From the Operators

Seth Godin provides two ways to arm yourself when being vulnerable in "Effort in the face of near-certain rejection"

Chris Savage of Wistia highlights Apple's HomePod as a lesson of success rather than failure in "When Your Competition Accelerates, Have the Courage to Go Slow"

Yinon Weiss of CarDash explains why displaying core values on the wall is the most important single thing a CEO can do in "CarDash Startup Culture — And Why our Culture Matters"

From the Investors

Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures encourages founders to raise money when they can to access more options and provide the business a broader universe of paths to success in "The Importance of Time Value of Money for Startups"

GAN released their Data Report showing yearly program data from a global community of the world’s best independent accelerators and the nearly 9,500 startups that have graduated their programs in "2018 GAN Data Infographic"

Matt Ward of the Syndicate shares why moats are the most important aspect of any business in "Think you understand network effects? You don't"

Naomi Newman of Primary Venture Partners provides an industry perspective for Q1 in "Optimism and seed-stage FOMO persist despite 2018's lackluster start"

Kate Preston McAndrew of Bolt takes you through the pre-product, pre-revenue investment practice for their firm in "I invest in slope, not y-intercept"