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Ben
Horowitz’s
High-Stakes
Leadership
Playbook
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Being a CEO is
not about perfect
org charts or
flawless OKRs—it’s
about making
impossible choices
when both options
look like
failure.
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Ben Horowitz,
co-founder of
Andreessen
Horowitz and
author of The Hard Thing
About Hard
Things, shares rare
lessons from
near-death startup
battles,
billion-dollar
turnarounds, and
decades of
coaching
founders.
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Key takeaways from
his
playbook:
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⚡ Why “founder
mode” is both
right—and
dangerously
wrong
⚡ The viral
origin of Good PM/Bad
PM
(born out of
frustration)
⚡ The one trait
that predicts CEO
failure
⚡ Why leaders
must run toward
fear, not
away
⚡ Where the next
big AI startup
opportunities
still remain
⚡ His mission to
provide pensions
for hip-hop
pioneers (Paid in
Full)
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Leadership is not
about comfort—it’s
about resilience
in the face of the
abyss.
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full
playbook and
insights
here.
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Google’s
64-Page Guide
to Building AI
Agents
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Google has
released one of
its most
comprehensive
resources yet—an
end-to-end
playbook for
moving from AI
agent
experimentation to
scalable
production.
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Inside the
guide:
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⚡ Build with the Agent
Development Kit
(ADK)
⚡ Deploy via the Agent Starter
Pack + Vertex AI
Agent Engine
⚡ Ensure
reliability with AgentOps
(CI/CD,
evaluation,
observability)
⚡ Scale across
teams using Agentspace
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Unlike flashy
demos, this
resource focuses
on agents that actually run in
production.
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Access the
full 64-page
guide
here.
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A must-read for
professionals
building
enterprise-ready
AI agents.
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160+
Startups, One
Big Trend at
YC
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After 20 years, Y
Combinator
continues to set
the benchmark for
startup
acceleration:
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$800B+ in combined
market value
created
6.5% of startups
become unicorns
(vs. 0.1% industry
average)
25% of YC unicorns
reach $10B+
valuations
Founders are 45%
more likely to
raise Series A
funding
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This batch
highlights one
undeniable
trend—AI dominates. Over 60% of
startups mention
AI in their
tagline.
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Sector
breakdown:
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⚡ 25+ in B2B
infrastructure
& dev
tools
⚡ 20+ in
engineering,
product &
design
⚡ 15+ in B2B
productivity
⚡ 10+ in
healthcare
⚡ 10+ in sales
&
marketing
⚡ 10+ in
consumer
startups
⚡ 8+ in
fintech
⚡ 8+ in supply
chain &
logistics
⚡ 6+ in real
estate &
construction
⚡ 3+ in B2B
security
⚡ 3+ in
education
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In YC’s early
years, consumer
apps led the way.
Today, B2B
infrastructure
and AI
tooling
dominate, reflecting a VC
shift toward
enterprise
software, valued
at higher, more
predictable
multiples (8–12x
revenue vs. 3–5x
for
consumer).
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A free newsletter
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ideas you
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The best
marketing ideas
come from
marketers who live
it. That’s what The Marketing
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Murray, a marketer who
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Startups
Buzz
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The Startup
“Heresy Map”
Every Founder
Should Make
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Breakthrough
ideas rarely live
in the
obvious—they hide
in the “forbidden
zones” everyone
dismisses as
crazy, impossible,
or wrong. Paul
Graham calls them
the dead zones of
innovation—exactly
where
billion-dollar
startups are
born.
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Read how to
spot
heresies in
your market
(and turn
them into
opportunity)
here.
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The Startup
Toolkit Top
Founders Don’t
Want You to
Miss
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A curated set of
battle-tested
resources every
entrepreneur
should
use—covering
everything from
fundraising and
MVPs, to pitch
decks, scaling
strategies, and
lessons from
billion-dollar
startups. These
aren’t
theory—they’re
playbooks trusted
by YC founders,
top VCs, and
world-class
operators.
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Explore the
full toolkit
here and
level up
your startup
journey.
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The Top 50
Angel Investors
Behind Today’s
Unicorns
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A curated list
every founder
should know—these
are the investors
who spotted
billion-dollar
potential before anyone
else. From PayPal and
Facebook
co-founders to YC
leaders and serial
operators, these
angels turned
early-stage bets
into some of
tech’s biggest
success
stories.
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Explore the
full list
and learn
who to
watch.
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10 Lessons from
Building a $32M
Remote Team
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A curated set of
insights every
founder should
know—covering
everything from
hiring top talent
remotely and
creating
accountability, to
maintaining
culture, scaling
operations, and
maximizing
productivity
across time zones.
These aren’t
theory—they’re
playbooks drawn
from running a
68-person remote
team doing $32M in
annual
revenue.
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