Startup Watching

By Andrew Askins

Curated knowledge, inspiration and background stories from the startup world. Delivered to your inbox every Thursday or Friday 📬 | Find me @andrewaskins.

Previous issues

Sex, drugs, and branding (Startup Watching #205)

#205 Jul 19, 2019

The truth about no-code, first drafts and babies in space 👩‍🚀 (Startup Watching #204)

#204 Jul 5, 2019

The best case study I've EVER seen 👀 (Startup Watching #203)

#203 Jun 28, 2019

#202

Jun 22, 2019

This is a masterclass in sales copy 💸 (Startup Watching #202) – Happy Saturday Watchers!Wait... what? Saturday? Yep 🤦‍♂️ I'm in the middle of moving and totally goof
#201

Jun 14, 2019

Almost ready to launch it 😯 (StartupWatching #201) – Happy Friday Watchers!You may have noticed I didn't launch the chat on Monday. There were 2 reasons:I
#200

Jun 7, 2019

Announcing something BIG for Issue #200 🔥🎉🙀 – Happy Friday Watchers!I mentioned last week that I'm working on a private community for Startup Watch
#199

May 31, 2019

She built a no-code prototype and went on a surprising journey 🤩 (StartupWatching #199) – Happy Friday Watchers!I'm working on my first paid product for you all! 🙀It's going to be a cool twis
#198

May 24, 2019

The 55 best places to automate your sheets 🛏 (StartupWatching #198) – Happy Friday Watchers!It's memorial day weekend in the states. I'll be drinking tequila on the beach
#197

May 17, 2019

How I run a company with ADHD 🧠 (StartupWatching #197) – Happy Friday Watchers!On Sunday I published a post about how I run Krit with ADHD. I've been working
#196

May 10, 2019

9 guidelines for being happy with $725k MRR (StartupWatching #196) – Happy Friday Watchers!Tonight I got dinner and drinks with my good friend Simon Fraser. Simon runs a
#195

May 2, 2019

What good is one person?☝️(StartupWatching #195) – Happy Friday Watchers!I'll keep the intro short this week, but I've got two exciting personal notes t
#194

Apr 26, 2019

Hiten Shah's billion dollar mistake 🤭 (StartupWatching #194) – Happy Friday Watchers!Last night was one of my favorite nights of the year... the NFL draft. Being th
#193

Apr 19, 2019

Writing a job post that doesn't blow 📝 (StartupWatching #193) – Happy Friday Watchers!Do you remember the job opening I shared 2 weeks ago? The results blew me away.
#192

Apr 12, 2019

Quit everything ✌️(StartupWatching #192) – Happy Friday Watchers!Krit turned 5 yesterday. 🎉 🎂 🙃Our little company has officially survived for ha
#191

Apr 5, 2019

If you had to live your life over (StartupWatching #191) – Happy Friday Watchers!I have some quick news. We're hiring again at Krit!Krit is the agency I run dur
#190

Mar 29, 2019

How to make $121k per year 💰(StartupWatching #190) – Note: this is a long intro, feel free to skip ahead to the links.The backpacking trip I wrote about a
#189

Mar 22, 2019

Why you should work as a restaurant hostess. 🍽(StartupWatching #189) – Happy Friday Watchers!We're back to our normal newsletter today, thanks to everyone who gave me feedb
#188

Mar 14, 2019

So. About that thing... – For those who missed my last email, we're working on a new project at Krit. We're writing the Technic
#187

Mar 12, 2019

I'm doing a thing... – Note: this week I'm sharing a project with you, so there won't be any links. I'll be back to regular
#186

Mar 8, 2019

Success and failure 🥤(StartupWatching #186) – Happy Friday Watchers!I'm leaving this afternoon for a backpacking trip with my friend Simon Fraser.

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