Substacks recommended by Hema Padhu

Recommended by Hema Padhu

Founders often worry: "Should I keep investing in my startup?" Nascent Startups let's you quantitatively gauge your odds of success by iterating from raw data through visualization ⚖️ 📊 🔁. Search for People in Pain and quantify the Pain in dollars ($).

Smart, useful advice for nascent stage startups

- Hema Padhu

The VC Corner

By Ruben Dominguez Ibar

The VC Corner delivers quick and insightful updates about the startup and venture capital landscape every week

Positioning with April Dunford

A newsletter that covers all things Positioning for founders, marketers and product folks. I'm April Dunford - a positioning expert, consultant, author of the books Obviously Awesome and Sales Pitch, and host of the Positioning podcast.

April is the reigning queen on Positioning and has published two books on the topic. You don't want to miss her Substack!

- Hema Padhu

Hooked, by Madrona

By Madrona Talent Team

Startup career and founder stories, interpreted by a curious and skeptical VC + playbooks, tools and templates... and other stuff builders need to know.

Good stuff for founders!

- Hema Padhu

Aspiring for Intelligence

By Vivek Ramaswami

The latest themes, trends, and news in the world of intelligent applications

Davis Treybig

Thinking in public about topics I find interesting in computing infrastructure.

The Menu

By Amanda Natividad

The Menu is a weekly serving of sharp, strategic marketing ideas—just enough to chew on without overwhelming your plate. Budgets are down. Expectations are up. Let’s win anyway.

Cooking + Marketing? What's not to like about that? Two of my favorite things.

- Hema Padhu

Kyle Poyar’s Growth Unhinged

Revealing the playbooks and hidden tactics behind today's best startups. Join 70,000+ weekly readers for real-life growth advice, playbooks and case studies.

First Rodeo

By Azora Zoe Paknad

I started an ecom marketplace business in 2020 and parted with it at the end of 2022. I had a hell of a time. Now, I write a newsletter that’s born out of all the things I learned on my journey—and after it: reflections on my First Rodeo as a leader.

Azora is keepin' it real with her experience as first time founder. Love her voice and her takes on work, life and being a woman.

- Hema Padhu

Wes Kao's Newsletter

A weekly newsletter on managing up, executive communication, and standing out as a high-performer. Written by an a16z-backed founder.

MKT1 Newsletter with Emily Kramer

B2B startup marketing guides, frameworks, advice & opinions from ex-marketing exec Emily Kramer

Wealth of insights on marketing for early and growth stage startups

- Hema Padhu

Around the Bonfire — Brand, marketing, creativity

By Kevan + Shannon @ Bonfire

Insights on how to build your brand, how to run your marketing, and how to be more creative (at work and in life). Real-world lessons from in-house marketers turned business builders.

First Impression

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