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We reached out to this group to try and get a better understanding of life as an early employee.

How a faux website, backup strategy, and researching “middlemen” companies helped us gain conviction of risks worth taking

There’s much speculation about the implications of the war on the ability to raise funds, close new customers, and hit planned milestones…

A year ago we started a Study Group of 200 founders, seeking to gain a deeper understanding of their journeys. This is what we learned.

In a special survey, 74% of founder’s spouses said the startup is the most dominant factor in their lives

Breaking down the traditional VC value-add platform model into small, well-defined work packages

Why we look beyond checklists for founders, markets, and ideas that break the mold

Be generous, focus on deliverables, and provide lots of context — how to make remote work work

And no, they can’t be replaced with ChatGPT