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How to Price an Early Stage B2B Software Product
Talk to customers, but don't ask what they'd pay. Keep it simple and understand how they buy.
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Ben Yoskovitz
Will AI Automate Everything?
In a rush to build AI tools, founders are forgetting who should be at the centre of everything: humans.
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Ben Yoskovitz
How to Raise Pre-Seed (and Seed) Financing for Your Startup
Fundraising is an all-encompassing grind through crazy town. But there are some things that will help.
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Ben Yoskovitz
How to Build the Right Venture Studio Team
New venture studios need to figure out the right number and combination of people to succeed.
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March 2024

16 Questions I Ask Founders When Investing at an Early Stage
Early stage investing is an art and a science. Investors are assessing the founders + the business.
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Ben Yoskovitz
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How To Pick the Right Venture Studio
Founders: What should you look for when joining a venture studio?
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February 2024

From Empathy to Scale: What Stage Are You Really At?
A deep dive case study on applying the 5 Stages of Lean Analytics, with an ecommerce subscription brand.
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Growth At All Costs vs. Bootstrapping vs. ??
What's the best way to build + fund your startup? Should you raise venture capital? Bootstrap? Bootstrap and then raise? Join a venture studio? The…
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How to Define the Right Vertical for your Venture Studio
What is the right vertical to focus on when launching a venture studio? (#62)
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Ben Yoskovitz
When Product Usage is Actually a Bad Thing
Not all usage of your product is good or signals that a customer is happy. Products focused on automation (often through AI) want to minimize usage.
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January 2024

When to Recruit Founders into Your Venture Studio
This is one of the most important decisions when building a venture studio.
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The Future of Venture Studios is Vertical
To build a successful venture studio, you need to focus on a narrow vertical.
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