Dear Reader,
Welcome to the 26th edition of the good reads newsletter by Malpani Ventures. Sharing your weekly dose of articles for this weekend’s reading!
How Supermetrics Grew To €50M And Beyond
https://openviewpartners.com/blog/how-supermetrics-grew-to-e50m-and-beyond
Blog with good perspectives on building a frugal, customer-first, venture funded company:
We’ve never created a single gated eBook, white paper, or report. You can achieve significant business results if you focus on generating demand and not generating leads
"Who needs to know about this?": Communication as you scale
..When you scale past 50 employees, as CEO you need to:
start thinking of yourself as a spokesperson
make sure your leadership team knows that communication is part of their job
make your All Hands full of signal
create a channel that the CEO uses to share with the company regularly
create a consistent place that people know to pay attention to for important announcements
have a regular business review and ensure you share the takeaways with the company
have a clear way that decisions get made and make sure you communicate about important decisions
What I've Learned from Users
http://paulgraham.com/users.html
I recently told applicants to Y Combinator that the best advice I could give for getting in, per word, was "Explain what you've learned from users.”
Until next time :)