Insights

🔥Impact of Reserve Strategy on Fund Performance, Building Habits to Find PMF, Top 40 AI x GTM Plays & More

Feb 3, 2026

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12 min read

🔥Impact of Reserve Strategy on Fund Performance, Building Habits to Find PMF, Top 40 AI x GTM Plays & More

New Research from Carta, Growth Unhinged, Stanford & Others

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

🚀 Average Dilution per Stage, Improve Net IRR With Capital Recycling, How Fund Distributions Actually Work & More

Jan 27, 2026

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12 min read

🚀 Average Dilution per Stage, Improve Net IRR With Capital Recycling, How Fund Distributions Actually Work & More

New Research from AngelList, Carta, Mostly Metrics & Others

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💡Toughest Stage to Invest, How to Fix Cap Tables, Tools for GTM Research, Marketing Teams Under Pressure & More

Jan 20, 2026

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11 min read

💡Toughest Stage to Invest, How to Fix Cap Tables, Tools for GTM Research, Marketing Teams Under Pressure & More

New Research from Dealroom, Sequoia, Carta, The VC Corner & Others

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥Branding and Distribution Playbooks of Lovable & Cursor, How Much Equity for First Team Members and Advisors, Growth vs Profitability & More

Jan 6, 2026

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14 min read

💥Branding and Distribution Playbooks of Lovable & Cursor, How Much Equity for First Team Members and Advisors, Growth vs Profitability & More

New Research from Carta, Growth Unhinged, SaaStr & More

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

⚡Unicorn Patterns, Do Expensive Startups Outperform?, The State of VC, Equity Vesting Practices & More

Dec 30, 2025

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12 min read

⚡Unicorn Patterns, Do Expensive Startups Outperform?, The State of VC, Equity Vesting Practices & More

New Research From Sequoia, AngelList, Carta & More

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

🚀Time to $1B Revenue, Growth Playbooks, Who Should Send Recruiting Messages & More

Dec 23, 2025

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13 min read

🚀Time to $1B Revenue, Growth Playbooks, Who Should Send Recruiting Messages & More

Insights, Patterns & Playbooks From the Fastest-Growing Companies

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥How to Master Talent Attraction in the Age of AI

Dec 16, 2025

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16 min read

💥How to Master Talent Attraction in the Age of AI

Why Most Companies Lose Great Candidates and How to Fix the Funnel

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥Free Tool & Cloud Credits for Startups, How to Rank Employees, PE as GTM-Multiplier, and the Truth Behind "Who Else Is Investing?"

Dec 9, 2025

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12 min read

💥Free Tool & Cloud Credits for Startups, How to Rank Employees, PE as GTM-Multiplier, and the Truth Behind "Who Else Is Investing?"

New Research from Stanford, Carta, Pave & More

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

⚡Still Not Using AI? Here's Where to Start and How to Automate Your Workflows

Dec 2, 2025

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19 min read

⚡Still Not Using AI? Here's Where to Start and How to Automate Your Workflows

4 High-ROI Use Cases, What to Automate, What to Ignore, What to Redesign

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

🔥 How Equity Allocations Change, AI GTM Automations, How to Pitch, State of Down Rounds & More

Nov 25, 2025

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12 min read

🔥 How Equity Allocations Change, AI GTM Automations, How to Pitch, State of Down Rounds & More

New Research from Carta, Pave, Growth Unhinged & More

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

🎯Tackling Churn and Driving Retention in AI Products: Metrics, Strategies, Prediction, and Growth

Nov 18, 2025

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16 min read

🎯Tackling Churn and Driving Retention in AI Products: Metrics, Strategies, Prediction, and Growth

How AI Startups Turn Early Drop-Off Into Long-Term Retention

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

🚀 How to Scale from $1M to $20M ARR, 2025 GTM Playbooks, Rise of Forward Deployed Engineers & More

Nov 11, 2025

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12 min read

🚀 How to Scale from $1M to $20M ARR, 2025 GTM Playbooks, Rise of Forward Deployed Engineers & More

New Research from ChartMogul, Growth Unhinged, Dealroom, Pave

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

🌎 Hiring Local vs. Remote: The Playbook for Startups in 2025

Nov 4, 2025

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19 min read

🌎 Hiring Local vs. Remote: The Playbook for Startups in 2025

Best Practices, Do's and Don't for Finding the Best Talent

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

🦄Unicorn Founder Traits, Funding Amount vs. Success, Founder Liquidity, Exec Turnover & More

Oct 28, 2025

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11 min read

🦄Unicorn Founder Traits, Funding Amount vs. Success, Founder Liquidity, Exec Turnover & More

New Research from Stanford, RAMP, Pave

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥Two Metrics That Really Matter: Burn Multiple and Revenue per Dollar

Oct 22, 2025

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26 min read

💥Two Metrics That Really Matter: Burn Multiple and Revenue per Dollar

What Investors Actually Cary About These Days

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥 How to Predict Unicorns, Founder Vesting Data, Success and Exit Velocity, Dealing With Low Performers & More

Oct 14, 2025

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11 min read

💥 How to Predict Unicorns, Founder Vesting Data, Success and Exit Velocity, Dealing With Low Performers & More

New Research from Stanford, Carta, Pave & More

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥The Impact of Board Composition on Startup Success

Oct 7, 2025

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18 min read

💥The Impact of Board Composition on Startup Success

Learnings from OpenAI, FTX, Theranos & more

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥Startup Salaries, Equity, and Their Impact on Employee Retention

Sep 23, 2025

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24 min read

💥Startup Salaries, Equity, and Their Impact on Employee Retention

Synthesizing Insights From the Data

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥Unicorn Hubs, How to Plan Headcount, B2C Metrics, GTM Engineers & More

Sep 15, 2025

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5 min read

💥Unicorn Hubs, How to Plan Headcount, B2C Metrics, GTM Engineers & More

Digesting Insights From the Data

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥Are We in a Bubble?, Why Everyone’s Switching to AI Credits, Customer Support Benchmarks, Why SAFEs Blow Up Cap Tables & More

Sep 8, 2025

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7 min read

💥Are We in a Bubble?, Why Everyone’s Switching to AI Credits, Customer Support Benchmarks, Why SAFEs Blow Up Cap Tables & More

Digesting Insights From the Data

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥When Should Founders Sell Their Shares? And How Much?

Sep 2, 2025

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10 min read

💥When Should Founders Sell Their Shares? And How Much?

Learnings from Revolut, Databricks, Stripe, Klarna & More

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥Where to Start a Company, When Founders Should Quit, How Much $$ It Takes to Build a Unicorn, ROI & AI Adoption Across Industries & More

Aug 26, 2025

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4 min read

💥Where to Start a Company, When Founders Should Quit, How Much $$ It Takes to Build a Unicorn, ROI & AI Adoption Across Industries & More

Digesting Insights From the Data

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥The First Sales Hire: Avoiding Pitfalls, Benchmarks & When to Make a Change

Aug 19, 2025

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13 min read

💥The First Sales Hire: Avoiding Pitfalls, Benchmarks & When to Make a Change

Playbook with Do's and Don'ts

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥ARR Milestones for Series A, Startup Graduation Rates, Number of Direct Reports per Manager, Impact of AI on GTM & More

Aug 12, 2025

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3 min read

💥ARR Milestones for Series A, Startup Graduation Rates, Number of Direct Reports per Manager, Impact of AI on GTM & More

Digesting Insights From the Data

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥Should You Take Money from Corporate Investment Arms?

Aug 5, 2025

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11 min read

💥Should You Take Money from Corporate Investment Arms?

The Pros and Cons of CVCs

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

🔥Impact of Reserve Strategy on Fund Performance, Building Habits to Find PMF, Top 40 AI x GTM Plays & More

🚀 Average Dilution per Stage, Improve Net IRR With Capital Recycling, How Fund Distributions Actually Work & More

💡Toughest Stage to Invest, How to Fix Cap Tables, Tools for GTM Research, Marketing Teams Under Pressure & More

💥Branding and Distribution Playbooks of Lovable & Cursor, How Much Equity for First Team Members and Advisors, Growth vs Profitability & More

⚡Unicorn Patterns, Do Expensive Startups Outperform?, The State of VC, Equity Vesting Practices & More

🚀Time to $1B Revenue, Growth Playbooks, Who Should Send Recruiting Messages & More

💥How to Master Talent Attraction in the Age of AI

💥Free Tool & Cloud Credits for Startups, How to Rank Employees, PE as GTM-Multiplier, and the Truth Behind "Who Else Is Investing?"

⚡Still Not Using AI? Here's Where to Start and How to Automate Your Workflows

🔥 How Equity Allocations Change, AI GTM Automations, How to Pitch, State of Down Rounds & More

🎯Tackling Churn and Driving Retention in AI Products: Metrics, Strategies, Prediction, and Growth

🚀 How to Scale from $1M to $20M ARR, 2025 GTM Playbooks, Rise of Forward Deployed Engineers & More

🌎 Hiring Local vs. Remote: The Playbook for Startups in 2025

🦄Unicorn Founder Traits, Funding Amount vs. Success, Founder Liquidity, Exec Turnover & More

💥Two Metrics That Really Matter: Burn Multiple and Revenue per Dollar

💥 How to Predict Unicorns, Founder Vesting Data, Success and Exit Velocity, Dealing With Low Performers & More

💥The Impact of Board Composition on Startup Success

💥Startup Salaries, Equity, and Their Impact on Employee Retention

💥Unicorn Hubs, How to Plan Headcount, B2C Metrics, GTM Engineers & More

💥Are We in a Bubble?, Why Everyone’s Switching to AI Credits, Customer Support Benchmarks, Why SAFEs Blow Up Cap Tables & More

💥When Should Founders Sell Their Shares? And How Much?

💥Where to Start a Company, When Founders Should Quit, How Much $$ It Takes to Build a Unicorn, ROI & AI Adoption Across Industries & More

💥The First Sales Hire: Avoiding Pitfalls, Benchmarks & When to Make a Change

💥ARR Milestones for Series A, Startup Graduation Rates, Number of Direct Reports per Manager, Impact of AI on GTM & More

💥Should You Take Money from Corporate Investment Arms?

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