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GPT-4 Can Save Founders Hours Each Week (Here's How)

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Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

Mar 11, 2023

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I Left My Startup This Week

And 8 Other Reasons Founders Leave Startups

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

Mar 4, 2023

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3 min read

The 10 Ways Startups Can Raise Capital

Everything from SAFEs to selling future cashflows and token warrants

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

Feb 25, 2023

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5 min read

Good Advisor / Bad Advisor

Plus see my recommended standard offer to advisors

Michael Houck

Growth

Why Founder Market Fit is More Important than PMF (and when that changes)

Feb 18, 2023

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4 min read

Why Founder Market Fit is More Important than PMF (and when that changes)

Plus — get access to my personal database of 7,000+ investors

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

How to Make Sure Your Startup Survives 2023

Feb 11, 2023

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3 min read

How to Make Sure Your Startup Survives 2023

Fundraising markets may get worse before they get better

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

Feb 4, 2023

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10 min read

How to Be a Top 1% Startup CEO

Learnings from Ben Horowitz, Matt Mochary, and more

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

7 Ways To Extend Your Runway (Without Reducing Headcount)

Jan 27, 2023

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5 min read

7 Ways To Extend Your Runway (Without Reducing Headcount)

How to decrease burn and keep growing

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

The Most Underrated Way To Convince Investors — Backchanneling

Jan 21, 2023

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3 min read

The Most Underrated Way To Convince Investors — Backchanneling

What a good backchannel request looks like and why it matters

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

I Analyzed 5 Pitch Decks From Unicorn Startups

Jan 7, 2023

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4 min read

I Analyzed 5 Pitch Decks From Unicorn Startups

What Airbnb, YouTube, and Dropbox did right in their deck

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

14 Curated Essays From Y Combinator's Paul Graham

Dec 31, 2022

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3 min read

14 Curated Essays From Y Combinator's Paul Graham

He's written over 200, but these are the 14 best about startups

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

Peter Thiel Always Asks Founders These 7 Questions

Dec 24, 2022

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2 min read

Peter Thiel Always Asks Founders These 7 Questions

Ask yourself these questions to validate your strategy

Michael Houck

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GPT-4 Can Save Founders Hours Each Week (Here's How)

I Left My Startup This Week

The 10 Ways Startups Can Raise Capital

Good Advisor / Bad Advisor

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

I Analyzed 5 Pitch Decks From Unicorn Startups

14 Curated Essays From Y Combinator's Paul Graham

Peter Thiel Always Asks Founders These 7 Questions

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