Every week we share our good reads with the Malpani Ventures ecosystem comprising of Founders and Partners. We thought why not share it with everyone? All our good reads are also archived on Startup Mentors - a single resource for all things startups!
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Scaling to $100 million: Ramping your cloud GTM engine
https://www.bvp.com/atlas/scaling-to-100-million-ramping-your-cloud-gtm-engine
During the early days of a startup, the job of a founder is to just sell, i.e. company establishes founder-led sales. But as an organization grows, matures, and scales, the need to set up systems and processes to enable growth becomes essential. This post shares the 10 lessons we need to learn to enable just that.
1,000 True Fans? Try 100
https://future.a16z.com/1000-true-fans-try-100/
Thanks to Kevin Kelly's article, we've grown up to think that any online business or creator needs 1000 true fans in order to be financially self-reliant. However, with the birth of creator platforms like Patreon, Gumroad, Only Fans, Teachable, the number of true fans required to hit critical financial scale as a creator seems to have come down. This is a great starting point for prospective founders who want to build a community to test the waters before taking the entrepreneurial plunge.
20 Underrated Qualities to Look for in Candidates
Most founders building for scale have to build out a solid team. Naturally, founders spend a large part of their time in hiring - screening candidates, conducting interviews, judging fit. This post helps understand what to look out for in top performing candidates and how.
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Until next time!