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

WTF happened in 1971? 📉 (Startup Watching #238)

#238 Apr 2, 2020

Getting ahead by being inefficient 🚶‍♂️(Startup Watching #237)

#237 Mar 24, 2020

One foot in front of the other 👣 (Startup Watching #236)

#236 Mar 19, 2020

#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
#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

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