Founders tips - Issue #89

I got a call from a brilliant young French entrepreneur the other day asking me about composing the board for his startup as he was closing his seed round. It seemed like every angel writing a check…

As a founder, my biggest regrets are not having difficult conversations sooner. Through a course in nonviolent communication, I learned the value of precise, empathetic communication in leadership.

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When I interviewed Ed Baker at the 2017 GrowthHackers Conference, he explained that he gained a deep appreciation of the North Star Metric (NSM) concept when he was leading Facebook’s international…

I learned to program with BASIC back when I was twelve. I would write elaborate programs and run them. Invariably, they would surprise me by failing to do what I expect. I would struggle for a time, but I’d eventually give up and just accept that whatever “bugs” I had created were there to stay.

And the interesting comments on HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19829435

Angel Investments is one of the most exciting, yet most risky asset classes. It’s investing in deep out-of-the money, illiquid options with paucity of data. But it’s also very intellectually…