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How can companies thrive in this new normal?

How can I invest in building and maintaining a healthy relationship with my cofounder?

What early conversations should I have with my cofounder?

What is your number one piece of advice for early stage founders?

How do I know when to quit my day job?

What is the impact of a peer network on personal development?

What is your number one piece of advice for early stage founders?

Should I optimize for the highest valuation?

What questions should I ask a potential co-founder?

How can I convince a technical co-founder to join my team?

Do I need to have industry expertise?

What has been the most surprising part of the founder journey?

What is the number one piece of advice you give early stage founders?

What is your number one piece of advice for early stage founders?

How can I recognize when people uphold our company values?

How can companies fall down on setting culture?

When I socialize my idea, how do I determine which parts need to remain confidential?

What should I do if I have a great idea, but another startup is already solving the same problem?

What should I do if there is another startup solving the same problem as me?

What is the number one piece of advice you give early stage founders?

What is a platform business?

What is a winner take all market?

How should I go about customer discovery?

How can I create a culture around operational excellence?

Do all CEOs need natural sales ability?

How should I decide on team roles and equity splits?

How can I get a start as an entrepreneur?

Where can I find a co-founder with deep expertise?

What is total addressable market?

If I build it, will they come?

How do I know when to kill my idea?

What things have you tried that didn't work out?

How do I come up with a business design?

What is your number one piece of advice for early stage founders?

What is your number one piece of advice for early stage founders?

How do I figure out if my idea has legs?

What is the number one piece of advice you give early stage founders?

How can I create a strong culture from Day 1?

Part 2: How do I know when it's not working?

Part 3: How do I find a great idea?

What is remote inclusion?

How much do I have to love the problem I'm working on?

How do you convince a technical team they need a CEO?

How do I know when to bring on a technical co-founder?

How do co-founder swim lanes change over time?

How do I validate my idea?

How do I size a potential market?

How do I win my first customer?

How can I prepare my engineering team to work remotely?

When building a remote company, how do I handle international time zones?

How can I make remote employees feel like they belong?

What is your number one piece of advice for early stage founders?

Part 2: Should I start a company with my significant other?

Part 2: Should I bootstrap my company?

What is your number one piece of advice for early stage founders?

What is your number one piece of advice for early stage founders?

What is the number one piece of advice you give early stage founders?

How did you know your co-founder was the one?

What do I do if my co-founder and I don't agree?

Part 3: How do I find a co-founder?

What is the number one piece of advice you have for early stage founders?

How do I know when to go full time on my company?

How do I decide what to charge for my product?

Part 1: Should I bootstrap my company?

How do I identify a target customer?

How do I know customers will buy my product?

How can I build a remote company?

How do we fairly divide our equity?

What is the biggest piece of advice you have for early stage founders?

Part 4: How do I find a co-founder?

What is your number one piece of advice for early stage founders?

Part 2: How do I find a co-founder?

Part 2: How do I find a great idea?

Part 1: How do I decide on co-founder roles and responsibilities?

How do I know I'm ready to be a CEO?

How do I navigate a university spinout?

What do I do if I no longer want to run my company?

Part 2: What should I consider when starting a company with a professor?

Should I start a company with a friend?

What is your number one piece of advice for early stage founders?

Part 2: Should I stay in the CEO role?

Part 3: What is the role of a CEO?

Part 2: What do I talk to a CEO coach about?

Part 1: Should I stay in the CEO role?

Part 2: What is the role of a CEO?

What is your number one piece of advice for early stage founders?

How do I know VCs will like my idea?

Part 1: How do I find a great idea?

How do I know if my idea is any good?

How can I learn to grow with my business?

Should I include a clause about who has "final say" in my co-founder agreement?

Part 1: What is the role of a CEO?

How do I know my idea is right for VC funding?

At what point should I sign a founders agreement with my co-founder?

How much equity should I give a potential co-founder who is part time until I raise a round?

How much equity should I give my professor?

How do we fairly divide our equity?

How many co-founders should I have?

Part 1: How do I know my co-founder is the one?

Part 2: How do I know my co-founder is the one?

Part 2: Which early conversations should I have with my co-founder?

My relationship with my co-founder isn't working out, what should I do?

Should I split equity 50-50 with my co-founder?

How do I handle tough conversations with my co-founder?

Part 2: How do I decide on co-founder roles and responsibilities?

Part 1: What should I consider when starting a company with a professor?

Part 1: Which early conversations should I have with my co-founder?

Part 1: How do I find a co-founder?

Do I need a co-founder?

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View all Guides10 Nuggets of Advice for Early Stage Founders
It’s not easy to make time to seek those people out when you’re a busy founder. We spun up the Founder Playlist to solve this challenge, meeting CEOs where they are with short, simple, concrete audio clips with advice from founders of some of the companies we most admire, CEOs like Brian Halligan (HubSpot), Corey Thomas (Rapid7) and Gail Goodman (Constant Contact).
How to Find a Co-Founder or Early Startup Team Member
Looking to find your co-founder or hire your early team?
SaaS Tools for Startups
Blissfully created a wonderful guide to help you better understand the most commonly used tools in today’s startup SaaS stack.
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