First Round Review
First Round Review provides practical advice for founders and startup leaders, covering topics such as interview questions, new manager tips, and finding product-market fit.
June 25, 2025 13:49:15
When every deal closes differently, how do you build repeatability? First Round Partner Meka Asonye shares proven tactics from founders and revenue leaders who've solved this exact puzzle.
June 11, 2025 14:16:45
Founders and execs from Apple, Rippling, Carta and more share their strategies for altitude shifting as a manager.
June 3, 2025 14:08:43
A veteran strategy and ops leader turned fractional COO walks us through why, when and how early-stage founders can tap fractional execs to learn and grow faster.
May 28, 2025 15:20:51
Building, testing and validating with human craft and creativity.
May 20, 2025 14:52:36
The Braze founding team shares all the early moves they made to lay the path to IPO.
May 15, 2025 15:25:43
How do you spot the wrong customer before they burn your roadmap? First Round Partner Meka Asonye digs into how now-massively successful startups cracked the code.
May 13, 2025 15:06:19
How to start building your emotional toolkit for the founder journey ahead, with advice from psychologist Dr. Emily Anhalt.
May 7, 2025 14:55:56
Tactical advice for weaving craft into your product and operationalizing taste.
May 1, 2025 15:13:42
Apple engineering leader Michael Lopp gives tactical advice for managers on how to empower individual engineers — and become better leaders themselves.
April 29, 2025 14:55:12
Adit Abraham, co-founder and CEO of Reducto, shares how he closed millions in ARR and a Fortune 10 customer with no sales hires.
April 23, 2025 15:10:16
Superhuman became known for its unique approach to onboarding: a highly-personalized, white-glove, human-led experience. Superhuman's Gaurav Vohra, startup advisor and growth leader, gives us a detailed look at how he built and scaled the program.
April 22, 2025 14:56:15
Tristan Handy, CEO and co-founder of dbt Labs, shares the unorthodox moves he made to transform a Philly-based consultancy into a billion-dollar SaaS powerhouse.
April 15, 2025 15:21:24
Founders are responsible for figuring out how their business is going to grow. Use these tactics — specifically designed for founders — to uncover your most impactful growth levers.
April 8, 2025 14:57:13
Former Square CEO, AWS's first GM and 12-year Microsoft veteran, Alyssa Henry, walks us through the two crucial considerations for organizational design — your business and your people — and how to connect them.
April 6, 2025 13:53:00
For many startups, the secret to finding product-market fit lies in the pivot. Here’s how these founders knew it was time to change directions.