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First round, first hires, first product, first customers — we’ve helped @NotionHQ, @Roblox, @Uber, @Square, and 300 others tackle these firsts and more.
Apr 13, 2021 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
We asked some of the sharpest folks we know a simple question: What's your best unexpected tip for someone joining a startup for the first time?

@LauraBehrensWu, @fnthawar, @fosslien & more share what they wish they had known in their early startup days.
review.firstround.com/30-tips-for-ne… We'll share a quick preview here:

1/ "You want to be able to clearly say, 'We make money every time our customer Xs and it costs us money when they Y.'" @mattwallaert
Dec 15, 2020 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
We've asked some of the sharpest folks we know a simple question: What's your best tip for managing up?

@joulee, @lennysan, @lessachu, @andybons, @ericagalioto & more shared steal-worthy tactics that bring this often fuzzy topic into focus.

firstround.com/review/a-tacti… We'll share a quick preview here:

1/ "Take a minute to understand what’s top of mind for your manager, and compare it to your notes before the meeting. If you’re consistently surprised and these two don’t align, you need to be getting more signal throughout the week." @nikhyl
Sep 17, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
1/ Introducing Discovery Assist: a new way for early-stage founders to get in front of potential customers, faster.

We’ll make the intros, you focus on the conversations. Request invite below:
discoveryassist.firstround.com 2/ We believe the most compelling and contrarian insights come from hundreds of conversations with potential users and buyers. Even if you have a deep network, lining up the perfect conversations is hard and time consuming.

Now you can get the introductions you need, faster.
Dec 18, 2019 • 14 tweets • 9 min read
Proud to present @firstround's 5th Annual State of Startups Survey. For the first time ever, we heard from 950 founders *and* employees on everything from Glassdoor reviews and remote work to mental health and pressure on CEOs. Here's what they told us:

stateofstartups2019.firstround.com Image 1/ Founders fear the bubble—concerns are at a 4-year high.

Over two-thirds of founders who shared an opinion think we're in a bubble for tech companies, up 12% from 2018 and 25% from 2017.

stateofstartups2019.firstround.com/#1-bubble-fears Image
May 10, 2019 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
1/ Today marks a big milestone for @Uber. After completing +10 billion trips and expanding to +700 cities, it's now started trading on the NYSE—3,251 days after we first heard about a company called UberCab. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at how our partnership began: 2/ The story actually starts back in March 2006, when we invested in StumbleUpon. After eBay acquired the company, founder @gc started exploring new ideas, eventually landing on something he called UberCab. In the spring of 2010 he started tweeting about what he was up to: