From the Editors

Today is the last edition of the Mattermark Daily. Thank you to the nearly 120,000 subscribers for reading this newsletter year after year. 

To the past editors of the Daily —Danielle Morrill, Kevin Morrill, Andy Sparks, Wade Vaughn, Sam Debrule, Alex Wilhelm, Nick Frost, and Jonathan Kressaty— I appreciate the care and thought that went in to creating this newsletter every day. It was truly something special. 

-Ashley

From the Operators

Dave Kellogg of Host Analytics explains how to reference competitors when speaking to people outside of your organization in "Talking Competition: Methinks Thou Doth Protest Too Much"

Barron Caster of Rev compiled a list of tools to help companies grow their current products in "Growth Tools 101 (with 6 conversion examples and real numbers)"

Kwindla Hultman Kramer of Daily.co lists four things an experienced finance executive will bring to the table to help save time and money in "Your Startup Needs a CFO"

Heidi Zak of ThirdLove speaks with her marketing director to learn the benefits of hiring inexperienced employees in "Here's What Happens When You Hire People Without Experience"

From the Investors

Paul Murphy of Northzone tells the story of his first interview for a VC role and the reason for his rejection in "Recruiting for the job I didn't get"

Jason Lemkin on SaaStr shares the Ideal VP Hiring Plan for Most SaaS Companies in "What Order Should You Hire Your Management Team In?"

Andrew Chen of Andreessen Horowitz (formerly of Uber) talks about joining the firm to help build the next generation of great companies in "On Finding the 'Fresh Powder' in Growth" [Podcast + Transcript]