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From the Operators

Avni Patel Thompson of Poppy reminds us that it’s time to apply to YC, and provides three things to consider before applying in “Applying to an accelerator? Don’t make these mistakes.”

Annie Tsai of Edio provides an in-depth guide to help new moms balance life with returning to work, and for operators to provide a healthy work environment in “A Survival Guide to That Startup Mom Life”

Diana Neculai of Froala equates the birth of a startup and its product to a video game and points out the addictiveness for both the players and creators in “Startups: Real Life Games”

Paul Johnston of Movivo extrapolates blog comments on technical debt into a concept around the minimum viable product being a form of credit in “Let’s talk about ‘Technical Credit’ not ‘Technical Debt’”

From the Investors

Roger Chen of Silverton Partners suggests that in addition to (and separately from) a set of “business” advisors, startups assemble an advisory board of operators within their target market in “Target market advisory boards”

Bryce Roberts of Indie.vc is starting a series of “Founder Field Trips” for profitable, non-funded startups to share the lessons and tradeoffs they’ve experienced with other founders.

Benjamin Tseng of 1955 Capital explains the motivations behind acquiring a company and respective guidance for the selling party in “The Four Types of M&A”

From the Lawyers & Finance Leaders

Blake Koriath of High Alpha points out something many operators have experienced - the finance leader who feels bad about spending money - in “Finance Guilt”

Ryan Gaglio and Jason Zachary of BakerHostetler make a case for structuring a company as an LLC even when taking venture funding in “‘Urban Legends’ About Venture Capital-Backed LLCs”

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