Entrepreneurship is hard enough not to learn from those who experienced it before ! Here is a selection of valuable articles on startups, covering the most important topics. As with any editor choice, a selection is questionable. That’s why I made mine !
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CEO Role
The Harsh Reality of Being an Entrepreneur
- Entrepreneurship Is Not Sexy
- Being an Unknown Paper Millionnaire
- What does it feel like to be the CEO of a start-up?
- Startup CEOs, stop acting like victims
- Founders & importance of friends
- Why I Never Started My Own Company
- The Struggle
- When Death Feels Like A Good Option
- The Ten Year Entrepreneur
- Startups Are NOT Glamorous
- The Psychological Price of Entrepreneurship
- In 30 days, my startup will be be dead
On Hiring
Management and Organization
On Raising Funds
- The best source of capital is customers
- Why Rand should take some money off the table
- Once you take money, the clock starts ticking
- The downside of accelerated investment decisions
- The Best Equity is Sweat Equity
- Notes on raising seed financing
- Traditional VCs and First-time Entrepreneurs Are not Aligned
- Founders: Eyes wide open
- Raising money from VCs is just like dating
- How to Convince Investors
- Clean Up Your Own Shite First
On Producing Software
Building Sales
Market Strategy
- Why do Fast Followers often beat the First Mover innovators?
- Six strategies for overcoming “chicken and egg” problems
- Notes from Peter Thiel's Startup Course at Stanford
- Startups miracles
- How to win as a second mover
- All Markets Are Not Created Equal: 10 Factors To Consider When Evaluating Digital Marketplaces
- The emergence of "platform first"
- Not All Traffic Is Created Equal
Evolution of Startup Hubs
CEO Profile
- The CEO Mentor and Coach
- How Andreessen Horowitz Evaluates CEOs
- Andreessen Horowitz on Coaching Founder CEOs
- What’s The Most Difficult CEO Skill? Managing Your Own Psychology
- Three Traits Every CEO Needs
- CEOs Don’t Come Pre-Made, Authentic Leadership Has To Be Learned
- If, Why and How Founders Should Hire a Professional CEO
- Replacing Oneself as CEO
Investors Role
Entrepreneurs' Motivations
On Focusing While Executing
On Picking a Co-Founder
On Pivoting
On Failing
Growth & profit Trade-Off
Exit Considerations
- Selling Out
- The Dirty Little Secret Of Silicon Valley's Startup Boom...
- No, You CAN’T retire rich at 30 if you sell your startup
- The next generation bends over
- Why It’s Sad When Startups Don’t Get to Grow Up
- Notes on the acquisition process
- The economic logic behind tech and talent acquisitions
- The M&A Bait and Switch
- Startup identity & the sadness of a successful exit
- When to Sell Your Company
- An Acquisition is Always a Failure