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

Go to therapy 🧠 (Startup Watching #217)

#217 Oct 11, 2019

Don't work in venture capital 🙅‍♀️ (Startup Watching #216)

#216 Oct 4, 2019

Job titles and black tar heroine 💉 (Startup Watching #215)

#215 Sep 28, 2019

#214

Sep 20, 2019

I jumped out of a plane from 14,000 ft 🛩(Startup Watching #214) – Happy Friday Watchers!Sunday I jumped out of a plane. On purpose. From 14,000 ft. My little sister, w
#213

Sep 13, 2019

$450 million rip off 📻 (Startup Watching #213) – Happy Friday Watchers!I participated in a super interesting roundtable discussion around leadgen the
#212

Sep 6, 2019

Boardgames, brilliant women and San Francisco landlords 🏡 (Startup Watching #212) – Happy Friday Watchers!I'm writing this newsletter on my way to Detroit because one of my best friends
#211

Aug 30, 2019

A love letter to Excel 💌 plus what you can learn from streetwear (Startup Watching #211) – Happy Friday Watchers!We're looking for a new member of the Krit team. One of our team members is lea
#210

Aug 23, 2019

The Taco Bell Hotel, Depression and Social Engineering 🏨🌮 (Startup Watching #210) – Happy Friday Watchers!Last week I mentioned some of the wild things I saw at DEF CON. But the one tha
#209

Aug 16, 2019

Your brain & app design + this startup is buying up carbon 🌳🧠 (Startup Watching #209) – Happy Friday Watchers!All of the buzz around WeWork's IPO prep has been pretty interesting to follow.
#208

Aug 9, 2019

Hitting the mental gym 🧠💪 (Startup Watching #208) – Happy Friday Watchers!I'm in Vegas this weekend for DEF CON - the largest hacker convention in the wo
#207

Aug 2, 2019

The background noise of the internet 👻 (Startup Watching #207) – Happy Friday Watchers!Today we're launching one of the coolest projects we've ever worked on at Krit!
#206

Jul 26, 2019

How to write gooder 📝 (Startup Watching #206) – Happy Friday Watchers!My friend Julian Shapiro published his Guide to Writing Well while I was in Col
#205

Jul 19, 2019

Sex, drugs, and branding (Startup Watching #205) – Happy Friday Watchers!I'm writing this at 11:11 pm Thursday night. I have to be at the Columbia airpo
#204

Jul 5, 2019

The truth about no-code, first drafts and babies in space 👩‍🚀 (Startup Watching #204) – Happy Friday Watchers!I hope everyone here in the states had an awesome 4th. I had the perfect mix of
#203

Jun 28, 2019

The best case study I've EVER seen 👀 (Startup Watching #203) – Happy Friday Watchers!I had my first Startup Watching Chat with one of the beta members of the commun
#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

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