Co-founder equity📜, Time to Value in the AI Age⏱️, The Power of Product Metrics 📦

If you're ready for practical, no-nonsense guidance, The Founders Corner is the newsletter you’ve been waiting for…

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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 ⏱️
  Akash Bajwa 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.

• The Future of LLMs 🧠
  Sarah Tavel 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.

  

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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

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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

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Social Media Gems 💎

• Valuations are even crazier today than in 2021 🤯 [OnlyCFO] ✨
  Early stage valuations are up, but number of deals are still WAY down.

  

• 𝗣𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻—𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 🔥
  Investors review hundreds of decks each year. Most are forgettable. Here’s how to make yours stand out.

• Perception ≠ Reality [Andre Retterath] 🔍
  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.