Mattermark Daily - Powered by FullContact

The Mattermark Daily, powered by FullContact, is a hand-curated newsletter compiled daily to bring you first-person accounts of entrepreneurship, investment and insights from the startup ecosystem. If you enjoy what you read here, please consider forwarding it to spread the word. Not getting the daily regularly? Click here to subscribe!

         
 
Wednesday, May 16, 2018

From the Operators

Steve Blank of Stanford University explains how he helped implement a repositioning strategy at SuperMac in "Strategy First. Then Relentless Tactical Execution"

Jason Fried of Basecamp cautions owners to understand the weight of their asks and suggestions in "The owner's word weighs a ton"

Suhail Doshi of Mixpanel looks back on the lessons he learned while fundraising and advises other founders to take smart money, not make 5 year growth projections, and to stop using hyperbole among other tips in this Twitter thread.

Ronan Perceval from Phorest shares why making long term decisions, gives you a compounding positive impact over time in "Being an Evergreen Company, and the benefits of planning for the long term."

From the Investors

Brad Feld of Foundry Group revisits a ten-year-old slide deck from Sequoia in "Step Into The VC Time Machine"

Cameron McLain of Hummingbird Ventures urges investors to pay attention to brand in addition to the technology or product in "The Value of Brand for Tech Companies"

Connect '18 conference

hubspot-email 

The Connect '18 conference is your customer intelligence event of the year, focused on creating authentic relationships in the age of the consumer. Gain deep knowledge on marketing technology, customer success, and entrepreneurial innovation.

connect-register-button

 

Want to see your content 
in the Mattermark Daily?

We love featuring content sent to us by readers! Check out the submission guidelines, then email a link to editor@fullcontact.com with the public, non-paywalled post by 3pm PT to be considered for that day's newsletter.

Thoughtfully curated & edited by
Ashley Lozito and the FullContact team.  

Have feedback for us? Contact editor@fullcontact.com. 

Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive.

View this email on the web.