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10 Curated Guides From Y Combinator

Dec 7, 2025

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7 min read

10 Curated Guides From Y Combinator

Worth revisiting time and time again

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+1

Don't Fall Behind On GEO

Oct 5, 2025

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8 min read

Don't Fall Behind On GEO

And why I'm launching a GEO service for startups

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

+3

How Arjun Mahadevan Raised $1 Million in 2 Minutes

Apr 2, 2025

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5 min read

How Arjun Mahadevan Raised $1 Million in 2 Minutes

And reached a $100M valuation

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

+3

Fake Customers & Investor Lawsuits

Mar 29, 2025

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9 min read

Fake Customers & Investor Lawsuits

The bigger story than ChatGPT's image gen this week

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+2

How Stella Garber Raised $5 Million

Mar 15, 2025

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5 min read

How Stella Garber Raised $5 Million

And why you might never have to write a todo list again

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

+3

$100K MRR from a Newsletter

Feb 8, 2025

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9 min read

$100K MRR from a Newsletter

Crazy, right?

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

+2

Why You Should Charge Users Early

Jan 11, 2025

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7 min read

Why You Should Charge Users Early

Don't give your product away

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

+4

From $0 to $10 Million Revenue in 15 Months

Jan 9, 2025

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4 min read

From $0 to $10 Million Revenue in 15 Months

How Adam Nathan got Blaze into the top 1% of companies on Stripe

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+3

How Tibo Louis-Lucas Bootstrapped To A $10 Million Exit

Dec 12, 2024

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5 min read

How Tibo Louis-Lucas Bootstrapped To A $10 Million Exit

And how he's building five products to $100k MRR

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

+3

From 0 to 1,000 Signups per Day

Dec 5, 2024

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5 min read

From 0 to 1,000 Signups per Day

And how purposely losing customers propelled Pangea's growth

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+2

Why Community Matters (from founders who raised $447 million)

Nov 30, 2024

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5 min read

Why Community Matters (from founders who raised $447 million)

Tyler Denk, Andrew Yeung, Sam Corcos and more chime in

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+2

How James Evans Got 20 Million Users

Nov 14, 2024

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4 min read

How James Evans Got 20 Million Users

And raised $24 million for his YC-backed startup

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+2

8 Ways Momentum Lies

Nov 2, 2024

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5 min read

8 Ways Momentum Lies

Until you hit PMF you should be suspicious of every metric

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+1

How Sam Corcos Grew Levels into a $300 Million Startup

Oct 17, 2024

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5 min read

How Sam Corcos Grew Levels into a $300 Million Startup

And helped turn his co-founder into a big influencer

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

+3

Need a Friend(.com)?

Aug 3, 2024

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10 min read

Need a Friend(.com)?

Virality, and what happens after a huge launch

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+1

How to Build a Cult (with your startup)

Jul 13, 2024

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13 min read

How to Build a Cult (with your startup)

Yes, my employee got our logo tattooed on them

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+2

Escaping the Churn Plateau

May 25, 2024

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5 min read

Escaping the Churn Plateau

And why the secret problem may be hiring

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+1

6 Reasons to Launch Slowly

May 18, 2024

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5 min read

6 Reasons to Launch Slowly

Startups should move fast... except when they shouldn't

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+1

The Hardest Thing for Founders To Be Comfortable With

Apr 20, 2024

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5 min read

The Hardest Thing for Founders To Be Comfortable With

This is a cringey post

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+1

How to Use Cold Email to Grow Your Startup

Dec 23, 2023

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7 min read

How to Use Cold Email to Grow Your Startup

And why content creation is the key

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+2

The 7 Pillars of Customer-Led Growth

Dec 9, 2023

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10 min read

The 7 Pillars of Customer-Led Growth

Why the founder of PartnerHero says to build In-N-Out, not McDonald's

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+2

How to Build a Cult (With Your Startup)

Sep 9, 2023

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6 min read

How to Build a Cult (With Your Startup)

Would Your Team Get Tattoos Of Your Logo?

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+2

How Startups Create Hype (My 5-Step Playbook)

Jun 11, 2023

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10 min read

How Startups Create Hype (My 5-Step Playbook)

Use this to build a brand people love and grow fast

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+2

How Startups Generate Hype (My 5-Step Playbook)

Jun 10, 2023

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3 min read

How Startups Generate Hype (My 5-Step Playbook)

Use this to build a brand people love and grow fast

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+2

PMF Score vs. NPS

May 27, 2023

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4 min read

PMF Score vs. NPS

An uncommon way to use both together

Michael Houck
Michael Houck
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