Co-founder equity📜, Time to Value in the AI Age⏱️, The Power of Product Metrics 📦
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In-Depth Insights 🔍
Foundational equity: Co founders, first hires and fundraising 📜
50 slides of startup data covering everything from co-founder equity through seed round fundraising.
Time to Value in the AI Age ⏱️
explores how the speed of delivering measurable value is reshaping AI-driven businesses.
The Power of Product Metrics 📦
Dive into actionable frameworks for defining and measuring product success metrics in the SaaS world.
- explores the evolving use cases and challenges for large language models in diverse industries.
The Cost of HER 💡
Tomasz Tunguz examines the economics behind high-efficiency renewables (HER) and their implications for the global energy landscape.
Trending News ⚡
The Exploration Company raises $160M to compete with SpaceX 🚀
This European startup is building spacecraft to challenge SpaceX's dominance in private space exploration.TikTok Parent ByteDance hits a $300B valuation 📱
ByteDance solidifies its position as a global tech giant with a massive self-valuation.FTC Investigates Microsoft over cloud dominance 🕵️♂️
Microsoft faces scrutiny as the FTC examines its practices in the cloud computing space.ChatGPT Integrates with macOS for smarter workflows 💻
OpenAI’s ChatGPT can now interact with macOS apps, boosting productivity and integration.Redwood Materials secures $1 billion to scale its battery recycling efforts ♻️
The company, backed by Amazon and Panasonic, is pushing for a circular economy in electric vehicle battery materials.SoftBank posts blowout quarterly gains at Vision Fund tech arm 🤑
Japanese giant SoftBank logged a 608.5 billion yen ($3.96 billion) gain on its Vision Fund tech investment arm in its fiscal second quarter ended Sept. 30
New Funds 💰
The BNP Paribas Solar Impulse Venture Fund raised €150M to accelerate the ecological transition by investing in sustainable technologies.
Founderful closed a €133M fund focused on strengthening the Swiss tech ecosystem.
BEK Ventures launched with €235M to support early-stage tech startups.
Maki.vc raised €100M to invest in bold Nordic founders reshaping industries.
Founderful Fund closes second fund of $140m to back Swiss startups
Social Media Gems 💎
Valuations are even crazier today than in 2021 🤯 [
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Early stage valuations are up, but number of deals are still WAY down.
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Investors review hundreds of decks each year. Most are forgettable. Here’s how to make yours stand out.
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Remember: Not everything that glitters is gold. An insightful reminder for founders and VCs alike.
Harvard University published this entrepreneur’s handbook for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows 💸
This handbook serves as a high-level guide and overview of some key questions and issues that may confront you, the aspiring entrepreneur.Unicorn founders didn't go to business school 🧠
Want to build a unicorn? Forget the MBA. Forget the prestige firms. Get unique, global experiences instead.
The Founders Corner brilliantly captures the pulse of today’s startup ecosystem, offering both depth and practicality. The focus on accelerating value in the AI age and defining product success metrics shows how innovation and execution go hand in hand for founders navigating uncharted waters.
In your experience, which key factor—equity distribution, speed to value, or metrics—has been most critical to unlocking sustainable growth?
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