I’ve probably read thousands of startup-related articles over the years: many bad, many good, and some excellent enough that I continously share them with founders whenever they need help on a certain topic (no need reinventing the wheel and so on).
I’ve saved all these articles in a google doc, but I figured it’s of more use if it’s publicly available - and updated as I find new gems worthy of being added. So here it is, my startup content database:
General advise before fundraising
Notes on raising seed financing from C. Dixon of A16Z
Paul Graham on almost everything you need to know about early-stage fundraising
Mark Susters super extensive guide to fundraising
Process and leverage in fundraising, by Aaron Harris of YC
The intro and pitch deck
How to write emails to early-stage investors by Michael Seibel, YC
How a pitch deck should be, 10 slides from Bessemer Partners
How a pitch deck should be, 10 slides from Sequoia
How to ask for introductions via email, by Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures
The two basic concepts of introductions, by me
Templates
SaaS Financial Plan, by Christopher Janz of P9 Capital
SaaS dashboard, by Christopher Janz of P9 Capital
Product market fit
How SuperHuman Built an Engine to Find Product Market Fit, by First Round Capital
WTF is PMF?, by Christopher Janz of P9 Capital
Sales
Sales advice for technical founders, by YC
Hiring
Talent playbook by RRE ventures
Reference calls done right, by Cowboy ventures
Startup compensation, by Homebrew ventures
How to interview an executive, by Keith Rabois
Organization
How to make OKR work at your organization, by Fist Roundt Capital
Will continue to update this post. Last updated January 9th.