Week 12 - It depends
This week's articles, tweets, and podcasts every founder should check out.
✌🏽Welcome back to Inside Round
Welcome to the 12th edition of Inside Round by AngelList. Every week, we curate the tweets, podcasts, and articles every founder should check out. Let’s get into it…
Reading list
1/ Jillian Williams, Principal at Cowboy Ventures, digs into the exciting opportunities (and potential pitfalls) in B2B fintech. Read here.
2/ “We probably don’t know what ‘metaverse’ means.” Benedict Evans, partner at A16z, discusses the nascent metaverse and offers ways to consider how it might evolve. Read here.
3/ Leticia Souza writes a short guide for founders on how to use comparable transactions and discounted cash flow models to determine a company’s valuation. Read here.
4/ Hunter Walk shares poignant insights from Sean Byrnes about being a second time founder — “You have to fight the urge to do everything the same way you did it the first time.” Read here.
5/ Marie Dollé reflects on the emergent AI writing ecosystem, how this technology is increasingly shaping our words, and where we’re going. It’s just the beginning. Read here.
Thread of insight
Hire intentionally. Do your homework.
Listen and learn
“Boorstin’s data-rich account of female entrepreneurs and leaders illustrates how women are operating in an ecosystem rife with challenges – lack of access to funding, pervasive bias, smaller networks – and defying the odds to find success.” View transcript.