The Uncomfortable Truth: A 3X Founder's Guide to Intellectual Honesty

The Uncomfortable Truth: A 3X Founder's Guide to Intellectual Honesty

Crossbeam CEO and co-founder Bob Moore shares his tools for quashing biases in pursuit of the truth at every stage of company building.
How to Build a Billion-Dollar Marketplace — Do’s and Don’ts from the Growth Expert Behind Grubhub, Pinterest, and More

How to Build a Billion-Dollar Marketplace — Do’s and Don’ts from the Growth Expert Behind Grubhub, Pinterest, and More

Casey Winters, the growth expert behind Grubhub, Pinterest & Eventbrite, shares proven strategies for scaling marketplaces from 0 to $1B.
Annual Planning Sucks — A CPO, CRO, CFO, and COO Share Advice on How to Make it Better

Annual Planning Sucks — A CPO, CRO, CFO, and COO Share Advice on How to Make it Better

Four top execs reveal their annual planning secrets from Notion, Stripe, Vanta, Linear, Linktree and more. From addressing AI to adjusting org charts, this COO, CFO, CPO & CRO share insights so startups at any stage can build effective, realistic plans.
Replit’s Path to Product-Market Fit—The $1 Billion Side Project

Replit’s Path to Product-Market Fit—The $1 Billion Side Project

Sometimes the signals of product-market fit are so strong, they can no longer be ignored. In the latest installment of our Paths to Product-Market Fit series, Amjad Masad takes us on Replit's unconventional journey from college side project to billion-dollar AI startup.
The Saboteurs That Threaten Innovation — And How to Handle Them

The Saboteurs That Threaten Innovation — And How to Handle Them

Steve Blank (of Lean Startup and Four Steps to the Epiphany fame) unpacks why innovators and founders should expect fierce battles from incumbents on the path to disruption.
Passing the Button-Clicker Test, and Other 0 to 1 Lessons from Lattice’s First Marketing Hire

Passing the Button-Clicker Test, and Other 0 to 1 Lessons from Lattice’s First Marketing Hire

The behind-the-scenes story of how Lattice built its marketing strategy from the ground up, as told by its third employee and first marketing hire, Alex Kracov.
Non-Obvious Signs of Early Startup Traction — And How to Spot Them

Non-Obvious Signs of Early Startup Traction — And How to Spot Them

We gathered the most surprising anecdotes from seasoned founders about when things clicked into place.
Why Startup Marketers Should Be Diagnosticians — Advice from OpenAI's and Stripe's First Marketing Hire

Why Startup Marketers Should Be Diagnosticians — Advice from OpenAI's and Stripe's First Marketing Hire

Krithika Muthukumar was the very first marketer at OpenAI and Stripe. Here, she unpacks what it takes to found and scale a marketing operation to build an enduring brand.
Gong’s Path to Product-Market Fit — Why This $7B Company Still Works With Design Partners

Gong’s Path to Product-Market Fit — Why This $7B Company Still Works With Design Partners

Gong co-founder and CPO Eilon Reshef sits down with First Round partner Todd Jackson to unpack how he turned an early bet on AI into a multi-billion dollar category leader in revenue intelligence.