Founder Email

You use email everyday, but early stage startup email is not like your current email. There are norms around interactions, such as introductions, and expectations about responsiveness and updates that can impact your ability to find early customers and investors.

A Tale of Three ShotSpotters

A Look at the Leader in Gunshot Detection on the Eve of Its IPO

Startup Candidates: Housing Supply

Rather than a partner memo on a specific startup, which we circulate privately, we’re sharing a broad exploration of the landscape of startup solutions to the housing supply challenges in major US cities. New regulations and new technology are encouraging founders to…

24 takeaways (so far) from the 2017 B2G SaaS Global Survey

The survey is still underway but we already have a meaningful enough sampling of responses and are sharing our preliminary takeaways. Feel free to comment or make suggestions.

Investing in YC W17 startups to make city life better

YC’s Winter 2017 batch increased the number of teams working on core city problems like transportation, housing, food and connectivity. Out of 106 companies, YCW17 had 16 teams focused on urbantech (tech solutions that could make city…

Build Trust

Johnson said, “We show up with this new Nike, and it’s totally untested, and frankly it’s not even all that good — and you guys are buying it. What gives?”

The man laughed. “We’ve been doing business with you Blue Ribbon guys for years,” he said, “and we know that you guys tell…