PinnedIntroducing Sterling Road Fund 3: Deploying $20M through early-stage founder coachingWe’re introducing Fund 3, a $20M fund backing pre-seed stage founders of B2B startups, that have gone through our coaching program.Apr 12, 20222Apr 12, 20222
Deep Tech Still Needs DeadlinesIf you’re building a company taking on a hard science problem, there is a tendency to avoid near term deadlines, as your larger milestones…4d ago4d ago
SignalGate — Encryption Can’t Fix Stupid… But AI CanThis week’s government news was dominated by Signalgate. All kinds of theories have been floated about how it occurred, who is responsible…Mar 28Mar 28
Don’t Give Your Professor 20% of Your CompanyI meet a lot of great scientists who are trying to turn their research into a real business. However, there are some early decisions those…Mar 271Mar 271
Engineers Are Asking $300k & I’m OK With ItThere’s a lot of talk about engineer salaries in the current AI boom, with many founders understandably hesitant to pay huge salaries to…Mar 20Mar 20
Lots of Founders Are Quitting — Here’s WhyOver the last 12 months, we have seen an uptick in founders quitting on their startup pretty early in the building process. Here’s the…Mar 13Mar 13
Don’t Try to Build an AI SuperhumanI meet lots of founders who are trying to build a Superhuman. They dream of creating the perfect lawyer, accountant or driver; a completely…Mar 10Mar 10
There is No Perfect Time to Move to SFI am always pushing founders in Europe to move to San Francisco. Just like if you want to be an A-List Actor, you should probably be in LA…Mar 6Mar 6
A Better Way to Organize GmailI started using Gmail ~20 years ago, back then it was a huge leap forward over Yahoo and Hotmail. Google gave you tons of space, and the…Mar 5Mar 5