Why subscribe?
I started blogging in 2006 (on a different platform.) Eight-hundred and eighty seven posts later, I thought it was time to start again.
My goal with Focused Chaos is to share my experience, insights and ideas around startups. There’s lots of content out there, but I’ve been around the block (a few times) and am both a founder and funder. Currently, I’m a Founding Partner @ Highline Beta, a venture studio and VC fund. Highline Beta is my startup (6+ years in the making), and as a venture studio we are co-founders in many of the startups we invest in. We start from the earliest stage possible.
Interested in connecting? Book time with me on Intro!
Book time with me here: https://intro.co/BenjaminYoskovitz
I always try to help others when I can, and Intro gives me a good way of doing so. Here are some topics that I’m able to chat about:
Product management / analytics
Innovation methodologies (Lean Startup, Design Thinking, JTBD)
Venture studios
Fundraising / pitching
Startups in general
50% of proceeds go to Ronald McDonald House (for which I have a very personal connection). 🙏
Prior to Highline Beta, I was VP Product at VarageSale and VP Product at GoInstant (acq. Salesforce). I co-founded Year One Labs (which incubated 5 consumer startups, one of which was acquired by Airbnb.) There are a few other startups in there too, along with 17 angel investments.
In 2013, I co-authored Lean Analytics with Alistair Croll. People are still buying the book and getting value from it. It still puts a smile on my face when I get a message from someone that Lean Analytics helped them.
I hope to provide practical, actionable advice; stuff you can use immediately as a startup founder, startup employee or investor. And perhaps I can shed some light on “how the other side really operates” for both founders and funders, since I live squarely in both worlds, every day.
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My goal is to post every 2 weeks, and I’ll do my best to maintain that pace. Whether that happens or not, please subscribe below so you don’t miss anything.
