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The Best of 2023 from Houck's Newsletter
Your Startup's Problems Are Within Your Control
How to Use Cold Email to Grow Your Startup
Your First Idea Doesn't Matter
Your Positioning is More than Your Messaging
Founders Own The Unpleasant Parts
The 7 Pillars of Customer-Led Growth
My Startup Idea Got Into Y Combinator
What Sam Altman Looks For In Founders
What Founders Should Do in a Crisis
A Hiring Principle From An a16z Partner
The Founder Journey: Anis Bennaceur
Y Combinator's 22 Pieces of Essential Startup Advice
OpenAI Didn't Just Kill Your Startup
A Startup Idea For The New GPT Store
Why Founders Should Hire a Chief of Staff
Fundraising Is A Tactic (Not A Goal)
The Risk Of Accepting A High Valuation
Peter Thiel's Best Management Tip
6 Signs You Should Fire Someone
How to Disrupt a Giant Incumbent
Elon Musk's Startup Commandments
How AI is Changing Project Management
I'm Launching IRL Founder Meetups Around the World
How Jeff Bezos Makes Decisions
Building in Public vs. Building in Stealth
Why You Should Raise Your Prices
How to Build a Cult (With Your Startup)
How Founders Can Save 20+ Hours Per Week With A VA
Optimize For Uncomfortable Conversations
Creating a Category is Overrated
Founders Should Embrace Their Weirdness
9 Ways to De-Risk Your Startup's Fundraise (Without Traction)
Don't Hero-Worship or Mock Failure
What Do Top 1% Startup Employees Want?
6 Sacrifices Founders Shouldn't (But Do) Make
The 6 Tradeoffs Founders Have To Make
Resilient Founders Always Have A Move
Being Comfortable Being Sloppy
Non-Technical Founders Can Ship Too
Founders Should Take Care Of Themselves
Your Most Important Decision As A Founder
The Reddit Crisis & Why Community Startups Are Different
How Startups Create Hype (My 5-Step Playbook)
Two Traits Hyper Successful Entrepreneurs have
When You Should (and Shouldn't) Split Equity Evenly
Hiring for Potential vs. Experience
8 Lessons From The Most Successful Pivots Ever
How Much Equity Should Founders Give To Early Employees?
How To Grow Your Startup With A Niche Newsletter
AI Spotify and Selling Horseback Riding
How Much Cash Should Founders Pay Themselves?
How to Write a Great Investor Update
GPT-4 Can Save Founders Hours Each Week (Here's How)
I Walked Away From My Startup This Week
The 10 Ways Startups Can Raise Capital
Why Founder Market Fit is More Important than PMF (and when that changes)
How to Make Sure Your Startup Survives 2023
How to Be a Top 1% Startup CEO
7 Ways To Extend Your Runway (Without Reducing Headcount)
The Most Underrated Way To Convince Investors — Backchanneling