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

Learn from BuzzFeed's strategy in 2020 🗓 (Startup Watching #228)

#228 Jan 16, 2020

Why this firm is doubling down on paid advertising 💵 (Startup Watching #227)

#227 Jan 9, 2020

How to be a better manager in the new year 🦸‍♀️ (Startup Watching #226)

#226 Jan 2, 2020

#225

Dec 19, 2019

The problem with tooltips and what to do instead 💬 (Startup Watching #225) – Happy Thursday Watchers!Ever since taking over this newsletter, I've been thinking a lot about what i
#224

Dec 12, 2019

Refusing to give up on your idea CAN pay off 🙅‍♂️ (Startup Watching #224) – Happy Thursday Watchers!I took an unintended break from Startup Watching. 😬Thanksgiving was spent wit
#223

Nov 21, 2019

Building products that win users' hearts 🍕(Startup Watching #223) – Happy Thursday Watchers!I haven't said that in a long time... but I'm going to try to get back into a
#222

Nov 16, 2019

Quick question for you... 🤔 (Startup Watching #222) – Happy Saturday Watchers!I have a quick question for you... what's one thing you would like to see imp
#221

Nov 8, 2019

Trees and trolls 🌳 👹 (Startup Watching #221) – Happy Friday Watchers!I got one response to my request for dog costumes last week, and it honestly ma
#220

Nov 1, 2019

The kingpin problem ⚰️ (Startup Watching #220) – Happy Friday Watchers!Short intro today, because I honestly forgot to write this last night. BUT THE
#219

Oct 25, 2019

Turning down a 7 figure book deal 📚(Startup Watching #219) – Happy Friday Watchers!For the past 2 months I've started meditating every day. It's one of those habi
#218

Oct 18, 2019

What old sailboats can teach you about life ⛵️ (Startup Watching #218) – Happy Friday Watchers!I celebrated a big personal win last weekend. For the past 6 months I've been w
#217

Oct 11, 2019

Go to therapy 🧠 (Startup Watching #217) – Happy Friday Watchers,Today is national mental health day in the states (or something like that) so I
#216

Oct 4, 2019

Don't work in venture capital 🙅‍♀️ (Startup Watching #216) – Happy Friday Watchers!We moved into a new office space this week at Krit! I've included a few picture
#215

Sep 28, 2019

Job titles and black tar heroine 💉 (Startup Watching #215) – Happy Saturday Watchers!I had an awesome conversation today with Nigel Stevens, the founder of Market
#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.

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