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

Project managers and... pizza arbitrage? 🍕 (Startup Watching #245)

#245 May 21, 2020

How to get your first 1,000 users 🤝 (Startup Watching #244)

#244 May 14, 2020

The secret to being a prolific creator is right in front of you 👀 (Startup Watching #243)

#243 May 7, 2020

#242

Apr 30, 2020

We had our best Q1 ever, and then... 😬 (Startup Watching #242) – Happy Thursday Watchers!Last week my friend Laura wrote me a note that has been really helpful over t
#241

Apr 23, 2020

I promise this is the most fun newsletter you'll open all week 🙃(Startup Watching #241) – Happy Thursday Watchers!Two quick notes of business. First, today's issue has a lot more fun links th
#240

Apr 16, 2020

When to go from no-code to code ⌨️ (Startup Watching #240) – Happy Thursday Watchers!For the last year or so I've been trying to establish a daily writing habit.
#239

Apr 9, 2020

Constraints don’t have to be constraining ⛓ (Startup Watching #239) – Happy Thursday Watchers!I have a request. I'd love to see a picture of where you are in the world rig
#238

Apr 2, 2020

WTF happened in 1971? 📉 (Startup Watching #238) – Happy Thursday Watchers!If you're running a small business of any kind in the US right now, I'd highl
#237

Mar 24, 2020

Getting ahead by being inefficient 🚶‍♂️(Startup Watching #237) – Happy Tuesday Watchers!I'm sending out this week's issue a couple of days early. I've got a busy day
#236

Mar 19, 2020

One foot in front of the other 👣 (Startup Watching #236) – Happy Thursday Watchers!I wrote a small thing about how I'm feeling and what I'm think during this wi
#235

Mar 13, 2020

Why the coronavirus can’t sink cruise lines 🛳 (Startup Watching #235) – Happy Friday Watchers!It seems all anyone is talking about on Twitter right now is Covid-19 (the coro
#234

Mar 5, 2020

From burning millions to profitability in 7 months 🔥(Startup Watching #234) – Happy Thursday Watchers!We're hiring at Krit right now, and I thought I'd share some stats from the p
#233

Feb 27, 2020

Why everything breaks at 25 employees 💥 (Startup Watching #233) – Happy Thursday Watchers!Last Friday our entire team took the day off to complete our first ever Diver
#232

Feb 13, 2020

Foccacia recipes and how to raise $59 million (Startup Watching #232) – Happy Thursday Watchers!I've been thinking a lot about investing. I've thought about investing in a V
#231

Feb 6, 2020

How to find a technical co-founder 👩‍💻 (Startup Watching #231) – Happy Thursday Watchers!It's been a crazy couple of weeks. I bought a car 🚙 - although not from Costc
#230

Jan 31, 2020

The first ever Startup Collection: How to find great startup ideas 💡 – Happy Friday Watchers!Today I'm sharing something fresh. The first ever Startup Collection!What's a C
#229

Jan 24, 2020

Car buying, passive income and how to build your SaaS 🏗 (Startup Watching #229) – Happy Friday Watchers!Today's newsletter is coming out on Friday instead of Thursday because I've hon
#228

Jan 16, 2020

Learn from BuzzFeed's strategy in 2020 🗓 (Startup Watching #228) – Happy Thursday Watchers!I'm making progress on the first Startup Collection. Collections are a new pr
#227

Jan 9, 2020

Why this firm is doubling down on paid advertising 💵 (Startup Watching #227) – Happy Thursday Watchers!I've recently found a new way to do brainstorming or lead team discussions th
#226

Jan 2, 2020

How to be a better manager in the new year 🦸‍♀️ (Startup Watching #226) – Happy new year watchers!I decided to get out of Charleston for a few days, so this issue is coming to

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