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I'm A Smart Bear (Jason Cohen), founder of 2 unicorns, both bootstrapped & funded; bought, sold, and invested in startups. AMA!
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34
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2922
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June 27, 2023
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How the Founder Persona Likely isn’t Your ICP, Why Biz Fundamentals Trump All Silicon Valley “Must-Haves”, and Other Recognitions with Basis’ Founder, Bebe Kim
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1
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704
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June 19, 2023
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Interviewing 200 Prospects (and as Many End Users), Building a Quality/Quantity Waitlist, and Invaluable Lessons from Hotjar with trumpet’s Co-Founder, Rory Sadler
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2
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621
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June 12, 2023
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Why It’s OK if Your ICP Can’t Pay Yet, Investor Pitch vs Customer Pitch, and Doing YC after 2 Major Exits with Common Paper’s Co-Founder, Jake Stein
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5
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920
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June 5, 2023
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Pursuing an Open Source, Bootstrapped, Long-Run Path towards Serving the Fortune 1 Million with Typesense’s Co-Founder, Jason Bosco
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6
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796
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June 1, 2023
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Why “Charge More” is Way-Easier-Said-Than-Done Advice, and Other Data-Driven Pricing Lessons with Uizard’s Co-Founder, Tony Beltramelli
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2
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703
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May 22, 2023
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Starting with the Price, Making (Hard-Fought) Peace with Platform Risk, and Giving Up Adderall Superpowers with Rodeo’s Co-Founder, Ben Fisher
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8
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1640
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May 4, 2023
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Pivoting from a Promising Idea, Getting to Default Alive, and Building for/Selling to Developers with Onboardbase’s Founder, Dante Lex
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4
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1221
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May 3, 2023
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Why “Move Fast and Break Things” is Outdated Advice, Prioritizing Quality and Speed, and Crossing 15K Users with Jam’s Co-Founder, Dani Grant
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2
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893
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April 28, 2023
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“The AI Hype Can Accelerate Your Growth, Not Create It” and Other Notes on Making a Defensible, AI-First, B2B Bet with Question Base’s Co-Founder, Yana Vlatchkova
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2
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907
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April 21, 2023
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“It Takes a Lot of Listening Up-Front” and Other Must-Dos of Placing Community at the Core of Building and Selling with Harlow’s Co-Founder, Samantha Anderl
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2
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863
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April 11, 2023
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“Design Partners are Just Early Customers” and Other Notes on Structuring Early-Stage Research with Spellbound’s Founder, Akshaya Dinesh
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2
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999
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March 29, 2023
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“In B2B, Don’t Just Know Your TAM, Ask How Many Users Will Likely Become Experts” and Other Essential Reminders with Dragonboat’s Founder, Becky Flint
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1
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914
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March 7, 2023
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When to Switch on the Customer-Led Mode, Pivoting (4 Times) towards PMF, and Other Discerning Realizations with Summit’s Founder, Matt Wensing
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4
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1261
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March 2, 2023
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PostHog, Mixpanel, Amplitude, Heap - what Data Driven Product Development actually looks like
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3
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821
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February 14, 2023
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"No One is Coming to Save Us," The "Need to Reestablish PMF," and Other Earnest Founder Commits for 2023
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1
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1386
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February 13, 2023
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SaaS Founders at Work '22 Edition: 42 Inspiring Heuristics and Hunches from 194 Years of Building
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1
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1619
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January 22, 2023
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Finding (and Navigating) the Middle Ground Between a Hypergrowth Startup and a Lifestyle Business with Sudowrite’s Co-Founder, Amit Gupta
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2
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1030
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January 12, 2023
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Things That Matter During Any Crisis, Developing a Combination of Muscle Memory and Scar Tissue, and Other Earnest Founder Missives to Probe the Current SaaS Moment
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0
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949
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June 9, 2022
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Growing Sustainably, a Realistic Take on the Current Moment in Tech, and Lessons from Grab with Momos’ Co-Founder, Andrew Liu
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1
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999
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December 12, 2022
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Designing Thoughtful Workweeks, Decisions, and Feedback at an Async-First Workplace with Panther’s Co-Founder, Matt Redler
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2
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1201
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December 1, 2022
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The Mechanics of Commercializing and Scaling an AI-First, B2B Startup with Thematic’s Co-Founder, Alyona Medelyan
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2
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1167
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November 21, 2022
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Validating and Selling a Technically-Difficult Idea, Serving 2 Personas, Fundraising in a Tough SaaS Setting, and Working In-Person with Merge’s Co-Founder, Shensi Ding
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2
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2235
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November 12, 2022
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Evolving the Many-Sided Levers of Positioning and Expansion with Slite’s Co-Founder, Christophe Pasquier
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2
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1020
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November 7, 2022
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Aiming for a "Won-and-Done" Category, Acquiring a Newsletter before Making the Product Public, and The Merits of Being Async-First with Loops’ Co-Founder, Chris Frantz
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2
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852
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October 19, 2022
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Founder-Led Customer Success, Bringing in a Senior First Hire, and Other Early-Stage CS Lessons with Claap’s Head of Customer Success, Angela Guedes
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1
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1140
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October 3, 2022
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I’m PJ Bouten, Co-Founder and former CEO of Showpad. I’d love to share my experience and lessons learned from scaling Showpad from zero to a global +€75M in ARR Business with this community! AMA
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24
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1984
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September 26, 2022
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Why You Shouldn’t Build for an Obviously Large Market, and Other Notes on Creating a “Default Possible” Startup with Pulley’s Co-Founder, Yin Wu
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1
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967
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September 23, 2022
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The Why Behind 78 Pre-Product User Interviews, The Difference Between Pitching and Research, and Why MVPs Don’t Work Anymore with Cord’s Co-Founder, Nimrod Priell
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2
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1626
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September 11, 2022
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Int’l sales tax compliance -- What service to use?
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0
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488
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August 31, 2022
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