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🌎 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

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🦄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

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

Oct 21, 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

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💥 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

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💥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

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💥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

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💥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

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💥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

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💥Startup Survival Rates, State of Seed Rounds, Peak Unicorn Funding, Sizing Finance Teams & More

Jul 29, 2025

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4 min read

💥Startup Survival Rates, State of Seed Rounds, Peak Unicorn Funding, Sizing Finance Teams & More

Digesting Insights From the Data

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥Why Top Companies Are Betting on Community-Led Growth

Jul 22, 2025

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9 min read

💥Why Top Companies Are Betting on Community-Led Growth

The Step-by-Step Guide to Building a High-Impact User Community

Andre Retterath, +1

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💥Benchmarking Bonus Packages, Exploding CAC Payback for SaaS, Impact of Pricing on Sales Motions & More

Jul 15, 2025

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4 min read

💥Benchmarking Bonus Packages, Exploding CAC Payback for SaaS, Impact of Pricing on Sales Motions & More

Digesting Insights From the Data

Andre Retterath

Insights

💥Keep Your Equity: Non‐Dilutive Funding for Startups

Jul 8, 2025

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6 min read

💥Keep Your Equity: Non‐Dilutive Funding for Startups

Synthesizing Insights From the Data

Andre Retterath, +1

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💥Time to Unicorn, Liq Prefs at Seed, PLG vs. Sales-Led, AI Pricing Experiments & More

Jul 1, 2025

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4 min read

💥Time to Unicorn, Liq Prefs at Seed, PLG vs. Sales-Led, AI Pricing Experiments & More

Digesting Insights From the Data

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥The First Ten Hires: Tactics, Incentives, Employer Branding & Channels That Work

Jun 24, 2025

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11 min read

💥The First Ten Hires: Tactics, Incentives, Employer Branding & Channels That Work

Synthesizing Insights From the Data

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥 Summer Fundraising Myth, "Stealth AI Churn", Sales Speed & PMF Correlation, Options vs RSUs & More

Jun 17, 2025

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3 min read

💥 Summer Fundraising Myth, "Stealth AI Churn", Sales Speed & PMF Correlation, Options vs RSUs & More

Digesting Insights From the Data

Andre Retterath, +1

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💥ARR Milestones for GenAI Startups, Time to $100M ARR as Predictor, Unicorn Down-Rounds, Decline of Remote Work & More

Jun 10, 2025

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4 min read

💥ARR Milestones for GenAI Startups, Time to $100M ARR as Predictor, Unicorn Down-Rounds, Decline of Remote Work & More

Digesting Insights From the Data

Andre Retterath, +1

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💥The ROI of Startup Accelerators: Numbers Behind YC, Techstars, 500 Startups & More

Jun 3, 2025

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6 min read

💥The ROI of Startup Accelerators: Numbers Behind YC, Techstars, 500 Startups & More

Synthesizing Insights From the Data

Andre Retterath, +1

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When CEOs Exit, Declining Seed Conversion, Drivers for SaaS Spending, Tech Ecosystem Ranking & More

May 27, 2025

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4 min read

When CEOs Exit, Declining Seed Conversion, Drivers for SaaS Spending, Tech Ecosystem Ranking & More

Digesting Insights From the Data

Andre Retterath, +1

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Fractional CxOs: Half a Leader, Half the Results?

May 20, 2025

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5 min read

Fractional CxOs: Half a Leader, Half the Results?

Synthesizing Insights From the Data

Andre Retterath, +1

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💥Seed to Series A Conversion, The Startup "US Bonus", Annual vs Monthly Plans, Vesting Schemes & More

May 13, 2025

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10 min read

💥Seed to Series A Conversion, The Startup "US Bonus", Annual vs Monthly Plans, Vesting Schemes & More

Digesting Insights From the Data

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

🌎 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?

💥Startup Survival Rates, State of Seed Rounds, Peak Unicorn Funding, Sizing Finance Teams & More

💥Why Top Companies Are Betting on Community-Led Growth

💥Benchmarking Bonus Packages, Exploding CAC Payback for SaaS, Impact of Pricing on Sales Motions & More

💥Keep Your Equity: Non‐Dilutive Funding for Startups

💥Time to Unicorn, Liq Prefs at Seed, PLG vs. Sales-Led, AI Pricing Experiments & More

💥The First Ten Hires: Tactics, Incentives, Employer Branding & Channels That Work

💥 Summer Fundraising Myth, "Stealth AI Churn", Sales Speed & PMF Correlation, Options vs RSUs & More

💥ARR Milestones for GenAI Startups, Time to $100M ARR as Predictor, Unicorn Down-Rounds, Decline of Remote Work & More

💥The ROI of Startup Accelerators: Numbers Behind YC, Techstars, 500 Startups & More

When CEOs Exit, Declining Seed Conversion, Drivers for SaaS Spending, Tech Ecosystem Ranking & More

Fractional CxOs: Half a Leader, Half the Results?

💥Seed to Series A Conversion, The Startup "US Bonus", Annual vs Monthly Plans, Vesting Schemes & More

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