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A Founder's Guide: Essential Management Advice for Startups

Tomasz Tunguz

After analyzing hundreds of posts on startup management, I’ve distilled the key pieces of advice that founders and leaders should keep in mind. 12 Questions to Find GReat Managers : Use frameworks like Gallup’s 12 questions to assess your effectiveness as a manager.

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You Can’t Rely on a VC for Your Hardest Decisions

Both Sides of the Table

We are money, advice, coaching, cheerleading, interventionist but not “the decider.” Consultants should provide you data & frameworks – not decisions. In preparation for her reentry into VC she spoke with many mentors of hers for advice on venture capital. ” Such simple yet poignant advice.

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The Benefits of Top-Down Thinking & Why it is Critical to Entrepreneurs

Both Sides of the Table

I had to understand their business requirements and document them all. I’m never right the first time so I spend time adjusting my frameworks. Tags: Startup Advice. I next moved into system design where I designed computer systems to deal with large industrial natural gas customers and telecommunication companies.

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How to Communicate Impact Metrics to Investors

StartupNation

Post-round, the same metrics framework became our quarterly board template, saving hours of prep. So my advice? ” These aren’t vanity stats—they’re proof that we’re changing how families preserve legacy, have difficult conversations, and document care preferences before it’s too late.

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Learnings of a CEO: Matt Schulman, Pave, on Hiring

Y Combinator

But I found that early advice to be accurate: The first 10 employees are the most important aspect in the company’s life cycle – other than finding product-market fit – and recruiting has to be the founder’s priority. Most candidates will ask questions in the document, as it can be more approachable.

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Design and implement a content governance system to increase ROI

TechCrunch

A company’s product or service can be phenomenal, but if the enterprise content — marketing, messaging, customer service communications, product documentation or even brand voice and style — is poorly written or unfocused, you’ll have a difficult time attracting and retaining customers. Content is the core of customer experience.

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How to conduct a reduction in force: Planning, execution and follow-up

TechCrunch

Many CEOs can’t afford to simply exist within the status quo frameworks they enjoyed as part of a rosy 2021. Our best-practice advice to CEOs is to cut deep enough that they are confident there will not be a second round in the next few months.