๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—น๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ: 89 Must-Read Essays from Top Founders and VCs

Iโ€™ve pulled together the best essays on startups from leaders like Paul Graham, Naval Ravikant, Vinod Khosla, Sam Altman, and more.

These are the people whoโ€™ve built billion-dollar companies and invested in some of the most successful startups in the world.

Hereโ€™s a quick preview:

1๏ธโƒฃ Startup Ideation and Execution
โ–ช Do Things That Donโ€™t Scale โ€“ Paul Graham
โ–ช How to Plan an MVP โ€“ Michael Seibel
โ–ช How To Build The Future โ€“ Vinod Khosla

2๏ธโƒฃ Fundraising and Investor Relations
โ–ช A Fundraising Survival Guide โ€“ Paul Graham
โ–ช Fundraising Mistakes Founders Make โ€“ Sam Altman
โ–ช How Not to Fail โ€“ Jessica Livingston

3๏ธโƒฃ Scaling and Growth
โ–ช Startup = Growth โ€“ Paul Graham
โ–ช The Next Feature Fallacy โ€“ Andrew Chen
โ–ช Itโ€™s Time to Build โ€“ Marc Andreessen

4๏ธโƒฃ Team and Culture
โ–ช How to Hire โ€“ Sam Altman
โ–ช Donโ€™t F** Up the Culture* โ€“ Brian Chesky
โ–ช Building a Great Team โ€“ Vinod Khosla

5๏ธโƒฃ Failure and Lessons Learned
โ–ช The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups โ€“ Paul Graham
โ–ช What I Wish Someone Had Told Me โ€“ Sam Altman
โ–ช The Default State of a Startup is Failure โ€“ Chris Dixon

If you want the full list of 89 essays with links, drop a comment, and Iโ€™ll send it your way ๐Ÿ‘‡


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