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Early stage employees — the first Product, R&D, Marketing or Operations person at a startup — face

Due diligence at a First Check, Pre-Consensus Fund

How a faux website, backup strategy, and…

Founders’ sentiment and business impact of the Israel-Hamas war

Founder Marriage, Sleep, and Disputes

A year ago we started a Study Group of 200 founders, seeking to…

The Experience of the Founder’s Spouse

In a special survey, 74% of founder’s spouses said the startup…

Introducing Symbol Microservices

Breaking down the traditional VC value-add platform model into small…

Introducing Symbol: not seeking consensus

Why we look beyond checklists for founders, markets, and…

Building remote-first startups in 2023

Be generous, focus on deliverables, and provide lots of context…

The Secret Weapon Series:

Interns in Pre-Seed Startups

And no, they can’t be replaced with ChatGPT

Necessity is the mother of invention, the saying goes, and early stage startups have a lot of needs that…