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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. Team Building Anatomy of a Reference Check : Then get out of their way. As startups scale, effective management becomes the difference between chaotic growth and sustainable success.

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How to Communicate Impact Metrics to Investors

StartupNation

So my advice? My advice: Don’t just show what your numbers are—show why they matter. My advice: First, understand which metrics actually matter to your specific business model and focus relentlessly on those. Don’t treat impact as a side note. Bake it into your brand’s business case.

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The Role of Alternative Funding in Startups

StartupNation

Incubators, often locally based, offer guidance, mentorship, legal advice, and funding. Bootstrapping Bootstrapping refers to raising capital without using investors or financial institutions. Accelerators are a faster and scaled-down version of incubators, offering short and intensive mentorship programs and funding. Personal credit.

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Talk to Your Heroes: How I Built a Virtual Board That Enhances My Decision-Making

Paul G. Silva

Safe space for brainstorming – Test ideas without judgment or politics Consistent advice – Your virtual advisors won’t forget previous conversations Customizable expertise – Add or remove advisors based on your changing needs Setting Up Your Virtual Board Ready to create your own advisory team?

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The 8 best vibe coding tools in 2025

The Zapier Blog

The advice covers everything: performance optimization, user experience, accessibility, security, and even code quality, among too many others to mention. It contains an overview of core features, the user flow in a diagram, and context where you can upload visual references that the AI should focus on.

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Find your chronotype and schedule your productivity

The Zapier Blog

There's a lot of advice out there about the connection between timing and productivity: articles—including Zapier's own —suggesting "X things to do in the morning/afternoon/evening" to stay productive all day long. Chronotype is the scientific term for what we commonly refer to as an internal clock.

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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

Both Sides of the Table

Back to Mr. Christensen, “We subsidize their education in fields for which there are no jobs” he said in referring to the fact that many courses at universities are still taught with skills that aren’t relevant to the 21st century needs of the US workforce. The numerator (return) encourages more sales, which is fine.

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