We've found 8 mind shifts of Founders that survived, then thrived, despite downturns. A crisis wakes you up and gives you the white space to create. | Continue reading
In the face of a global pandemic and a financial meltdown, a new reality confronts Founders. Here are 28 moves to survive and thrive during a downturn. | Continue reading
Data is not inherently valuable. Most data doesn’t produce a real data network effect, and most data network effects aren’t that powerful even once established. Data strategy, in terms of value creation, is overrated. It can be powerful, but it’s typically not. | Continue reading
What city you live in. Who you date or marry. Which job you choose. What clothes you wear.We all think we make these choices ourselves. It certainly feels like we’re in full control. But it turns out that our choices — both in our startups and in our lives — are more constrained … | Continue reading
NFX Managing Partner Pete Flint talks to Thumbtack co-founder & CEO Marco Zappacosta about building billion dollar marketplaces. | Continue reading
Non-obvious lessons about pitching learned from James Currier's many years of being a 4-time founder/CEO and an investor in over 100 companies. | Continue reading
7 key strategies for startups dealing with hypercompetitive markets characterized by capable & well-capitalized competitors and incumbents. | Continue reading
The 13 Network Effects & How They Actually Work | Continue reading
5 frameworks to help Founders coming up with a new startup idea that is the most likely to lead to a transformative company. | Continue reading
They were rejected by 200+ investors. They were turned down by every single payment processor in the country. They discovered they were in violation of USPS regulations, and almost ran out of money. Yet today, Poshmark is one of the most successful marketplaces of all time. | Continue reading
A checklist of 13 proof points for startups to put themselves in the best possible position to fundraise for a Series A or later. | Continue reading
Founders and VCs speak a different language. For Founders, understanding the mindset of VCs is often just as important as understanding the mindset of your customers. | Continue reading
Few realize that Uber's core network effects aren't as strong as they seem. At this point, we count no less than 9 additional defensibilities Uber is pursuing to reinforce their core network effect. | Continue reading
Detect and manage these 8 little-known Founder/VC fundraising negotiation skills. | Continue reading
See your score on The NFX Company Culture Scorecard. Use the Manual to build great company culture. | Continue reading
Foundational reading for mastering how network effects work. Papers, articles, and books that have proved invaluable for building strong, highly defensible companies. | Continue reading
A discussion of the 9 core operating principles that world class companies tend to embrace, by NFX Managing Partner James Currier. | Continue reading
3-Steps to making "No Company Politics" your startup’s policy. | Continue reading
6 trends shaping the future of blockchain | Continue reading
Use The NFX Marketplace Scorecard to uncover 20+ marketplace strengths. | Continue reading
Market-networks will produce a new class of unicorn companies and impact how millions of service professionals will work and earn their living. | Continue reading
An inside look at 19 tactics top marketplaces have used to solve the chicken-or-egg problem and kickstart growth. | Continue reading
We wanted to put an actual number on the amount of value network effects have created in the digital world. The short answer: over the past 23 years network effects have accounted for approximately 70% of the value creation in tech. | Continue reading