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Top Resources

What’s Hot in Enterprise IT/VC »
A weekly newsletter assembled by Founder and General Partner Ed Sim, containing readings and notes on enterprise VC, software, and scaling startups.

Software Snack Bites »
Curated by boldstart Partner Shomik Ghosh, Software Snack Bites is your go-to spot to learn about enterprise software, trends, and concepts that we’re seeing in the software ecosystem.

Dev First Founder Toolkit »
A collection of blog posts, templates and resources which we’ve created specifically for Dev First founders of startups.

Ellen’s Newsletter »
The newsletter of boldstart Partner, Ellen Chisa, with material related to early stage startups, particularly product, developer relations, and VC.

Cryptosis »
A newsletter all about Crypto, curated by boldstart Associate Ernest Addison.
All Resources

Clearing the 3 biggest dev tool activation hurdles »

20VC: The Three Types of Seed Rounds (aka “Inception Rounds”), Why Seed Has Never Been More Competitive… »

Inception Investing: the new race to be first in Venture… and Pre-Seed ain’t first any more »

Repair tips for leaky conversion funnels »

How to sell dev tools in 2023 »

Improving adoption with the product usage report email »

An alternative to NPS for dev tools »

Console.dev podcast: Devtools investing, with Ed Sim – S02E05 »
