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How to Think of R&D Spend

Andreessen Horowitz

Here’s how I wish more growth-stage teams approached their R&D spend: Use benchmarks to initially ballpark your overall spend (but remember there are good reasons to vary from benchmarks). The problem with the 70–20–10 rule is that product is so multifaceted that it defies a generalizable rule or framework.

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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Executive Talent

Andreessen Horowitz

Who are the best search partners to use, and let then letting you and that search firm run with the execution. I think it’s the best framework for executive hiring that I’ve seen. Can you just describe the MOC to our audience, what it is, and why you guys are so passionate about using it?

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Sanity, a platform to build and manage content flows on sites, raises $9.3M from Ev Williams, Threshold and more

TechCrunch

They do include e-commerce experiences, but also companies building interactive tools for customers to look at, mix, and match various light fixtures from a lighting consultancy; more standard publishing services; and for helping tailor materials for emergency medical training services.

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How Monica and Joe priced their new enterprise product?

Entrepreneur's Handbook

In consumer goods, where product features and benefits like brand, reputation, and service are often intangible, the conjoint analysis is a marketing research approach used to measure the differentiation value. Yet, most companies use cost-plus pricing. Or, it may be the learning required by the customer to adopt the solution.

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How to Manage a Board

Y Combinator

When people refer to setting up a board, what they usually mean is the process of adding outside directors, after the company raises money. One thing you can do is check references with founders that those investors have worked with – just as with recruiting any talent. Decision framework. ? option grants).

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Train your own AI language model with Personal AI

The Zapier Blog

While there are viable knowledge management techniques—such as building yourself a second brain —sticking to a framework takes time you don't have. As you do so, the app will start stacking memories that it will use to suggest responses when you're messaging someone else—or writing a tweet or blog post.

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Extra Crunch roundup: UiPath’s IPO filing, predicting revenue, how to pivot properly, much more

TechCrunch

Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. The IPO market is sending us mixed messages. If you have a great idea within the open-core framework, expect your risks to be much lower than with a traditional business structure. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members.