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From the Operators

Jason Cohen of WP Engine shares a list of topics, questions, and activities worthy of your next company retreat as a series of tweets in “Strategic Activities for a Company Retreat”

In a summary post from a recent conference talk, Steli Efti of Close.io and Steven Broudy of MuleSoft share their top three steps to constructing a successful sales machine.

Paras Chopra of Wingify points out that founders are often lonely and frustrated, reminding us to take care of each other.

From the Investors

Chip Hazard of of Flybridge has replaced his VC-vest with a sequined X-Factor tee guaranteed to make your faded Webvan beefy-tee look wildly antiquated.

Michael Seibel of Y Combinator outlines pros & cons of the three most common career paths in tech, emphasizing the time necessary to become skilled at each role in “Three Paths in the Tech Industry: Founder, Executive, or Employee”

Micah Rosenbloom of Founder Collective has taken a recent investor update received from a portfolio company and turned it into “A ‘Fill-In-The-Blank’ Investor Update Template for Busy Founders”

Om Malik of True Ventures uses Twitter’s change to tweet length to demonstrate that the tech industry is often hypocritically disruptive of the change they seek in “Change is hard, even in Silicon Valley”

Tasha Seitz of Impact Engine points out the often overlooked truths about cash(flow) when it comes to startup survival in “Cash Is More Important Than Your Mother”