From the Investors 

Sophie Bakalar of Collaborative Fund gives practical advice on how your brand can compete with Jeff Bezos' behemoth in "How to Beat Amazon" 

Y Combinator invites you to apply to the Open Application for YC Growth Program

First Round Review spoke to Stacy La, one of the first employees at Clover Health, for tips on surviving as an early employee at a startup in "Read This Before Joining as Employee 1 to 20 at a Startup"

In response to an article from Thursday's daily by Martin Casado, Nic Brisbourne of Forward Partners expands on the terrifying challenges founders face in "Software startups: Beware 'magic' bullets"

From the Operators 

Abhishek Kothari of Citi provides three ways that companies can unleash the startup within in "The Only Constant"

Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt demonstrates using the needs of his customers and community to point him to the right revenue opportunity in "How we made our first dollar at Product Hunt"

David Heinemeier Hansson of Basecamp removed the ability to provide passive praise with surprising results in "We decided to kill a feature to figure out how to make it better"