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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

From the Operators

Michael Seibel of Y Combinator offers an alternative to the conventional “great idea” theory of startups for first time founders in "One Order of Operations for Starting a Startup" 

Jessica Dubin of CreativeLive considers how companies can take responsibility to do work in a way that is ethical and advances the human condition in "Do tech companies have a responsibility to create good?"

Pat Larsen of ZenLedger.io warns you to get ready for rejection and both break and make plans a lot among other principles in "10 Commandments for Founders"

Brennan McEachran of Soapbox shares the results of their new bot that helps people have more productive meetings and which question most managers avoid entirely in "Top 10 Team Meeting Questions"

From the Investors

Joanne Wilson of Gotham Gal Ventures shares an anecdote that made her a better manager, and made her a direct report a better employee in "Taking the heat is a mangers job"

Micah Rosenbloom of Founder Collective tells founders to respond with one thing that's working well and one when challenging data point when speaking to their board and how to deliver negative info in "How to Break Bad News to Investors"
 
Eight Roads Venture shares the discussion at their latest scale up dinner including pricing, the role of CSMs, and what to consider when scaling internationally in "Scaling your go-to-market as a SaaS entrepreneur - insights from founders"
 
Michael Brown of Bowery Capital compiled tips that worked for founders when confronted with being told customers don't have the budget for their product in "Overcoming Common Sales Objections"
 
Y Combinator shares the mission of companies participating in their latest batch in "14 Companies From YC Winter 2018"
 

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