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

The Recession-Proof Playbook ☔️ (Startup Watching #252)

#252 Sep 3, 2020

Tbh, titles are still important 🙊 (Startup Watching #251)

#251 Jul 17, 2020

What it's like to be an IC at Stripe 💳 (Startup Watching #250)

#250 Jul 9, 2020

#249

Jul 3, 2020

I'm... 🔥 (Startup Watching #249) – Happy Friday Watchers!I'm... burnt out.For the last several months I've known I was heading in this d
#248

Jun 26, 2020

How to compete in an overcrowded market 🤼‍♂️ (Startup Watching #248) – Happy Friday Watchers!I learned a tough lesson this week.When you provide feedback to one of your dir
#247

Jun 18, 2020

Zoom doesn't have product/market fit?? 🤯 (Startup Watching #247) – Happy Thursday Watchers!I took a break last week to let other voices speak and because, to be honest,
#246

Jun 4, 2020

Black lives matter 🖤 (Startup Watching #246) – I thought I was a good ally. When a friend called me out a couple years ago for not following enough
#245

May 21, 2020

Project managers and... pizza arbitrage? 🍕 (Startup Watching #245) – Happy Thursday Watchers!A year ago at Krit we thought about hiring a Project Manager. We talked to a
#244

May 14, 2020

How to get your first 1,000 users 🤝 (Startup Watching #244) – Happy Thursday Watchers!I had a wacky idea while writing this issue. Everyone has been talking about
#243

May 7, 2020

The secret to being a prolific creator is right in front of you 👀 (Startup Watching #243) – Happy Thursday Watchers!I had an awesome experience with a new product today. I've been trying out th
#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

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