STARTUP BASICS : Don’t Reinvent the Wheel

Startup 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴

1. Startup Pitch Deck GPT, https://lnkd.in/dMiV5BKw - JME
2. Data Room template, https://lnkd.in/dvYqaR6b - Creandum
3. Story Branding, https://lnkd.in/dSq7S7_w - Donald Miller
4. The Idea Maze, https://lnkd.in/dq4Jhiem - Balajis Srinivasan
5. Fundraising guides by Y Combinator, https://lnkd.in/d3DR69E9
6. Fundraising wisdom by Firstround, https://lnkd.in/dffZY_it
7. Deck Template by Creandum, https://lnkd.in/ddXTr-iM
8. Business Plan by Sequoia, https://lnkd.in/d9heZXPf
9. Front Series A Deck, https://lnkd.in/demVpb97
10. SaaS Fundraising Playbook by IVP, https://lnkd.in/d-2GEaT5

Startup 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 & 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

1. Equity grants per round - Balderton, https://lnkd.in/dFT4GiFX
2. Founder’s compensation, https://lnkd.in/dX99tED4 - Creandum
3. Option Plan Tool - Index, https://lnkd.in/dzKRG5Zw

Startup 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘀

1. Operational efficiency metrics Iconiq, https://lnkd.in/dHj5M2VX
2. B2B benchmark metrics - a16z, https://lnkd.in/dycet96d
3. What is good retention, https://lnkd.in/dqKnANu2 - Lenny Rachitsky
4. Top 5 SaaS metrics VCs look at, https://lnkd.in/d6SyugQ4 - Jon Ma
5. Cohort analysis template SaaS, https://lnkd.in/dSkNGWqH - Point9


Startup Governance / 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

1. Lessons from Keith Rabois, https://lnkd.in/dRXqGj63
2. The Art of Board Membership, https://lnkd.in/daFw3BEp
3. How to run a board - Samuel Gil, https://lnkd.in/d762Wr_d

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Founding a company is easy; scaling it is hard.

Default DEAD or ALIVE?

The infamous Paul Graham essay for startups---

"When I talk to a startup that's been operating for more than 8 or 9 months, the first thing I want to know is almost always the same. Assuming their expenses remain constant and their revenue growth is what it has been over the last several months, do they make it to profitability on the money they have left? Or to put it more dramatically, by default do they live or die?...." ~ Paul Graham