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Launching a startup.
Going from idea to launch: validating, building the first version, finding early users and getting the word out.
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Lessons for early stage founders
Calvin French-Owen, Segment
Launching Airbnb and the Challenges of Scale
Brian Chesky, Airbnb
How to Build a Startup Without Funding
Pieter Levels, Nomad List
How Drift Went from Zero to $1m/ARR
David Cancel, Drift
If There Aren't Any Typos In This Essay, We Launched Too Late!
Reid Hoffman, Greylock
A cautionary tale for founders looking to launch a startup with an MVP
Rand Fishkin, SparkToro
Starting A Business? This Should Be Your No. 1 Focus
Sandeep Kashyap, ProofHub
How to Start a Software Company
David Hauser, Perfect Keto
Tips for Startups and Early-Stage Teams
Rand Fishkin, SparkToro
Can We Finally Stop Launching "Minimum Viable Products"? The Fact is, Users Hate Them
Rand Fishkin, SparkToro
Acquiring Your First Users Out of Thin Air
Kathryn Minshew, The Muse
Launching a Second Product
Dharmesh Shah, HubSpot
The Truth About Starting a Startup
Tracy Young, Plangrid
The Most Important Decision is Getting Started
Laura Behrens Wu, Shippo
The First 18 Months of Starting a Company: It’s Life or Death
Suhail Doshi, Mighty
Launching Your Product and Finding Customers Immediately
Josh Pigford, Baremetrics
Why Launching a Startup is Great When You’re a Student
Baptiste Jamin, Crisp
Building A Tech Startup
Sabba Keynejad, Veed
The Pre-launch Strategy That Built MeetEdgar a 100k List
Laura Roeder, Paperbell
How I Built FeedHive, A Real-Life Tech Stack for SaaS Products
Simon Hoiberg, FeedHive
The Pre-Launch: How to Do It Right (With or Without Hype)
Steli Efti, Close
What It’s Like to Design an App as It Goes Viral
Paul Davison, Clubhouse
Launching Minimally and Managing a Distributed, Transparent Team
Joel Gascoigne, Buffer
Got a Start-up Idea? Find Out If It Will Work
Matthew Bellows, BodesWell
Insights and Observations on Starting a Business
Josh Pigford, Baremetrics
Multi-Billion Dollar Secrets
Benoit Dageville, Snowflake
5 Valuable Lessons Learned From Building a B2B SaaS Business
Hana Mohan, MagicBell.io
How to Break a Monopoly
Eric Yuan, Zoom
How to Create a Successful Pilot Program for Your Startup
Steli Efti, Close
GRID Launched: Reflections, Insights and Gratitude
Hjalmar Gislason, Grid
The Do's and Don'ts of the Minimum Viable Product
Arvid Kahl, FeedbackPanda
Launching Calendly
Tope Awotona, Calendly
Building a Consumer Product, Pivoting, Launching on ProductHunt
Joe Thomas, Loom
Tips on Starting an Open Source Company
Luke Kanies, Clickety
Lessons from Launching 15 Startups Before the Age of 40
Chris Heaslip, Leadr
The Story of GRID so far, from Beta to Series A and Commercial Launch
Hjalmar Gislason, Grid
How I Resigned from my Comfortable Well Paying Job and Launch my Own Startup
Girish Mathrubootham, Freshworks
What to Do Post-Launch?
Hiten Shah, FYI
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