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Founder Mode or Manager Mode? Yes
It's neither founder mode all the way nor manager mode all the way. The right way to manage a company is being both at different times, in different…
 • Francisco Souza Homem de Mello
The venture capital equation
The math that undergirds the startup game
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On the game of startups (AI edition)
What game are you playing really?
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How to think about market
Why do startups fail outright, or fail to reach the skies? I argue that a lot has to do with too *little* top down thinking in picking a good…
 • Francisco Souza Homem de Mello
Thoughts on Vertical x Functional Agents
Startups will eventually have to choose between being vertical-first or being functional-first
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On enterprise sales and performance: applying Total Quality Management concepts to the world of B2B SaaS
A reflection about the sales ladder and what each of the main levels entails.
 • Francisco Souza Homem de Mello
Meta's Threads x Twitter: Lessons on Competitive Strategy and the Commoditization of "Competitors"
Kevin Systrom + Matt Cohler's texts show how worried about Twitter Mark Zuckerberg has historically been. Cohler, a former Facebook executive, says "he…
 • Francisco Souza Homem de Mello
Kiko's Musings
Kiko's Musings
A blog about tech. From Kiko H. de Mello, founder of Qulture.Rocks (YC W18).
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