From the Operators

Rand Fishkin of SparkToro announces his departure from Moz and the lessons he learned along the way in "My Last Day at Moz. My First Day at SparkToro."

Brian Halligan of Hubspot lists the real world lessons he learned outside the classroom in "51 Reasons Scaleup Experience is Better Than an MBA"

Nathan Kontny of HighRise shares the internet prank he created that resulted in banning users from using his CRM in "Trick a Journalist — The next 'innovation' in email marketing"

Tim Retting gives advice on the right way to balance work and life for long term producitvity in both areas in "7 Unexpected Characteristics of Top Performers"

Patrick Monaghan of Phorest believes having a visual experience, not a case study, is the only way to communicate a complicated system clearly in "A Prototype is worth 1,000 User Stories"

From the Investors

Ben Wiener of Jumpspeed Ventures explains how both founders and investors can "hack" the daily challenge of making decisions based on imperfect information in "Wisdom by Proxy"

Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures recognizes that private equity has rapidly become a substantial player in SaaS consolidation in "Private Equity as an Exit Option for SaaS Startups"

Andrew Oddo of Bowery Capital helps founders tackle the exercise of identifying who you should be selling to in "A Founder's Guide: Forging Your First Ideal Customer Profile & Buyer Persona"

Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures gives his perception of a CBInsights chart detailing the likelihood of raising each round of funding by region in "The VC Funnel"

Jason Lemkin of SaaStr advises on building a sales team with reps in the San Francisco area even as the cost continues to grow in "Can You Scale Sales in the Bay Area? $30k ACV is Probably The Cut-Off"