Bad KPIs can cause a business to fail. Use this step-by-step process to identify the best KPIs for your business:

Most storytelling advice sucks. So I crowdsourced tips from actual experts – Rowling, Nolan, and Jobs. Here are 10 dead-simple tips to become a better storyteller:

There are 4 behaviors that kill a partnership, team, or culture. Understanding them has saved me millions of dollars. Here’s what they are (and how you can avoid them):

Getting ready to mark raising our first $1m from investors & VCs. As female founders without ivy league backgrounds or prior exits... here is some advice I wish we had when we first started, a thread 🧵

The leader, the fixer and the coach x.com/rands/status/1…

A list of things the startup "industry" looks for in founders.... x.com/jarridvtingle/…

For every successful use of a framework or founder archetype, I can find a tech company that took the exact opposite approach and was successful. What gives? Why isn't there a theory to rule them all? I tackled that conundrum this week for Napkin Math: every.to/napkin-math/wh…

Quality AND Quantity - mailchi.mp/gapingvoid/sla…

How much are founders paying themselves (mostly USA data, but worth a look) pilot.com/founder-salari…

Change is scary... mailchi.mp/gapingvoid/cou…

things every founder learns on the journey...

Start with people skills. Empathy, care, teamwork.

Seems mostly still true 24 years later hbr.org/1998/11/how-ve… expect a return #understandvcinvesting #entrepreneurship

Today is Sergei Anikin 's day! How to deal with the fear of losing control – or were you in control in the first place? Join the session: bit.ly/SaaSCampAnikin… #freewebinar #saascamp #saas #founder #vendep

Enjoy the National fay of Finnish literature, or Alexis Kiveni Päivä

High-lights - timing is the core, but team is the most important. Show this with data/metrics, not guesses linkedin.com/posts/cloudpre… #startups #metricsMatter #earlystage

Deadline for applications for the Winter 23 batch is tomorrow, don't be late. f6s.com/the-forge-wint…

Applications for the Spring 23 batch of The Forge are now open. Learn more at sampoaccelerator.com/the-forge

Wondering what the heck PLG is? this guide not only explains it, but gives examples of how you could do it lennysnewsletter.com/p/product-led-…

Happy Star Wars day eveyone!