Week 7 - "I am the documentation"

This week's articles, tweets, and podcasts every founder should check out.

✌🏽Welcome back to Inside Round

Welcome to the seventh 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/ Adam Fisher, partner at Bessemer, lays out four key questions aspiring founders should ask themselves when brainstorming new ideas. Read here.

2/ Wondering “how to get your marketing team to drive more impact”? Emily Kramer shares her framework for building alignment and helping marketers produce more work everyone loves. Read here.

3/ “Best time in 15 years to start a company. Right now.” Bill Gurley talks with McKinsey about startups, venture capital, and the changes we’re experiencing. Read here.

4/ Aditya Agarwal, partner with South Park Commons, makes a strong case for “why engineering leaders also need to be great engineers.” Read here.

5/ Hunter Walk, partner at Homebrew, shares why he thinks David Sacks’ concept of “Default Investable” is the “most important concept of 2022’s startup downturn.” Read here.

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Thread of insight

Mike Smith, partner at Footwork and former Stitch Fix COO, shares best practices for startups hiring a COO.

Mike Smith @msmith492

I’m often asked by early-stage founders & CEOs: “how should I think about hiring a COO?” After joining Stitch Fix as our COO when we were sub 10 employees, and having seen many founders go through this decision, I’ve developed a list of best practices and questions to consider:

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Listen and learn

Great co-founder relationships are key to early startup success. Manu Sharma and Brian Reger, founders of Labelbox, discuss how they stay aligned, divide up responsibilities, and grow the business together.

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Laugh Track'

We’ve all been there…

Peter Yang @petergyang

I am the documentation