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Here is How to Make Sense of Conflicting Startup Advice

Both Sides of the Table

There are some smart if not somewhat cerebral bloggers I read who say that you shouldn’t take any startup advice at all because it’s too generalized to be useful to your situation. Draw from Frameworks. The most helpful type of advice in my mind are frameworks for how to solve a problem. So what IS one to do?

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TechCrunch+ Roundup: Reaching $1M ARR, tech job market rundown, women-led VC firms

TechCrunch

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription “Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started,” says Brett Calhoun, managing director and general partner at Redbud VC. .”

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5 Tips on Angel Investing from Veterans in this Space

Angel Capital Association

For investors themselves, angel investing is a mix of exhilaration and caution. The legal structures have gotten so much better, and the costs have come down to assemble investors using instruments like the SPV [special purpose vehicle] to invest together. What is unique about us? If we get the money, how will we use it?

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Sylvera takes $32M to build trust in carbon offsetting ratings

TechCrunch

based startup which uses machine learning technology to analyze a variety of visual data like satellite imagery and lidar with the goal of boosting accountability and credibility around carbon offsetting projects, has fast followed a $5.8 “We have a mix of customers spanning corporate buyers, traders and exchanges,” it adds.

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Some Testing is a Waste of Time: Making Business Cases for Big Bets

Reforge

We’ll make our case using an example of a big, risky bet: turning off your highest performing channel. We’ll provide a simple framework to calculate the expected value of the information gained from the experiment. The effort to apply the scientific method to marketing comes from a good place but it can also be used as a crutch.

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Don’t be a Grin Fucker

Both Sides of the Table

OK, this will be a test of whether using real curse words in your title or post gets all of your stuff blocked by spam filters or from appearing on HackerNews or the like. McKinsey had their “ 7S framework &# and BCG had the “ BCG Matrix &# with cash cows, dogs, stars and question marks. Make your arguments fact based.

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What It’s Really Like Being a New Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur's Handbook

It also helps me prolong the peaks and endure the valleys because I have a mix of both, rather than weeks in a sunken valley. This was less harmful when I worked on a team with many hands to pitch in, but now it can distract me from what’s most important. That’s the question I find most useful in determining whether to soldier on.