

Legal Concepts for Founders
This handbook is designed to help founders avoid common areas of confusion, by providing a solid foundation of legal knowledge.

How to scale a unicorn-building engineering team (and stay sane)
Building a structured game plan for empowering engineers can drive your team’s scaling.

How Note Taking Can Help You Become an Expert
What Cognitive Flexibility Theory tells us about the acceleration of expertise in ill-structured domains.
 
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