From the Operators

Ben Thompson of Stratechery shares his perspective of Spotify's recent IPO filing and introduces Assets-as-a-Service (AaaS) as a startup business model to watch in "Lessons from Spotify"

Biz Stone and Jack Dorsey of Twitter comment on their accountability and how to navigate the openness of their platform in "Health of the Public Conversation"

Rualri Galavan of Intercom provides guidelines for pushing customers past trying your product to actually becoming a user in "Marketing doesn't stop when youv'e acquired a customer"

From the Investors

Kevin Stevens of Intelis Capital provides three ways investors can support their founders beyond capital in "How Our Diligence Is a Signal of Partnership"

Christian Weniger of Creathor Ventures creates the case for European regions emerging as a Silicon Valley successor in "The Dawn of Deep Tech in Europe"

Riz Virk of Play Labs @ MIT urges founders to be more critical of VC's interests in funding them in "The One Thing Most Entreprenuers Get Wrong About Venture Capitalists"

Michael Brown of Bowery Capital shares some key considerations when thinking about the Proof Of Concept (POC) phase of sales in "Landing & Managing Proof Of Concepts"

Tomasz Tungunz of Redpoint Ventures breaks down the purpose, strategy and tactics of a marketing department in a single image in "The Clearest Articulation of a Marketing Roadmap"

Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures has advice for tech investing using trends and correctly timing when they'll go mainstream in "Pay Attention To The Package"