Founder Library Digest - Issue #2 🚀
Tactical, practical and credible resources to assist founders at every stage of the startup journey.
Welcome to the second issue of the Founder Library Digest!
This week we have some new library content to share in a newly launched category, some of our most popular resources from the past week and some Twitter threads around the topic of community to help you build your own for your startup.
If you have any feedback or any ideas on how we can make Founder Library better, please let us know here.
New category and content: M&A 📝
Mergers and acquisitions is part of the life cycle for many startups and we wanted to offer some resources for founders at that part of their journey. We launched a new category today in the library called, M&A. This category contains more than 30 pieces of content including M&A fundamentals, processes and case studies.
Each category within Founder Library includes Top Picks as a starting point for each topic.
Our top M&A picks to help get you started are:
5 Reasons To Sell Your Startup (Elad Gil)
M&A Case Studies: WhatCounts (Fred Wilson)
One Founder, Both Sides Of The M&A Table (First Round)
Should You Sell Your Company? (Ben Horowitz)
The Founder’s Guide To Selling Your Company (Justin Kan)
Understanding An M&A Term Sheet (Cooley LLP)
Most Popular Resources 📈
Our most popular resources from this week include:
Founder Equity 101 (500 Startups)
VC Cold Email Template (High Output)
Recruiting, Hiring and Managing Talent (Elad Gil)
4 Steps To Beating Burnout (Harvard Business Review)
Three Hour Google Brand Sprint (Google)
Twitter Wisdom Threads 🐦
Twitter is one of the best platforms for learning with access to thought leaders at the top of their game. Learning from other people’s experiences is one of the most valuable resources you can have access to as a startup founder. Each week we’ll feature some of the best threads we stumble upon from Twitter.
This week our Twitter threads focus on community.