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For Founders
Comms Strategy and Tactics for Startups
Lulu Cheng Meservey, Sachin Maini
For Founders
The Early Startup Founders Guide to Weathering the Recession
Indus Khaitan
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On Deck doubles down on founder-focused future and spins out career advancement programs
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Kat Cole on The Hotshot Rule, Leadership and Rebuilding Trust
David Fallarme
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Designing Antifragile Companies
David Fallarme
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How To Cultivate Talent in Young Entrepreneurs
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Tyler Cowen on Identifying Entrepreneurial Talent
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How to Shape and Scale Culture at a Startup
David Fallarme
For Founders
What To Get Right When Building a Sales Org
David Fallarme
For Founders
When Should You Hire a CMO or VP Marketing?
David Fallarme
Sales Leadership Lessons Learned as Flexport's CRO
David Fallarme
How to Negotiate Comp at a Startup (3 crucial questions)
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How to Attract, Hire, Onboard, & Retain Top Talent
David Fallarme
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Building Consumer Products in Tech
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What Founders Need to Know About Equity and Early-Stage Financing
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How to Successfully Hire Executive Talent
David Fallarme
What Does a Successful People Team Look Like?
David Fallarme
For Founders
How To Craft A Fundable Founder Pitch
David Fallarme
How to Position Yourself for Promotion As a Senior Leader
David Kline, Sachin Maini
M&A Lessons from Uber's Hypergrowth Phase
David Fallarme
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How To Build Your First Executive Leadership Team
David Fallarme
AMA: Florent Silve, VP Data Science at Hotel Engine
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How to Lead a Growth Team in a Hypergrowth Company
David Fallarme
AMA: Timo Pelz, VP Business Marketing at Reddit
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Partnerships as a Growth Channel: Lessons from Stripe and Notion
David Fallarme
Proven Cold Outreach Tactics for Job Seekers
David Fallarme
How To Hire Your First VP of Growth (and other A+ Growth Talent)
David Fallarme
SaaS Pricing Strategy: A Step-by-Step Blueprint
Ulf Johansson
A Guide to On Deck Programs for Leaders and Professionals
Reza Saeedi
For Founders
A Guide to On Deck Programs for Builders and Explorers
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How Founders Can Hack Metabolic Health For Peak Performance
Dr. Casey Means, Sachin Maini
A Short Guide to Thriving at Early-Stage Startups
Pete Huang
AMA: Christine Sou, Program Partner at On Deck
Andrew Yu
AMA: David Hoang, Head of Product Design at Webflow
Mindaugas Petrutis
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The Next Chapter of On Deck's Founder-Focused Communities
David Booth
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On Deck’s Summer '22 Deal Drop
Sam Kirschner
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The Space Tech Renaissance: A Guide To Space 3.0
Sachin Maini
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On Deck: Changes to Our Team
Erik Torenberg, David Booth
How to Build a Durable Relationship With Your Manager
Katya Delaney
For Founders
How to Prevent Founder Burnout Using Pattern Interrupts
Robbie Bent, Sachin Maini
How To Establish Yourself as a Subject Matter Expert
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Make the Most of Your Career Transition with Introspection, Bravery, and Community-Support
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Hire For Potential, Not Credentials
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Which US Visa Is Best For International Startup Founders?
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The WFH Guide to Remote Networking
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Scaling Intimacy: How Storytelling Can Help Grow Your Community
Grant Dever
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On Deck’s Top 100 Companies of 2022
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Healthy Leaders, Healthy Returns: Emotional Fitness for Founders
Dr. Emily Anhalt
Why Community Can Accelerate your Marketing Career
Emma Eckerstrom Law, Matteo Tittarelli
The Difference Between Flow and Project Operators
Charles Cushing, Fadi Hindi, Matteo Tittarelli
Why you’re stuck at step 1 in your No-Code journey
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Meet the first cohort of ODX Flexport startups
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The Pseudonymous Founder’s Playbook
Bored Elon, Sachin Maini
How To Build a Personal Career Moat (With Examples)
Katya Delaney
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Karthink Puvvada
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Understanding Web3 as the Internet-Native Economy
Patrick Rivera, Sachin Maini
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Kristal Soman
The Definitive Guide to Breaking Into Startups, Part 1
Katya Delaney
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On Deck Design partners with ADPList
Mindaugas Petruitis
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Laura Thompson
Don’t Google It: How To Use Social Media to Keep Up With Industry News
Katya Delaney
The Playbook for Creating Life-Changing Opportunities in Tech (Without Moving to Silicon Valley)
David Fallarme
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On Deck Access Initiative: 2021 End of Year Report
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Community is not an accessory, but a KEY that drives success
Laís De Oliveira
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Gautam Shewakramani
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Erik Torenberg, David Booth
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The Grand Challenges of Deep Decarbonization
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Why You Should Consider No-Code for Your Startup
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How to Get OKRs Right
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Choosing the Right Stage Startup To Join
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Callie Cox
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Organizing Time For Higher Impact: A Day in the Life of a CEO
Sasha Orloff
How to Build Cross-Functional Relationships That Matter
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Leadership Through Ownership: A Product Manager’s Guide
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How To Build a Minimum Viable Company
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How to Go from Designer to Manager
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Build Your Team’s Operating Model on These 4 Principles
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How To Find The Right Co-Founder
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A Tactical Guide to Seed Fundraising
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On Deck Journal

Tactical advice on navigating startups, from world-class practitioners.

How Founders Can Hack Metabolic Health For Peak Performance

Simple lifestyle fixes to improve your metabolic health for better energy, cognitive performance, and overall endurance

Dr. Casey Means, Sachin Maini
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Dr. Casey Means, Sachin Maini
For Founders
A Tactical Guide to Seed Fundraising

Learn the playbook and pragmatic tactics for early-stage fundraising from Mike Wilner, a startup founder, advisor, and author of Oversubscribed, a book on seed fundraising.

Mike Wilner, Sachin Maini
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Mike Wilner, Sachin Maini
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How To Find The Right Co-Founder

On Deck has helped hundreds find a co-founder and start a company. We distill lessons and patterns from successful matches into a comprehensive playbook.

Erik Torenberg, Sachin Maini
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Comms Strategy and Tactics for Startups

Lulu Cheng Meservey, VP of Comms at Substack and former co-founder of TrailRunner International, shares intentional comms and PR strategies for early-stage startup founders to implement even before launching.

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The Early Startup Founders Guide to Weathering the Recession

Indus Khaitan, Founder and CEO at Quolum, shares his experience working through recessions and his six core strategies for coming out on top.

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Kat Cole on The Hotshot Rule, Leadership and Rebuilding Trust

Kat Cole, President and COO of Athletic Greens and former Focus Brands executive, shares her beliefs around leadership and how to rebuild trust in an organization.

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Designing Antifragile Companies

Ravi Mehta, co-founder and CEO of Scale Higher, shares his thoughts on the antifragile company framework and what makes a company grow during difficult times.

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How To Cultivate Talent in Young Entrepreneurs

Tyler Cowen, director of the fellowship program Emergent Ventures, shares his thoughts on how to identify and cultivate young entrepreneurial talent.

David Fallarme
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