Lessons from Canva’s Global Head of Product Robert Kawalsky
Things I overheard in conversation with a $50B product leader and the head of product at the hottest AI product company around.
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Three startup marketing tips from the founder of Kayak
As capital gets scarce, I want to relay a few thoughts on startup marketing that Kayak founder Steve Hafner recently shared with the Founder Collective portfolio.
Startup Success Outside Silicon Valley: Data from Over 200 Exits in 17 Cities
There’s never been a better time to build a company outside the Bay Area
“Go-to-Market” must be on your mind from day one
You can put off monetization, but not thinking about monetization
What to Do When a Co-Founder Can’t Scale
A high-quality startup problem is when the company starts to scale but one of the co-founders can’t grow at the same pace as the other. It’s a good problem but a real challenge nonetheless. Here are some thoughts on how I’ve seen it handled well (and not).
Spotting & Stopping the Slippery Slope of Ethical Lapses at Startups
I’ve had the good fortune to be an investor for almost 15 years and have backed 100s of startups. Only one company in all that time deliberately defrauded its VCs.