US Venture Capital’s Tougher Q2 In Historical Context (read more)

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From the Investors

Naval Ravikant of AngelList joins angel investor Dave Lerner to discuss the origins of AngelList, the changing landscape of startup investing and all things Syndicates in “Venture Studio Episode 30” (podcast)

David Pakman of Venrock reveals how Michael Dubin created a massively successful company and re-defined CPG in “Dollar Shave Club”

Cindy Padnos of Illuminate Ventures and Harry Stebbings chat about the unwavering power of predictable revenue in “SaaStr Podcast #039”

Arnaud Bonzom of 500 Startups describes eight ways for big companies and entrepreneurs to collaborate in "How do the Biggest Companies Deal with the Startup Revolution?" (report)

Michael Seibel of Y Combinator condenses the pitch creation process to answering just seven questions in “How to Pitch Your Company”

From the Operators

Eric Devaney of Drift lists how fourteen startup execs think about talking to their customers in “The Art And Science Of Talking To Customers”

Mel Gordon of Tap Hunter, Craig Wortmann of Sales Engine, and Steli Efti of Close.io dive deep into the techniques that separate good sales pitches from great ones in “The Art of the Pitch” (podcast)

Grant Canary of DroneSeed gives an overview of the top SaaS products they believe startups should adopt in “The Core SaaS Products New Techstars Companies Should Consider”

Nathan Kinch of Meeco finds that user stories almost always fail to capture key human insights from UX Research and propose a different model and template in “User Stories are Bad… M’Kay?”

Terry Lee of MeUndies reflects on taking feedback the final mile by providing positive reinforcement in “Validation - The Missing Piece to Employee Feedback”

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