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Exceptional Startups Are Needles in a Haystack. So the Best VCs Build Needle Magnets.

Hunter Walk

First, a piece of literary history. Most strategies are some combination of innovation and best practices along the classic five steps of venture investing: See, Pick, Win, Service, Exit. GET ALL MY POSTS VIA EMAIL (first and free) Bluesky has the JUICE, FOLLOW ME THERE -> [link] This post is about ‘seeing.’

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20 Years As a CEO: What I Wish I Knew Then

StartupNation

Build not a Company but a Family United Around Shared Values One of my first lessons in entrepreneurship was this. Go Mobile-First and Mobile-Fast Isn’t your business mobile yet? Not to mention Google’s mobile-first algorithm. 7 Lessons From My First Year as an Entrepreneur CEO Lesson #4. CEO Lesson #2.

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Can You Build a Business with $100 or Less? Yes … and Here’s How

StartupNation

Pick a business that doesn’t suck up cash Skip expensive solutions that look like a financial Everest and require investment with a capital “I” (and five or more zeros). Set up your brand’s profile or website If you prefer to tap into one of the freelance businesses or side hustles , you may not even need a website at first.

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20 Years As a CEO: What I Wish I Knew Then

StartupNation

Build not a Company but a Family United Around Shared Values One of my first lessons in entrepreneurship was this. Go Mobile-First and Mobile-Fast Isn’t your business mobile yet? Not to mention Google’s mobile-first algorithm. 7 Lessons From My First Year as an Entrepreneur CEO Lesson #4. CEO Lesson #2.

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“I think viewing your board as an audience to be ‘sold’ to instead of a partner in your journey will orient your board to be less trusting and collaborative.” Five Questions with Nilam Ganenthiran, Former President of Instacart

Hunter Walk

It was serving on that Board where I first met Nilam Ganenthiran , back while he was an executive at Instacart. We developed a friendship as part of our Board service and a recent blog post of his made me think I wanted to learn a bit more about his Instacart experience. So what follows are Five Question with Nilam.

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AI metrics: 6 ways to measure AI performance

The Zapier Blog

I'll admit: When I first started using AI at work, I was just going through the motions. But Tyler says using AI to identify insights is just the first step: "The true measure of success lies in how actionable and relevant these insights are to our clients." " So I put it to the test. . "As

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The 8 best vibe coding tools in 2025

The Zapier Blog

No-code was the first opening of that group to mere mortals like us. We also had on that list the first wave of code-generation and rendering tools—an early set of vibe coding apps. After you send your first prompt, the AI engine sketches out what's going to implement before it writes the code. Vibe it with Lovable.